NHK World - Japan HD Sunday

NHK Newsline delivers the latest news, business, and weather every hour with stories and analysis from Japan, the rest of Asia, and around the world

Teaming with experts in seven locations around the world, we conduct an analysis of internal records leaked from a Chinese cybersecurity company and delve into new threats spreading on the internet.

NHK Newsline delivers the latest news, business, and weather every hour with stories and analysis from Japan, the rest of Asia, and around the world

In August 2025, Fukuyama Masaharu sang 'KUSUNOKI' with a choir of 5,000 people and sent a prayer for peace from Nagasaki to the world - we look at the song's meaning and how it has touched people.

1 in 1000 Japanese have experience as a lay judge in court cases - we witness a networking event for former lay judges where they discuss unique experiences. What does it feel like to judge others?

NHK Newsline delivers the latest news, business, and weather every hour with stories and analysis from Japan, the rest of Asia, and around the world

NHK World-Japan presents Grand Sumo January Tournament Day 8 action live from Tokyo as top wrestlers have their eighth bouts of the 15-day contest.

NHK Newsline delivers the latest news, business, and weather every hour with stories and analysis from Japan, the rest of Asia, and around the world

Explore the world of anime sound - voice actor Otsuka Akio recreates past sessions and reveals techniques behind iconic lines, and composer Inai Keiji works on a new anime score in the studio.

Puppet action show for children. In a distant post-human future where surviving creatures have formed a community, new-breed dinosaur girl Rockie sets out on hilarious adventures with her schoolmates.

NHK Newsline delivers the latest news, business, and weather every hour with stories and analysis from Japan, the rest of Asia, and around the world

Join May J. for great Japanese music! This time: cool R&B-rooted J-Pop from girl duo Natsudaidai and EDM-influenced rock from THE SIXTH LIE - both acts are in the J-Melo studio to chat and perform.

This program is an animation series about a Japanese dog, Charo. He meets and is helped by many mythical creatures of Northern Japan as he searches for eight star talismans. Tohoku series 1-7.

People in Japan use roughly 150 new cardboard boxes a year. In a 5-minute digest, we examine a broad range of Japan's innovative cardboard products, including waterproof packaging and emergency goods.

Miya, a scallop fisherman's cat, keeps watch while her owner is at sea - once he's back, Miya's ready to cuddle. Meanwhile, a cat in Hachinohe City sits on her owner's newspaper to get his attention.

NHK Newsline delivers the latest news, business, and weather every hour with stories and analysis from Japan, the rest of Asia, and around the world

An ekiben with speciality yuzu from Umaji Village is available beside a tourist railway in Kochi - yuzu once saved the village from extinction. This is the story of people behind yuzu-fragrant ekiben.

Watch a professional furniture cleaner return a chest of drawers to its former glory.

Accelerate your Japanese language skills! Learn practical and effective workplace expressions, understand business culture, and improve your kanji.

Artisan Matoba Kensho restores traditional dolls by cleaning and repairing damage to faces - well-preserved dolls can last 100 years, so Kensho hopes people bring them to him and never discard them.

NHK Newsline delivers the latest news, business, and weather every hour with stories and analysis from Japan, the rest of Asia, and around the world

Teaming with experts in seven locations around the world, we conduct an analysis of internal records leaked from a Chinese cybersecurity company and delve into new threats spreading on the internet.

NHK Newsline delivers the latest news, business, and weather every hour with stories and analysis from Japan, the rest of Asia, and around the world

In August 2025, Fukuyama Masaharu sang 'KUSUNOKI' with a choir of 5,000 people and sent a prayer for peace from Nagasaki to the world - we look at the song's meaning and how it has touched people.

1 in 1000 Japanese have experience as a lay judge in court cases - we witness a networking event for former lay judges where they discuss unique experiences. What does it feel like to judge others?

NHK Newsline delivers the latest news, business, and weather every hour with stories and analysis from Japan, the rest of Asia, and around the world

Explore the world of anime sound - voice actor Otsuka Akio recreates past sessions and reveals techniques behind iconic lines, and composer Inai Keiji works on a new anime score in the studio.

Puppet action show for children. In a distant post-human future where surviving creatures have formed a community, new-breed dinosaur girl Rockie sets out on hilarious adventures with her schoolmates.

