JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as is a Japanese television station that serves as the flagship of the TX Network. It is owned and operated by itself a subsidiary of the TV Tokyo Holdings Corporation, in turn controlled by Nikkei, Inc. At noon on April 12, 1964, Tokyo Channel 12 officially launched (broadcasting as ); as well as the Japanese economy being in a securities recession at the time, Tokyo Channel 12 immediately fell into serious operating difficulties.