The Japanese television network, Tokyo Broadcasting System Television (TBS) on Tuesday announced a partnership with global streaming platform Netflix for streaming TBS content, including new shows, and international releases.

The partnership has been started with ‘Japan Sinks: People of Hope’ a TBS drama series that starts airing on Oct.10. Based on the bestselling 1973 novel by Komatsu Sakyo that has inspired other dramas, as well as film and anime versions, the series stars top local talents such as, Oguri Shun, Matsuyama Kenichi, Anne, Nakamura Toru, and Kagawa Teruyuki.

Netflix will stream episodes to its subscribers three hours after broadcast on TBS, an official statement from Netflix said.

In December, ‘The Future Diary’, which is also a hit TBS reality series from two decades back, will get a new lease on life as a Netflix Original series.

The story revolves around a man and a woman who come across a mysterious diary that foretells them falling in love, though they are strangers to each other.

In 2023 streaming giant will stream the TBS drama series ‘Let’s Get Divorced,’ with Isoyama Aki of TBS Sparkle producing and comedy hitmakers Kudo Kankuro and Oishi Shizuka scripting.

The series concerns a married couple that wants to get divorced, but circumstances have kept together.

Commenting on the partnership in a statement, TBS’s DX Business Division president Yayoi Nakatani said, “TBS has set a goal to expand into global markets. We are looking forward to delivering our content to people around the world, and strengthening our position in the global content market.”

For unversed, TBS has entered the international streaming arena before, including an April 2021 deal with U.S. cable network G4 for streaming and broadcast rights to the TBS shows “Ninja Warrior” and “Unbeatable Banzuke,” and the Indonesian-Thai versions of the venerable comic game show “Takeshi’s Castle.”