NHK Newsline delivers the latest news, business, and weather every hour with stories and analysis from Japan, the rest of Asia, and around the world

Join May J. for great Japanese music! This time: cool R&B-rooted J-Pop from girl duo Natsudaidai and EDM-influenced rock from THE SIXTH LIE - both acts are in the J-Melo studio to chat and perform.

This program is an animation series about a Japanese dog, Charo. He meets and is helped by many mythical creatures of Northern Japan as he searches for eight star talismans. Tohoku series 1-7.

People in Japan use roughly 150 new cardboard boxes a year. In a 5-minute digest, we examine a broad range of Japan's innovative cardboard products, including waterproof packaging and emergency goods.

Miya, a scallop fisherman's cat, keeps watch while her owner is at sea - once he's back, Miya's ready to cuddle. Meanwhile, a cat in Hachinohe City sits on her owner's newspaper to get his attention.

NHK Newsline delivers the latest news, business, and weather every hour with stories and analysis from Japan, the rest of Asia, and around the world

Shirakawa-go is one of Japan's snowiest regions and famous for its traditional thatched-roof Gassho-style homes - every detail of life here is reflected in the cooperative bond shared by residents.

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: The Holiest Place.

NHK World-Japan presents a sumo highlights programme for fans around the globe featuring all top-division bouts from Day 8 of the latest Grand Sumo tournament in Tokyo.

Sumopedia enriches your sumo experience with information on the techniques, traditions and famous wrestlers of the past. The rules may be simple but there is a lot more to sumo than meets the eye.

NHK Newsline delivers the latest news, business, and weather every hour with stories and analysis from Japan, the rest of Asia, and around the world

An ekiben with speciality yuzu from Umaji Village is available beside a tourist railway in Kochi - yuzu once saved the village from extinction. This is the story of people behind yuzu-fragrant ekiben.

Watch a professional furniture cleaner return a chest of drawers to its former glory.

Accelerate your Japanese language skills! Learn practical and effective workplace expressions, understand business culture, and improve your kanji.

Artisan Matoba Kensho restores traditional dolls by cleaning and repairing damage to faces - well-preserved dolls can last 100 years, so Kensho hopes people bring them to him and never discard them.

NHK Newsline delivers the latest news, business, and weather every hour with stories and analysis from Japan, the rest of Asia, and around the world

Teaming with experts in seven locations around the world, we conduct an analysis of internal records leaked from a Chinese cybersecurity company and delve into new threats spreading on the internet.

NHK Newsline delivers the latest news, business, and weather every hour with stories and analysis from Japan, the rest of Asia, and around the world

In August 2025, Fukuyama Masaharu sang 'KUSUNOKI' with a choir of 5,000 people and sent a prayer for peace from Nagasaki to the world - we look at the song's meaning and how it has touched people.

1 in 1000 Japanese have experience as a lay judge in court cases - we witness a networking event for former lay judges where they discuss unique experiences. What does it feel like to judge others?

NHK Newsline delivers the latest news, business, and weather every hour with stories and analysis from Japan, the rest of Asia, and around the world

Explore the world of anime sound - voice actor Otsuka Akio recreates past sessions and reveals techniques behind iconic lines, and composer Inai Keiji works on a new anime score in the studio.

Puppet action show for children. In a distant post-human future where surviving creatures have formed a community, new-breed dinosaur girl Rockie sets out on hilarious adventures with her schoolmates.

NHK Newsline delivers the latest news, business, and weather every hour with stories and analysis from Japan, the rest of Asia, and around the world

Join May J. for great Japanese music! This time: cool R&B-rooted J-Pop from girl duo Natsudaidai and EDM-influenced rock from THE SIXTH LIE - both acts are in the J-Melo studio to chat and perform.

This program is an animation series about a Japanese dog, Charo. He meets and is helped by many mythical creatures of Northern Japan as he searches for eight star talismans. Tohoku series 1-7.

People in Japan use roughly 150 new cardboard boxes a year. In a 5-minute digest, we examine a broad range of Japan's innovative cardboard products, including waterproof packaging and emergency goods.

Miya, a scallop fisherman's cat, keeps watch while her owner is at sea - once he's back, Miya's ready to cuddle. Meanwhile, a cat in Hachinohe City sits on her owner's newspaper to get his attention.

NHK Newsline delivers the latest news, business, and weather every hour with stories and analysis from Japan, the rest of Asia, and around the world

An ekiben with speciality yuzu from Umaji Village is available beside a tourist railway in Kochi - yuzu once saved the village from extinction. This is the story of people behind yuzu-fragrant ekiben.

