NHK (Japanese: 日本放送協会, Hepburn: Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai), also known as the Japan Broadcasting Corporation, is Japan's public broadcaster. NHK, which has always been known by this Romanized initialism in Japanese, is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television licence fee.
NHK began airing Thomas & Friends on 8 April 2012, with episodes from the fourteenth series up until the show's end in 2022. Beginning on 24 December of that year, NHK began airing All Engines Go.
It was broadcast every Sunday from 7:00 AM from April 2012 to March 2016, but changed from 5:30 PM every Sunday from April 2016 to March 2022, and after April 2022. It is broadcast every Saturday from 5:25 PM.
Airings[]
2003[]
- (25 Decenber 2003) - Thomas and the Magic Railroad (special premiere)
2009[]
- (10 August 2009) - Calling All Engines! (special premiere)