Fuji Television

Fuji Television, also called Fuji TV, is a Japanese commercial broadcaster whose Tokyo station JOCX-DTV on channel 8 is the flagship of the Fuji News Network and the Fuji Network System. The station is run by Fuji Television Network, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Fuji Media Holdings and part of the Fujisankei Communications Group, and it is headquartered in the Fuji Broadcasting Center in Odaiba, Minato, Tokyo. The company was founded in 1957 by Nobutaka Shikanai and Shigeo Mizuno, the heads of two Tokyo radio stations, and began regular broadcasting on 1 March 1959. It won the ratings Triple Crown in 1982, moved to Odaiba in 1997, and has seen its household ratings fall to fifth among Tokyo stations since the 2010s. Beyond its main channel it operates the premium channels Fuji Television One, Two and Next, and it was the first Japanese station to produce animated series made for television.