News Anchor
News Anchor
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News Anchor

7.9 / 10
2025
1 season
10 episodes
Drama

Promoted to lead anchor of a struggling news program, a journalist pushes the boundaries to investigate and expose truths others want buried.

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Seasons

  • Episode 1

    1.Episode 1

    13-04-202568m

    Soichi Shindo has been appointed as the new anchor of the night news program "Newsgate" on the commercial TV station JBN. "Newsgate" is a flagship program with a 40-year history, b...

  • Episode 2

    2.Episode 2

    20-04-202563m

    Police raided a sports bar in Roppongi, and employees and customers were arrested on suspicion of gambling. JBN was in a panic when they found out that Japan's volleyball ace Nawa...

  • Episode 3

    3.Episode 3

    27-04-202547m

    "Newsgate" has an exclusive interview with Shinomiya (Non), a researcher who has announced new cells that are said to revolutionize regenerative medicine. However, Shindo (Abe Hiro...

  • Episode 4

    4.Episode 4

    04-05-202547m

    When a voyeurism scandal breaks out at Kaiba's (Okabe Takashi) daughter's junior high school, Hana (Nagano Mei) and her friends head to the school, accompanied by Shindo (Abe Hiros...

  • Episode 5

    5.Episode 5

    11-05-202547m

    Police Chief Takeno (Ogawa Tamaki), who filed a whistleblower case, suddenly changes his mind just before the interview and denies the incident itself. Kajiwara (Tamaki Reo) begins...

  • Episode 6

    6.Episode 6

    18-05-202547m

    Fujii (Nakamura Anne) wants to transplant her brain-dead husband's lungs into her daughter, but an article in a weekly magazine turns sympathy into criticism. When she investigates...

  • Episode 7

    7.Episode 7

    25-05-202547m

    Shindo (Abe Hiroshi) contacts Fukazawa (Niiro Shinya), the CEO of "Himawari Net," for the first time in 18 years. Hana (Nagano Mei), who suspects the relationship between Shindo an...

  • Episode 8

    8.Episode 8

    01-06-202547m

    A forest fire breaks out in Yamai's (Otoo Takuma) hometown, where a nuclear power facility is located, and his father goes missing. In the area, Shindo (Abe Hiroshi) reunites with...

  • Episode 9

    9.Episode 9

    08-06-202556m

    Shindo (Abe Hiroshi) is urged by Kunisada (Takahashi Hideki) to retire from being a newscaster. While investigating Kazuo's (Yamamoto Manabu) downfall, he comes across something an...

  • Episode 10

    10.Episode 10

    15-06-202564m

    Shindo (Abe Hiroshi) presses Kunisada (Takahashi Hideki) about why an article about his father's story from 43 years ago was never published. Meanwhile, JBN faces fierce criticism...

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