Nippon Television Network Corporation(日本テレビ放送网株式会社,Nippon Terebi Hōsōmō Kabushiki-gaisha), doing business as Nippon TV, is a television network based in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan and is controlled by the Yomiuri Shimbun publishing company. Broadcasting terrestrially across Japan, the network is commonly known as Nihon Terebi(日本テレビ), contracted to Nittere(日テレ), and abbreviated as "NTV" or "AX".