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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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

The host sheds light on the history of Christianity in Japan by visiting various monuments in the city of Nagasaki Prefecture and the Goto Islands.

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.

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.

A legendary New York actor and director best known for playing Connie in A Chorus Line now strives to create opportunities for Asian performers. She talks about racial diversity in American theatre.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

It's late at night, when all are fast asleep. A young man and woman huddle together on the veranda outside of a house, attending to a rooster. We investigate what the pair could be up to.

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

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.

In 2022, JR West announced the income and expenditure for local lines with particularly low ridership. See how the local government and community are working to promote the use of these lines.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A legendary New York actor and director best known for playing Connie in A Chorus Line now strives to create opportunities for Asian performers. She talks about racial diversity in American theatre.

It's late at night, when all are fast asleep. A young man and woman huddle together on the veranda outside of a house, attending to a rooster. We investigate what the pair could be up to.

Explores the history of two popular Japanese products: fan-cooled workwear and marine cargo tanks.

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.

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

In 2022, JR West announced the income and expenditure for local lines with particularly low ridership. See how the local government and community are working to promote the use of these lines.

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.

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.

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

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.

It's late at night, when all are fast asleep. A young man and woman huddle together on the veranda outside of a house, attending to a rooster. We investigate what the pair could be up to.

The Jomon period lasted from around 13,000 BC to 300 BC. This society of hunter-gatherers cherished peace, cooperation and connection to the natural world. A look at the Sannai Maruyama site, where 6,000 years ago, a large settlement was established.

The host sheds light on the history of Christianity in Japan by visiting various monuments in the city of Nagasaki Prefecture and the Goto Islands.

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.

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.

In October 2022, a tragedy took place at an Indonesian soccer stadium, taking the lives of 135 people. As families seek justice, others seek to transform Indonesia's often violent soccer culture.

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.

Marc creates Japanese-style fritters with rainbow veggies while Maki uses sweet-and-sour chicken to make some funky Chinese steamed buns. Plus, meet a Dutch family who has embraced the slow life and slow food.

A look at clay developed by a downtown Tokyo pencil maker who uses sawdust from the pencil making process. It feels just like ordinary clay, is eco-friendly, and, when dry, behaves just like wood.

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.

Bringing the best in entertainment.

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.

In 2022, JR West announced the income and expenditure for local lines with particularly low ridership. See how the local government and community are working to promote the use of these lines.

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.

Sheds light on a range of concepts within Japanese philosophy, spirituality and culture that offer a window into the rich history of a country with its own complex traditions and folklore.