Watch a professional furniture cleaner return a chest of drawers to its former glory.

Accelerate your Japanese language skills! Learn practical and effective workplace expressions, understand business culture, and improve your kanji.

Artisan Matoba Kensho restores traditional dolls by cleaning and repairing damage to faces - well-preserved dolls can last 100 years, so Kensho hopes people bring them to him and never discard them.

NHK Newsline delivers the latest news, business, and weather every hour with stories and analysis from Japan, the rest of Asia, and around the world

Shirakawa-go is one of Japan's snowiest regions and famous for its traditional thatched-roof Gassho-style homes - every detail of life here is reflected in the cooperative bond shared by residents.

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: The Holiest Place.

NHK World-Japan presents a sumo highlights programme for fans around the globe featuring all top-division bouts from Day 8 of the latest Grand Sumo tournament in Tokyo.

Sumopedia enriches your sumo experience with information on the techniques, traditions and famous wrestlers of the past. The rules may be simple but there is a lot more to sumo than meets the eye.

NHK Newsline delivers the latest news, business, and weather every hour with stories and analysis from Japan, the rest of Asia, and around the world

Maminata Ouandaogo's passion for African hairstyles has helped hundreds in Japan with their natural hair, but she says social pressure outside her salon keeps some people from embracing it.

Reductions in Arctic sea ice caused by global warming have ironically led to record-breaking Northern Hemisphere snowfalls and frequent winter storms - what mechanism is at work?

Video and craft artist Hishikawa Seiichi visits Tottori - dyeing firms make fishing flags with vivid hand-drawn designs that carry the feelings of both fishermen and people sending them gifts.

We meet two Nepalese who settled down in Kyushu; Saroj Chaudhary is the director of an elderly care facility in Itoshima in Fukuoka, and Ghale Mankala attends guests at an inn in Yufuin Onsen in Oita.

As the samurai age ended, citrus production provided a way forward for former warriors in Hagi. Locals still love century-old sweets made using the aromatic skin - watch them being made.

NHK Newsline delivers the latest news, business, and weather every hour with stories and analysis from Japan, the rest of Asia, and around the world

The Jomon period dates roughly from 13,000 to 300 B.C. - we examine various aspects of Jomon society with footage from time-lapse creator Shimizu Daisuke. This time: Lacquer.

Find out about Japan's emergency food options that meet the needs of various people and discover the rolling stock method, a smart way to stockpile emergency food.

Learn how to make the most of your Japanese skills - watch our drama that features useful communication strategies, our snappy videos about onomatopoeia, and our documentaries on 'senpai' in Japan.

Bara Kyoushitsu in Kani City in Gifu Prefecture is a preschool designed to eliminate the number of foreign children who stop attending school because they don't understand Japanese.

With multilingual services, NHK World-Japan helps foreign residents with disaster prevention and daily life - a presentation introducing these services was given at the Embassy of Bangladesh in Tokyo.

NHK Newsline delivers the latest news, business, and weather every hour with stories and analysis from Japan, the rest of Asia, and around the world

Visiting places across Japan to introduce the charms of their local daily life and festivals fostered by the nation's long history.

NHK Newsline delivers the latest news, business, and weather every hour with stories and analysis from Japan, the rest of Asia, and around the world

This episode features businesses that are capitalising on the resurgence in popularity of physical media such as vinyl records and self-published books.

NHK Newsline delivers the latest news, business, and weather every hour with stories and analysis from Japan, the rest of Asia, and around the world

NHK World-Japan presents a sumo highlights programme for fans around the globe featuring all top-division bouts from Day 8 of the latest Grand Sumo tournament in Tokyo.

Sumopedia enriches your sumo experience with information on the techniques, traditions and famous wrestlers of the past. The rules may be simple but there is a lot more to sumo than meets the eye.

NHK Newsline delivers the latest news, business, and weather every hour with stories and analysis from Japan, the rest of Asia, and around the world

We meet two Nepalese who settled down in Kyushu; Saroj Chaudhary is the director of an elderly care facility in Itoshima in Fukuoka, and Ghale Mankala attends guests at an inn in Yufuin Onsen in Oita.

As the samurai age ended, citrus production provided a way forward for former warriors in Hagi. Locals still love century-old sweets made using the aromatic skin - watch them being made.