NHK World - Japan HD Sunday

NHK Newsline brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together

Slime moulds can navigate mazes and design optimal transport networks for humans - these brainless ancient organisms help Nakagaki Toshiyuki explore the essence of life and intelligence.

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

Today: determining what is worrying a client. Lin Zhipeng from China works at a real estate firm - in a role play challenge, he must determine what is worrying his client.

Bicycle lover Yamamoto Atsushi makes items like handbags from old bicycle parts - unable to simply watch them being discarded, he sees giving them new purpose as his true calling.

NHK Newsline brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together

As battles with Russia persist in an eastern Ukrainian town, electricity is vital - through power grid workers risking their lives to fix the grid, we depict people losing their homeland to war.

NHK Newsline brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together

Gary Tegler gets a close-up look at the Gion Matsuri - which began over 1,000 years ago - as he unravels the mystery of its decorations and meets foreign volunteers.

NHK Newsline brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together

Cadiz is located in Andalusia, in southern Spain. This historic port city has been a centre of maritime trade since ancient times, with a history stretching back to before the Common Era

NHK Newsline brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together

Anime Manga Explosion features major Japanese anime and manga works that are highly recognised by international fans. Each episode explores the secrets of the works' popularity.

This episode features 'Wakey's Door' on Edo Kiriko, a traditional Japanese glassware craft, and music performances, 'Get ready to eat-Green Peppers' and 'Ocean! Amigo!' It energises kids

NHK Newsline brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together

Singer-songwriter Ohzora Kimishima brings a special ensemble formed with friends that features Shuta Nishida (Gt), Kazuki Arai (Ba), Shun Ishiwaka (Dr) and guest vocalists ermhoi and Kuro.

Little Charo is an animation series about a Japanese dog who got lost in NY. 'I want to see my owner again!' Charo starts his adventure back home. Season 2-7

Torii are gateways to Shinto shrines where deities are worshipped. We look at torii around Japan, as well as efforts to rebuild them after a tsunami, and examine their role and what they represent

Torao lives on a ranch for draft horses and naps in a quiet spot. Socks lives at a produce transportation business. He's so popular at the office that he's considered the company vice president!

NHK Newsline brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together

Slime moulds can navigate mazes and design optimal transport networks for humans - these brainless ancient organisms help Nakagaki Toshiyuki explore the essence of life and intelligence.

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

Today: determining what is worrying a client. Lin Zhipeng from China works at a real estate firm - in a role play challenge, he must determine what is worrying his client.

Bicycle lover Yamamoto Atsushi makes items like handbags from old bicycle parts - unable to simply watch them being discarded, he sees giving them new purpose as his true calling.

NHK Newsline brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together

As battles with Russia persist in an eastern Ukrainian town, electricity is vital - through power grid workers risking their lives to fix the grid, we depict people losing their homeland to war.

NHK Newsline brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together

Gary Tegler gets a close-up look at the Gion Matsuri - which began over 1,000 years ago - as he unravels the mystery of its decorations and meets foreign volunteers.

NHK Newsline brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together

Anime Manga Explosion features major Japanese anime and manga works that are highly recognised by international fans. Each episode explores the secrets of the works' popularity.

This episode features 'Wakey's Door' on Edo Kiriko, a traditional Japanese glassware craft, and music performances, 'Get ready to eat-Green Peppers' and 'Ocean! Amigo!' It energises kids

NHK Newsline brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together

yama has garnered an international following with theme songs for anime like 'SPY FAMILY' and 'Mobile Suit Gundam' - the prodigy of Japanese internet culture brings their unique sound to NHK's office.

Little Charo is an animation series about a Japanese dog who got lost in NY. 'I want to see my owner again!' Charo starts his adventure back home. Season 2-7

Torii are gateways to Shinto shrines where deities are worshipped. We look at torii around Japan, as well as efforts to rebuild them after a tsunami, and examine their role and what they represent

Torao lives on a ranch for draft horses and naps in a quiet spot. Socks lives at a produce transportation business. He's so popular at the office that he's considered the company vice president!

NHK Newsline brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together

Cadiz is located in Andalusia, in southern Spain. This historic port city has been a centre of maritime trade since ancient times, with a history stretching back to before the Common Era

NHK Newsline brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together

Slime moulds can navigate mazes and design optimal transport networks for humans - these brainless ancient organisms help Nakagaki Toshiyuki explore the essence of life and intelligence.

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

Today: determining what is worrying a client. Lin Zhipeng from China works at a real estate firm - in a role play challenge, he must determine what is worrying his client.

Bicycle lover Yamamoto Atsushi makes items like handbags from old bicycle parts - unable to simply watch them being discarded, he sees giving them new purpose as his true calling.

