It has been announced that the news program "Wake Up" produced by Yomiuri Television (Yomiuri Television/Nippon Television affiliates, Saturdays at 8 a.m.) will close its 34-year run with the broadcast on March 29th.
This nationwide news program has been broadcast from the Yomiuri TV studio since January 1991, and has been renewed as "Wake Up!", "Wake Up! Plus", and "Wake Up".
In March 2024, lawyer and Chuo University Law School professor Shuya Nomura graduated from the show's MC position. Announcer Shinobu Nakatani has been the sole MC.