News Anchor Season 1
Promoted to lead anchor of a struggling news program, a journalist pushes the boundaries to investigate and expose truths others want buried.
Episodes
E1Soichi 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, but in recent years its viewer ratings…
E2Police 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 (Suzuki Takayuki) and announcer Koike…
E3"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 Hiroshi) is also interviewing another…
E4When 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 Hiroshi). In fact, Shindo's daughter, Sumire…
E5Police 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 to investigate the truth, but Shindo…
E6Fujii (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 the truth, she comes across a certain…
E7Shindo (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 and Fukazawa, is suddenly confronted by…
E8A 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 Ozaki (Tanida Ayumu), a former…
E9Shindo (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 and tries to uncover the truth about…
E10Shindo (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 due to a scandal surrounding the…