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

Interviews with leaders, academics, visionaries and entrepreneurs whose work is changing the world. Offers insight into those who are applying their skills to solve challenges at a local, regional and international level.

Visiting Okutama, a town nestled in a mountain range on Tokyo's western edge, and learning about the complex history behind a large reservoir that serves as a vital water source for the metropolis.

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

A look into Japanese kitchens offering insights into Japanese food and its preparation.

The Japanese language is rich in words and expressions influenced by nature, history, and culture. Taking a look at words related to hot water and exploring the unique culture behind them.

A look at Zuiki Matsuri, a festival of floats that have been decorated with locally grown vegetables and parades in the streets during early October in gratitude of an abundant harvest.

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

Joy through travel: the mantra of Dr. Ito Reiya, who helps critical and chronic patients to plan trips. He accompanies them to the sea, familiar places, or to see family, bringing them happiness.

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.

An aerial journey across 21st century Japan. Following bird's-eye views of unique landscapes as well as intimate portraits of the people who inhabit the archipelago. This time, an olive grower in Shodoshima.

Actor Kataoka Ainosuke explores two acts from this gidayu kyogen play. It's a fantastical, dramatic, and deeply moving piece of theatre.

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.

Fu Jingliang spends over decades researching on incense as the first inheritor of Incense Culture. During the pandemic, this had drawn the attention of Chinese as well.

Japanese researchers created the technology behind next-generation solar cells. In this episode, we'll look at the story of their development and their tremendous potential to solve energy problems.

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.

Visiting Okutama, a town nestled in a mountain range on Tokyo's western edge, and learning about the complex history behind a large reservoir that serves as a vital water source for the metropolis.

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.

Interviews with leaders, academics, visionaries and entrepreneurs whose work is changing the world. Offers insight into those who are applying their skills to solve challenges at a local, regional and international level.

We visit the Yoshiwara district, Edo's most prominent pleasure quarters. Among the lavish spenders, courtesans and apprentices scurry about.

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

A look into Japanese kitchens offering insights into Japanese food and its preparation.

The Japanese language is rich in words and expressions influenced by nature, history, and culture. Taking a look at words related to hot water and exploring the unique culture behind them.

A look at Zuiki Matsuri, a festival of floats that have been decorated with locally grown vegetables and parades in the streets during early October in gratitude of an abundant harvest.

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.

Joy through travel: the mantra of Dr. Ito Reiya, who helps critical and chronic patients to plan trips. He accompanies them to the sea, familiar places, or to see family, bringing them happiness.

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 small 10-cm fish, wakasagi, is the star of Japan's winter fishing season. Drilling holes in an icy lake for some line fishing and meeting fishers who are passionate about conservation efforts.

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.

Visiting Okutama, a town nestled in a mountain range on Tokyo's western edge, and learning about the complex history behind a large reservoir that serves as a vital water source for the metropolis.

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

Interviews with leaders, academics, visionaries and entrepreneurs whose work is changing the world. Offers insight into those who are applying their skills to solve challenges at a local, regional and international level.

Actor Kataoka Ainosuke explores two acts from this gidayu kyogen play. It's a fantastical, dramatic, and deeply moving piece of theatre.

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.

A look into Japanese kitchens offering insights into Japanese food and its preparation.

The Japanese language is rich in words and expressions influenced by nature, history, and culture. Taking a look at words related to hot water and exploring the unique culture behind them.

A look at Zuiki Matsuri, a festival of floats that have been decorated with locally grown vegetables and parades in the streets during early October in gratitude of an abundant harvest.

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.

Fu Jingliang spends over decades researching on incense as the first inheritor of Incense Culture. During the pandemic, this had drawn the attention of Chinese as well.

We visit the Yoshiwara district, Edo's most prominent pleasure quarters. Among the lavish spenders, courtesans and apprentices scurry about.

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

Joy through travel: the mantra of Dr. Ito Reiya, who helps critical and chronic patients to plan trips. He accompanies them to the sea, familiar places, or to see family, bringing them happiness.

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.

The small 10-cm fish, wakasagi, is the star of Japan's winter fishing season. Drilling holes in an icy lake for some line fishing and meeting fishers who are passionate about conservation efforts.

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.

Visiting Okutama, a town nestled in a mountain range on Tokyo's western edge, and learning about the complex history behind a large reservoir that serves as a vital water source for the metropolis.

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.

A look into Japanese kitchens offering insights into Japanese food and its preparation.

The Japanese language is rich in words and expressions influenced by nature, history, and culture. Taking a look at words related to hot water and exploring the unique culture behind them.

A look at Zuiki Matsuri, a festival of floats that have been decorated with locally grown vegetables and parades in the streets during early October in gratitude of an abundant harvest.

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

We visit the Yoshiwara district, Edo's most prominent pleasure quarters. Among the lavish spenders, courtesans and apprentices scurry about.

The Ainu are the indigenous people of northern Japan. Time-lapse creator Shimizu Daisuke investigates various aspects of their culture and traditions. This time, a look at visual Ainu patterns.

An aerial journey across 21st century Japan. Following bird's-eye views of unique landscapes as well as intimate portraits of the people who inhabit the archipelago. This time, an olive grower in Shodoshima.

Actor Kataoka Ainosuke explores two acts from this gidayu kyogen play. It's a fantastical, dramatic, and deeply moving piece of theatre.

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.

Flora is integral to traditional and modern Kyoto life. Japan's oldest public botanical garden celebrates its centennial and is home to a medicinal plant garden to preserve rare plants for posterity.

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

A conversation with Vivi Lin, a period equity and gender equality activist from Taiwan. She founded an NGO named With Red in 2019 to promote period equity in Taiwan and Asia, reaching more than 500,000 people.

Today, circular design is making waves because it prioritises earth's resources, while minimizing waste and pollution. From buildings that can be dismantled and moved, to technology that keeps tradition thriving.

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.

Each year, Japan's deities are said to gather in Izumo in western Japan. Visiting Izumo Taisha, a shrine with a millennium of history, to explore a land with deep connections to the distant past.

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 small 10-cm fish, wakasagi, is the star of Japan's winter fishing season. Drilling holes in an icy lake for some line fishing and meeting fishers who are passionate about conservation efforts.

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 insights into all types of workers by investigating what they have for lunch. Examining what they eat as they strive to achieve new goals.