Verdict
ytv.co.jp appears legitimate.
Our checks found nothing pointing to fraud. Ordinary care still applies when you pay or sign in.
| What this site appears to be | Official site of Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (読売テレビ). Provides program schedules, news, event information, corporate notices, and cookie/consent management. Primarily ad-supported and editorial content. |
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Evidence status and limitations
Evidence completeness: UNKNOWN
- The real-world operator identity was not independently verified.
- Module-level completeness metadata is unavailable for this legacy report.
At a glance
The checks that decide most of this verdict.
| Malware engines | None flagged itVirusTotal | Clear |
|---|---|---|
| Google Safe Browsing | Not listedGoogle | Clear |
| Abuse reports on the host | 0 reportsAbuseIPDB; shared hosting inflates this count | Noted |
| Domain age | 31 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Never archivedNo public history of this site | Watch |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by Amazon RSA 2048 M04 | Noted |
The page as captured
No screenshot is retained for this report.
Key findings
- Automated classification: Not Scam.
- Domain age: more than 10 years (registration continuity).
- No flags from the reputation services TrustSniffer consulted at assessment time.
Full analysis
Overview
What appears to be the official website of Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (読売テレビ), the site presents Japanese television programming, news, events, corporate information, video content, and audience-engagement features through an advertising- and sponsorship-supported broadcast media model.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No phishing, impersonation, blacklist, malicious-file, or other contradiction signals were observed. The homepage contains substantial broadcaster-specific content, including program schedules, news reporting, event listings, named programmes such as *Detective Conan*, and corporate information; it also has no login form, sensitive data form, hidden form, wallet connection, or untrusted form destination. The available evidence is therefore consistent with an established, apparently legitimate media website, although the real-world operator identity is not independently verified.
- The homepage identifies the site as 読売テレビ and presents broadcast categories, programme schedules, news, events, video distribution, sustainability activity, and company information.
- The homepage’s form analysis recorded 0 forms, no sensitive form, no login form, and no hidden forms.
- The domain was registered on 1995-07-07 and is 31.12 years old.
- External reputation checks recorded 0 malicious findings, 0 suspicious findings, and no blacklist hit for the evaluated domain.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The site’s apparent business model is conventional broadcasting and editorial publishing rather than a regulated financial or investment service. Its content includes corporate notices and privacy/cookie-management material, but the available evidence does not independently verify the operating entity or establish a regulatory registration. This is a verification consideration rather than evidence of deception. A separate broker-reputation check produced no match, which is contextual reassurance only and not a licensing determination.
- The homepage is categorized as Media / Broadcast / News and describes advertising, sponsorship, editorial content, programme information, and promotional services.
- The site exposes corporate-information, privacy, and cookie/consent content within its navigation.
- The hosting infrastructure resolves through AS16509, operated by AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US.
- The site uses a valid DV TLS certificate issued by Amazon RSA 2048 M04, valid through 2026-10-10T23:59:59+00:00.
What to Verify Next
Before credential or payment interactions, independently confirm the corporate identity associated with the site through an official corporate-information source and use contact channels reached from independently obtained broadcaster information rather than relying solely on a page link. If the site presents a purchase, event-registration, or account workflow, review the applicable terms, cancellation or return conditions, and payment-protection arrangements before completing the transaction.
- The site’s identity verification status is assessed as likely rather than verified, with one trusted social presence identified.
- The homepage links to YouTube and provides broadcaster-specific programme, event, and news content.
- No regulated financial-service interaction, cryptocurrency feature, wallet connection, or credential-harvesting mechanism was detected.
Summary Verdict
The website has a high-trust, low-risk posture and the evidence is consistent with an established, apparently legitimate broadcaster website. No scam or impersonation contradictions were observed, but the operator’s real-world identity remains independently unverified, so legitimacy should be described as apparent rather than proven.
Infrastructure Integrity
The site is protected by AWS CloudFront CDN/WAF infrastructure, with observed edge addresses assigned to AS16509 and no origin candidate exposed in the analysis. This mainstream, protective deployment reduces direct origin exposure and supports infrastructure integrity, but it is a mitigating technical signal rather than proof of corporate legitimacy.
Closing Assessment
Normal browsing is proportionate to the assessed posture; any credential submission, registration, or payment should follow the ordinary independent identity, terms, and payment-protection checks described above.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-11 by the TrustSniffer Analysis Engine from the evidence in this report.
What the analysis found
No rule findings contributed to this verdict.
Identity verification
| Status | LIKELY |
|---|---|
| Identity score | 73/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 74% |
- Trusted social count=1
Identity verification measures whether the site can be independently connected to a real-world brand or person. It is separate from the classification confidence.
What TrustSniffer observed
First-party facts recorded during the assessment of ytv.co.jp.
- The request stayed on ytv.co.jp. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by awsdns-29.org, across 4 name servers. Noted
- It is hosted on AMAZON-02, from a server in US. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | Not available |
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| Hosting | AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US |
| Country | US |
| Server IP | 13.33.235.109 |
| Name servers | ns-1262.awsdns-29.org, ns-699.awsdns-23.net, ns-1646.awsdns-13.co.uk, ns-240.awsdns-30.com |
| SSL issuer | Amazon RSA 2048 M04 |
| SSL expiry | 2026-10-10 |
| Domain age | 31.12 years (continuous registration) |
| Domain expiry | Not available |
| Archive first seen | Not available |
| Archive snapshots | 0 |
| Reputation | VirusTotal: 0 flagged | AbuseIPDB: 0 reports | Google Safe Browsing: 0 matches |
About this assessment
A trust score summarises the evidence TrustSniffer could collect about ytv.co.jp at assessment time. It is a starting point for your own judgement, not a guarantee: a high score means the signals were consistent with a legitimately operated site, a low or critical score means several risk patterns were present.
TrustSniffer assesses a website from the evidence it can collect at a point in time: domain registration and age, hosting and certificate, the content the site served, and third-party reputation feeds. A score is a summary of that evidence, not a guarantee and not a legal finding. There is no human rating and no user review in it. A site can change after it is assessed.