Japan
There are several political Sunday morning talk shows in Japan, most are often broadcast live from studios in Tokyo (Nichiyō Tōron: Kioichō, Shin Hōdō 2001: Daiba, Sunday Frontline: Roppongi), Jiji Hōdan is usually prerecorded on Friday evening.
Nichiyō Tōron by public broadcaster NHK often features one politician from every party represented in the National Diet, in many cases the parties' Diet Affairs Council Chairmen. The latter was generally the case with Kokkai Tōronkai ("Diet forum"), one of several alternating NHK talk shows on political and economic issues sharing the same Sunday morning programming slot before they were replaced by Nichiyō Tōron in 1994. It had initially been a NHK radio talk show and was simultaneously broadcast on television starting in the 1950s.
| Program | Network | Airs | Hosts | Debut | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nichiyō Tōron ("Sunday debate") |
NHK | 9:00–10:00 | Toshio Shimada, Yasuhiro Kashina | 1947 (as Kokkai Tōronkai, radio)/1957 (on television)/1994 | |
| Jiji Hōdan ("Current affairs talk") |
TBS | 6:00–6:45 | Takashi Mikuriya, Kanae Takeuchi | 1957–1992/2004 | |
| Sunday Frontline | TV Asahi/ANN | 10:00–11:45 | Etsuko Komiya | 1987 (as Sunday Morning)/1989 (as Sunday Project)/2010 | |
| Shin Hōdō 2001 ("New 'Hōdō 2001'") |
Fuji TV | 7:30–8:55 | Tetsuo Suda, Kei Yoshida | 1992 (as Hōdō 2001, "Report 2001")/2008 |
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