NHK, Nippon TV and Fuji TV to Broadcast 2026 FIFA World Cup Matches

The Yomiuri Shimbun

12:26 JST, December 5, 2025

NHK, Nippon TV and Fuji TV announced on Thursday that the three networks will broadcast the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will be held in the United States, Canada and Mexico and kick off in June.

NHK will air all the Japan national team matches from the group stage on terrestrial and BS satellite broadcasts. All 104 tournament matches will be broadcast either live or time-delayed on NHK’s BS Premium 4K service.

Nippon TV plans to broadcast 15 matches, including one Japan national team match in the group stage, while Fuji TV will broadcast 10 matches. Furthermore, sports streaming service DAZN announced that it will stream all 104 matches, with all Japan national team matches being available by live stream for free.