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Explores the Kokugikan Arena, which is the location for grand sumo tournaments. Unlike the other in-door stadiums, this place permits people to eat while enjoying the fight.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

Gary Bencheghib, a French activist in Bali, founded Sungai Watch with more than 100 members to clean rivers and turn plastic waste into new products. He tackles pollution cooperating with the local government.

Many Nepali workers bare harsh conditions overseas in order to send money to their families back home.

Daily news program that picks up the key news stories of the past 24 hours from Japan and around Asia.

Presenting bento ideas sent in from around the world and teaching how to give leftovers a bento makeover and use shared ingredients to make different bento for your family.

Watchmaker Ito Naofumi is also a rather unusual artist. Using old watch parts, his lifelike creations express a watchmaker's appreciation for the eternal beauty found inside a timepiece.

Daily news program that picks up the key news stories of the past 24 hours from Japan and around Asia.

The AQ Group reexamines the potential of wooden buildings with a focus on traditional techniques. It pursues greater earthquake and fire resistance.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

Presents the latest entertainment news and trends along with special interviews with TV personalities.

Reporting the latest business, finance and economic news, with added analysis from expert guests at the studio.

Elsa, a mother from the Faroe Islands, shares her struggles with the language barrier when assisting her children with their homework at a Japanese public school.

Sumo highlights from a range of tournaments that have taken place across the globe. Sumo is one of the most traditional Japanese sports and boasts a history going back more than 1500 years.

Explores the Kokugikan Arena, which is the location for grand sumo tournaments. Unlike the other in-door stadiums, this place permits people to eat while enjoying the fight.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

Presents the latest entertainment news and trends along with special interviews with TV personalities.

Horiuchi Yoshimi is running a library in a small city in Northern Thailand. She is blind, yet she has the passions about reading and believes it can change lives for the better future.

A look at how in Hokkaido, Japan, local residents and businesses are finding ways to utilize JR Hokkaido's discontinued railway lines. Following how these discontinued lines are being used in modern times.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

Presents the latest entertainment news and trends along with special interviews with TV personalities.

Reporting the latest business, finance and economic news, with added analysis from expert guests at the studio.

Many Nepali workers bare harsh conditions overseas in order to send money to their families back home.

Comprehensive coverage of events in Japan and Asia. It explains the day's developments and what is behind them.

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.

Gary Bencheghib, a French activist in Bali, founded Sungai Watch with more than 100 members to clean rivers and turn plastic waste into new products. He tackles pollution cooperating with the local government.

At dusk in summer, a woman is absorbed in reading a letter. This chic lady is actually an advertisement model for Mitsui Echigoya, one of the top kimono fabric stores in Edo.

Comprehensive coverage of events in Japan and Asia. It explains the day's developments and what is behind them.

Presenting bento ideas sent in from around the world and teaching how to give leftovers a bento makeover and use shared ingredients to make different bento for your family.

Watchmaker Ito Naofumi is also a rather unusual artist. Using old watch parts, his lifelike creations express a watchmaker's appreciation for the eternal beauty found inside a timepiece.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

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.

The AQ Group reexamines the potential of wooden buildings with a focus on traditional techniques. It pursues greater earthquake and fire resistance.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

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.

Digging deeper into current affairs with cutting-edge information and critical analysis on important issues confronting Japanese lives.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

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.

Many Nepali workers bare harsh conditions overseas in order to send money to their families back home.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

Gary Bencheghib, a French activist in Bali, founded Sungai Watch with more than 100 members to clean rivers and turn plastic waste into new products. He tackles pollution cooperating with the local government.

Sumo highlights from a range of tournaments that have taken place across the globe. Sumo is one of the most traditional Japanese sports and boasts a history going back more than 1500 years.

Dohyo is a sacred stage for Sumo wrestling. However, there are some secrets intertwined with beliefs behind making one.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

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.

Presenting bento ideas sent in from around the world and teaching how to give leftovers a bento makeover and use shared ingredients to make different bento for your family.

Watchmaker Ito Naofumi is also a rather unusual artist. Using old watch parts, his lifelike creations express a watchmaker's appreciation for the eternal beauty found inside a timepiece.

Comprehensive coverage of events in Japan and Asia. It explains the day's developments and what is behind them.

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.

Horiuchi Yoshimi is running a library in a small city in Northern Thailand. She is blind, yet she has the passions about reading and believes it can change lives for the better future.

At dusk in summer, a woman is absorbed in reading a letter. This chic lady is actually an advertisement model for Mitsui Echigoya, one of the top kimono fabric stores in Edo.

A look at how ultrasound is emerging as an effective treatment for pancreatic cancer. HIFU uses focused heat to target and destroy cancer cells, and there is minimal harm to the body.

The AQ Group reexamines the potential of wooden buildings with a focus on traditional techniques. It pursues greater earthquake and fire resistance.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

Reporting the latest business, finance and economic news, with added analysis from expert guests at the studio.

Digging deeper into current affairs with cutting-edge information and critical analysis on important issues confronting Japanese lives.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

Reporting the latest business, finance and economic news, with added analysis from expert guests at the studio.

Many Nepali workers bare harsh conditions overseas in order to send money to their families back home.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

Reporting the latest business, finance and economic news, with added analysis from expert guests at the studio.

Presenting bento ideas sent in from around the world and teaching how to give leftovers a bento makeover and use shared ingredients to make different bento for your family.

Watchmaker Ito Naofumi is also a rather unusual artist. Using old watch parts, his lifelike creations express a watchmaker's appreciation for the eternal beauty found inside a timepiece.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

Elsa, a mother from the Faroe Islands, shares her struggles with the language barrier when assisting her children with their homework at a Japanese public school.

At dusk in summer, a woman is absorbed in reading a letter. This chic lady is actually an advertisement model for Mitsui Echigoya, one of the top kimono fabric stores in Edo.

Okinawa Prefecture is a group of subtropical islands in the far south of Japan. We examine its past and present, with footage from time-lapse creator Shimizu Daisuke. This time: US Influences.

Japanology Plus explores Japanese life and culture. In this 5-minute digest, we look at Japanese dog breeds. There are six breeds native to Japan, including Shiba Inu and Akita.

Sumo highlights from a range of tournaments that have taken place across the globe. Sumo is one of the most traditional Japanese sports and boasts a history going back more than 1500 years.

Dohyo is a sacred stage for Sumo wrestling. However, there are some secrets intertwined with beliefs behind making one.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

Featuring new Japanese technologies to solve the climate crisis. Looking at zero-carbon buildings, perovskite solar cells, and the challenge of turning cities into forests.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

Features Akita Prefecture's nature and craftsmanship, including Hatahata sandfish, 800-year-old lacquerware, pickled and preserved produce, and a guardian deity made from straw.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

Digging deeper into current affairs with cutting-edge information and critical analysis on important issues confronting Japanese lives.

Discovers the idea of weighing by guessing, under different conditions, the weight of two boxes, each containing a bottle of water that weighs the same.

Introduces traditional folk tales that have been told and loved in Japan for centuries. Presents the stories with the rich expressiveness of one-person performances, enhanced by illustrations that bring the tales to life.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

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.

NHK WORLD-JAPAN presents a variety of short programs focusing on Japan and Asia.

A series of doodles by the famous artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi turn out to be carefully considered depictions of the kabuki actors of the day. We investigate what kind of artistic statement was he trying to make.

Sumo highlights from a range of tournaments that have taken place across the globe. Sumo is one of the most traditional Japanese sports and boasts a history going back more than 1500 years.