Tokyo Radio Online: Stations Streaming Live

Published 24 September 2026

You can listen to Tokyo radio online in any browser, with no download and no account: open 72FM, search for a station's name, and press play. Tokyo is home to NHK, Japan's public broadcaster, and to its international service in many languages — plus classical, community and anime streams.

NHK

• NHK-FM — the public broadcaster's music and culture network.
• NHK World-Japan (Radio Japan) — the international service, with streams in many languages, from English to Korean.

More from Tokyo

• Ottava — a Tokyo classical internet station.
• FM Setagaya 83.4 — community radio from the Setagaya ward.
• Gotanno FM 89.2 — indie pop and J-pop.
• AFN Tokyo — the American Forces Network.
• Stereo Anime — anime openings and endings.
• Free FM Tokyo — Japanese music at 320kbps.

The sound of the city

Most of Tokyo's big commercial stations stream through radiko, the Japanese service that is available only inside Japan — so from abroad, NHK and the internet stations above are the way in. Japanese radio online goes further.

A little history

Japanese radio began in Tokyo on 22 March 1925, the first broadcast of the station that became NHK. radiko, the service most commercial stations now stream through, launched in 2010.

Listening from elsewhere

Tokyo keeps Japan Standard Time, nine hours ahead of UTC all year, with no daylight saving time.

A route in

1. NHK World-Japan, for news in your language.
2. NHK-FM, for music and culture.
3. Ottava, for classical music.
4. Stereo Anime, for anime songs.

Across the sea, Seoul radio online is next.