Now for all of us not living in Japan, it is pretty darn hard for us to view Japanese television programs let alone watching them live. There are 2 programs that allow us to stream Japanese television programs live. Now granted the quality is of Youtube quality and do not even expect to have HD of any sort, but this is the next best thing we have to Live Japanese TV without actually living in Japan. I found these programs from Tofugu and Ota desho, so all the credit of finding these programs comes from them.

The first program that will be discussed is called TVU Media Player from TVU Networks.

First, you have to download TVU’s player. It’s a bit glitchy, and not the prettiest application in the world, but it works. Download TVU’s media player

From there, it’s really easy. Open up the program and switch the language over to Japanese. It’s up on the top left.

After you do that, all of the Japanese channels that are available will show up. Japanese TV isn’t all you can see, though. Of course, there’s television from all over the world, and you can watch it for free as well. (Since this is a p2p television thing, your connection, as well as the channels available at any given time, are dependent on who’s using TVU at the time. The people sharing are hooking into their tv, and if nobody is watching a channel at the time you want to watch it, you won’t be able to see it.)

The next program is called Keyhole TV, and it seems to be a much simpler program than TVU as well as containing more channels. However, unlike TVU it only displays Japanese television programs.

The program is pretty simplistic and self explanatory, just install and turn it on, you pretty much figure it out in a minute or less. Just head on over to the Keyhole TV website and download the program. From what I know these are all perfectly legal and therefore no worries.

Enjoy your Japanese Television programs!

News Via: Tofugu, Ota desho