
Just found out Shibuya Aki left NHK in april and is now part of Japan today. 2012-2026
Just found out that Shibuya Aki left NHK to join Japan today. Found out after searching her name on Instagram because I was curious. https://www.instagram.com/p/DW581yGk8JT/ (the post); her other accounts https://www.instagram.com/notaboutthebreed/ https://www.instagram.com/oldbabypups/ i did not know she has dogs.
She worked on Tokyo Fashion Express from 2012-2015
Newsroom Tokyo from 2015-2015
NHK Newsline 2025-2026
It's a bit sad that she left, but it's nice that she's still going strong at her new job
I have theorised to myself for quite some time that she was meant to stay on Newsroom Tokyo and the show was meant to extend its runtime, etc. but due to NHK taking advantage of a 30-minute broadcast (rebroadcasting segments in Newsline to reduce costs), or just funding issues. They instead brought News 7, knowing it would be a good decision in the current world; this would also reduce costs for NHK if Newsroom Tokyo went back to old timings because of this. Shibuya moved to Newsline for In Focus, as she had previously presented it for Newsline in Depth and Newsroom Tokyo. When complex things happened, Rina left Newsroom Tokyo and went to International News Report 2026. I believe Aki was meant to come back to Newsroom Tokyo, but something happened inside NHK that made her leave and go to Japan Today.
It makes sense due to her age (49) and that she wants to have more freedom in her life(in my opinion)