Yumiko Udō

News Zero is a weekday news programme that has been broadcast live on NTV and other NNN affiliates every Monday to Friday late at night since 2 October 2006 (2006). It is broadcast in stereo (since 3 October 2011). The abbreviation and programme title call is 'ZERO'; until Saturday 29 September 2018[note 2] the programme name was 'NEWS ZERO' in capital letters, which read the same, and the abbreviation and programme title call was 'ZERO' in capital letters.

NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen (ＮＨＫ紅白歌合戦, "NHK Red and White Song Battle"), more commonly known simply as Kouhaku, is an annual New Year's Eve television special held on December 31 every year, and produced by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. It is broadcast live simultaneously on NHK General TV, BS4K, BS8K and NHK radio (nationally) and internationally on NHK World Premium and some overseas (mainly cable) broadcasters who buy the program. The program divides the most popular music artists of the year into competing teams of red and white. The 'red' team or 'akagumi' (紅組) is composed of all female artists (or groups with female vocals), while the 'white' team or 'shirogumi' (白組) is all male (or groups with male vocals).

Music program produced by Nippon TV with Yumiko Udō and Kōhei Matsushita as MC.