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{{Infobox company
| name = Turner Japan K.K.
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| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| former_names = Japan Entertainment Network (1997–2013
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| foundation = {{Start date|1997|5|8|df=y}}
| founder = [[WarnerMedia|Time Warner]]<br>[[Itochu]]
| defunct = {{End date|2023|08|01}}
| fate = Rendered inactive; linear television channels absorbed to [[Discovery Japan]]
| successor = [[Discovery Japan]]
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| location_country = Japan
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| owner = [[Warner Bros. Discovery
| parent = [[Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific]]
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== History ==
The company was originally established as '''Japan Entertainment Network K.K.''' ({{Lang-ja|株式会社ジャパン・エンターテイメント・ネットワーク|Kabushiki-gaisha Japan Entāteimento Nettowāku}}) on 8 May 1997, as a joint venture between [[Itochu]] and Time Warner (later known as [[WarnerMedia]]). On 1 September 1997, the company launched the [[Cartoon Network (Japanese TV channel)|Japanese version of Cartoon Network]] on PerfecTV (a forerunner to what is now Sky PerfecTV Premium Service). The company officially renamed itself as '''Turner Japan K.K.''' on 1 April 2013.
In July 2009, the company acquired {{Interlanguage link|Japan Image Communications|lt=Japan Image Communications Co., Ltd.|ja|ジャパンイメージコミュニケーションズ
On 30 January 2018, Turner Japan launched three new channels, Boomerang (a spin off channel to Cartoon Network), Tabi Tele (a spin off to Tabi Channel) and Mondo Mah-jong TV (a spin off to Mondo TV), on [[NTT Docomo]]'s DTV Channel [[Over-the-top media services|OTT]] multichannel television platform.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.turner.com/pressroom/turner-japan-launches-three-new-brands-dtv-channel|title=Turner Japan Launches Three New Brands on DTV Channel|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602002848/https://www.turner.com/pressroom/turner-japan-launches-three-new-brands-dtv-channel|accessdate=2021-12-18|archive-date=2019-06-02}}</ref> The channels were closed down on 31 March 2022 with DTV Channel's termination of service.
Following the April 2022 merger between [[WarnerMedia]] and [[Discovery, Inc.]] that led to the formation of [[Warner Bros. Discovery]] (WBD),<ref>{{cite web|last=Maas|first=Jennifer|date=April 8, 2022|title=Discovery Closes Acquisition of AT&T's WarnerMedia|url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/discovery-warnermedia-merger-close-warner-bros-discovery-1235200983/|access-date=April 8, 2022|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|archive-date=April 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408211723/https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/discovery-warnermedia-merger-close-warner-bros-discovery-1235200983/|url-status=live}}</ref> Turner Japan's linear television channels were absorbed into [[Discovery Japan]] (a joint venture between WBD and {{Interlanguage link|JCom|ja|JCOM}}) on 1 August 2023,<ref>{{cite news |script-title=ja:JCOM、米ワーナーと提携拡大 「放送＋配信」模索 |url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUC075Y90X00C23A8000000/ |access-date=1 December 2023 |work=[[The Nikkei]] |publisher=[[Nikkei, Inc.]] |date=8 August 2023 |language=ja}}</ref> rendering its status as an inactive company.
== Final operations ==
* [[Cartoon Network (Japanese TV channel)|Cartoon Network]]
* {{Interlanguage link|Mondo TV (Japanese TV channel)|lt=Mondo TV|ja|MONDO TV
* {{Interlanguage link|Tabi Channel|ja|旅チャンネル
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* Boomerang
* Mondo Mah-jong TV
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