NHK Newsline
Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.
Cinematic Journey
Kyle Card hikes the newly designated long trail around majestic Mt Fuji and discovers its secrets.
Japanology Plus
Ueno is home to world-class cultural facilities, bustling street markets, historic sites, and much more. Considers the factors that have made this diverse urban environment so enduringly popular.
NHK Newsline
Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.
Newsline in Depth
Introducing a colourful variety of feature stories, including reports on daily life from locations throughout Japan, as well as other parts of Asia and around the world.
Japan Railway Journal
Hisatsu Orange Railway operates with support from the entire prefecture, including municipalities not serviced by the railway. Explores how they continue to function in this way as a regional means of transportation.
NHK Newsline
Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.
Newsline in Depth
Introducing a colourful variety of feature stories, including reports on daily life from locations throughout Japan, as well as other parts of Asia and around the world.
Core Kyoto
Due to a decline in attendance, Kyoto's Buddhist temples have been searching for ways to make Buddhist teachings more relevant to modern times in order to ensure the continuation of these places of worship.
NHK Newsline
Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.
Direct Talk
Composer Paul Chihara was inspired by music he heard at the Japanese American internment camp where he spent his childhood during WWII. A look at how the war affected him and what music means to him.
Lunch ON!
Itsuki, a third-grade boy, loves his swimming school coaches. He wrote to us wishing to join them for lunch. His wish came true; he had lunch with them after a special tour of their room.
Dining with the Chef Mini
The hosts share fun cooking tips that are easy to follow and a healthy recipe for vegetarian chirashi sushi.
NHK Newsline
Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.
Newsline in Depth
Introducing a colourful variety of feature stories, including reports on daily life from locations throughout Japan, as well as other parts of Asia and around the world.
Design X Stories
The pandemic led to a wide variety of projects that helped connect people and communities. Exploring some of the designs from that time that encouraged creative communication and new ways to live.
Newsroom Tokyo
Comprehensive coverage of events in Japan and Asia. It explains the day's developments and what is behind them.
Newsline in Depth
Introducing a colourful variety of feature stories, including reports on daily life from locations throughout Japan, as well as other parts of Asia and around the world.
Direct Talk
Thai winemaker Visootha Lohitnavy is attracting attention from around the world for her authentic wine production in the tropics.
Ukiyoe Edo-Life, Säsong 1
Mornings begin early for fishmongers and vegetable peddlers at Nihonbashi Bridge, and here is a reason, they are not going to bow to the lord's procession.
Japan's Top Inventions
The stories behind hit Japanese products, plus top creations for niche markets. This time: singing synthesizers & solder.
Japanology Plus
Ueno is home to world-class cultural facilities, bustling street markets, historic sites, and much more. Considers the factors that have made this diverse urban environment so enduringly popular.
NHK Newsline
Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.
MATSURI: The Heartbeat of Japan
A look into the training and preparations for the Onabare festival, which include parading a portable shrine through the streets and performing along the way.
Japan Railway Journal
Hisatsu Orange Railway operates with support from the entire prefecture, including municipalities not serviced by the railway. Explores how they continue to function in this way as a regional means of transportation.
NHK Newsline
Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.
Japan Sportscope
This time Haryy Sugiyama, the presenter, experiences driving a kart in Saitama Prefecture. Professional driver Mr. Tsukakoshi teaches him to drive and they show the pleasure of driving a kart.
Core Kyoto
Due to a decline in attendance, Kyoto's Buddhist temples have been searching for ways to make Buddhist teachings more relevant to modern times in order to ensure the continuation of these places of worship.
NHK Newsline
Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.
Trails to Oishii Tokyo Mini
Concerned about the decline in global bee populations, urbanites take on rooftop beekeeping in Japan's capital. Also, visiting beekeeping sites responsible for precious honey varieties that are increasingly at risk.
Design X Stories
The pandemic led to a wide variety of projects that helped connect people and communities. Exploring some of the designs from that time that encouraged creative communication and new ways to live.
NHK Newsline
Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.
Ukiyoe Edo-Life, Säsong 1
Mornings begin early for fishmongers and vegetable peddlers at Nihonbashi Bridge, and here is a reason, they are not going to bow to the lord's procession.
Time-Lapse Japan
One of the greatest mysteries that archaeologists are trying to unveil is that of the stone circles. Ceremonial stone circles first appeared at the beginning of Jomon era. Hundreds of stone circles and stone features have cropped up all over Japan.
Japan From Above: Up Close
A birds-eye view of unique landscapes across Japan as well as intimate portraits of its inhabitants. Meeting a family in Okinawa Prefecture as they celebrate a festival dedicated to their ancestors.
Lunch ON!
Itsuki, a third-grade boy, loves his swimming school coaches. He wrote to us wishing to join them for lunch. His wish came true; he had lunch with them after a special tour of their room.
Dining with the Chef Mini
The hosts share fun cooking tips that are easy to follow and a healthy recipe for vegetarian chirashi sushi.
NHK Newsline
Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.
Newsline in Depth
Introducing a colourful variety of feature stories, including reports on daily life from locations throughout Japan, as well as other parts of Asia and around the world.
Asia Insight
In India, looking for a marriage partner has long been a family affair, but with more women taking an active role in society, the method and priorities of the search are starting to change.
NHK Newsline
Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.
Direct Talk
Noor Shaker, a former computer scientist, is determined to contribute her expertise to society. She is now using AI to tackle and improve the expensive, time-consuming process of drug discovery.
Bento Expo
Marc introduces a delicious salmon roll bento and Maki demonstrates how to make a popular yakitori bento. Bento Trip visits Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture to showcase the local ekiben: asari clam bento.
Zero Waste Life
Seki Masafumi and his wife Yuko make dye using various agricultural waste from farms in his home of Ibaraki Prefecture. In addition to reducing waste, their work aims to give a boost to local farmers.
NHK Newsline
Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.
Newsline in Depth
Introducing a colourful variety of feature stories, including reports on daily life from locations throughout Japan, as well as other parts of Asia and around the world.
Trails to Oishii Tokyo Mini
Taking a look into Japan's love for takenoko, long-considered a spring delicacy in Japan. Takenoko are young bamboo sprouts that are pulled up during only a short period of time each year.
Origami Magic
Dr Origami teaches the kids how to make an easy-to-fold balloon rabbit with a single piece of origami paper.
On the Wings
Explores the beautiful sky of Japan from Narita to Kumamoto and experiences flying above the active volcanoes.
MATSURI: The Heartbeat of Japan
Kagura is a form of votive music and dance that started over a thousand years ago. Akitakata in Hiroshima Prefecture has a hall dedicated to kagura performances and hosts 22 kagura troupes.
NHK Newsline
Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.
Newsline in Depth
Introducing a colourful variety of feature stories, including reports on daily life from locations throughout Japan, as well as other parts of Asia and around the world.
Design Museum Japan
Shibata Fumie learns how kaiki, a thin silk fabric, can produce a layered final product that looks like a digital image.
Japan Railway Journal
Hisatsu Orange Railway operates with support from the entire prefecture, including municipalities not serviced by the railway. Explores how they continue to function in this way as a regional means of transportation.