A new study has shed light on the true extent of the suffering caused by Minamata disease. This programme follows the efforts of those trying to give voice to the overlooked victims of Minamata

NHK Newsline brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together

Gary Tegler gets a close-up look at the Gion Matsuri - which began over 1,000 years ago - as he unravels the mystery of its decorations and meets foreign volunteers.

NHK Newsline brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together

Anime Manga Explosion features major Japanese anime and manga works that are highly recognised by international fans. Each episode explores the secrets of the works' popularity.

This episode features 'Wakey's Door' on Edo Kiriko, a traditional Japanese glassware craft, and music performances, 'Get ready to eat-Green Peppers' and 'Ocean! Amigo!' It energises kids

NHK Newsline brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together

The dynamic sister duo CHARAN-PO-RANTAN celebrate 15 years as a group as they take on the tiny desk!

Little Charo is an animation series about a Japanese dog who got lost in NY. 'I want to see my owner again!' Charo starts his adventure back home. Season 2-7

Torii are gateways to Shinto shrines where deities are worshipped. We look at torii around Japan, as well as efforts to rebuild them after a tsunami, and examine their role and what they represent

Torao lives on a ranch for draft horses and naps in a quiet spot. Socks lives at a produce transportation business. He's so popular at the office that he's considered the company vice president!

NHK Newsline brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together

Slime moulds can navigate mazes and design optimal transport networks for humans - these brainless ancient organisms help Nakagaki Toshiyuki explore the essence of life and intelligence.

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

Today: determining what is worrying a client. Lin Zhipeng from China works at a real estate firm - in a role play challenge, he must determine what is worrying his client.

Bicycle lover Yamamoto Atsushi makes items like handbags from old bicycle parts - unable to simply watch them being discarded, he sees giving them new purpose as his true calling.

NHK Newsline brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together

Cadiz is located in Andalusia, in southern Spain. This historic port city has been a centre of maritime trade since ancient times, with a history stretching back to before the Common Era

NHK Newsline brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together

A Nepalese nursing home manager in Fukuoka Prefecture harnesses his background in IT and his diverse staff to give elderly residents and their families peace of mind.

A record-breaking 'Super El Nino' has begun. We examine the mechanisms driving this climate catalyst and the reality of projected climate disasters

Miyanaga Aiko (Contemporary artist) visits Kyoto. The Mincho font, drawn by hand in around 1990, evokes 350-year-old hand-carved woodblocks, made to print Buddhist sutras.

Reiji, Tsuyoshi, and Suchiko visit a factory making enamelware. Join us and discover the exacting techniques used to make this winsomely charming material, and why it's making a popular comeback

Hagi, a World Heritage Site described as an 'open-air museum', is lined with merchant and samurai houses and retains much of its 17th-century townscape - soak in its atmosphere in time-lapse.

NHK Newsline brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together

A series of poetic videos by Koichi Hozan, a videographer living in Nara, in collaboration with a pianist, Mine Kawakami, for which she plays exclusive pieces, makes you experience each seasons

...Your Life. A Nankai Trough mega-quake is expected to cause severe damage. In this episode, we will examine how Japan is preparing for this impending disaster with cutting-edge technology

The Japanese language is rich in words and expressions influenced by nature, history and culture - this episode looks at words related to grass. Explore the unique culture behind them.

#44 I've heard he's giving another recital. / To tell someone what you heard from someone else, use adjectives or verbs without 'masu' or 'desu,' then add 'soo desu.'

We follow Darshan Khadka, a high-schooler who became a pro boxer in Japan. Struggling with a sense of isolation far from his native Nepal, he found at the boxing gym a family and dreams to fight for

We introduce the contents and activities of NHK World-Japan to make the channel and its programmes known to more people - this is the window of the station to the world!

NHK Newsline brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together

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

NHK Newsline brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together

Spotted garden eels look like synchronised swimmers planted on the sea floor comically swaying with the currents. No one had seen these mysterious fish spawn before... until we captured the moment!

Iwate Prefecture is home to many historic sites which were made to represent Buddhist paradise - catch a glimpse of eternity through time-lapse photography.

NHK Newsline brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together

Ike-san is a small nursing care facility in Ehime Prefecture. Founder Ikeuchi Daisuke considers the residents and visitors his family. But what does being part of such an unusual family mean?

#42 I'm going to give them to Yuuki-san. / To explain what you intend to do, say a verb followed by 'tsumori desu.' So 'watasu' (to give) becomes 'watasu tsumori desu.'

NHK Newsline brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together

Reiji, Tsuyoshi, and Suchiko visit a factory making enamelware. Join us and discover the exacting techniques used to make this winsomely charming material, and why it's making a popular comeback

Hagi, a World Heritage Site described as an 'open-air museum', is lined with merchant and samurai houses and retains much of its 17th-century townscape - soak in its atmosphere in time-lapse.