NHK World - Japan HD Friday

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.

More than 100,000 people are thought to have disappeared during Syria's 13-year civil war - in the aftermath of conflict, families are seeking truth, justice, and hope for the future.

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 selection of acclaimed programmes from NHK's domestic channels dubbed into English.

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 24-hour diner in Nagoya is a daytime oasis for locals and elderly folks, and full of young people at night. Whether broken-hearted or facing unemployment, people find comfort in talking until dawn

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

Railway news from across Japan for the first half of 2026. Join us as we look back on milestones and anniversaries, efforts to preserve and revive steam locomotives, and railway events

NHK World-Japan presents a variety of programmes focusing on Japan.

This program gives you comprehensive coverage of events in Japan and Asia. It explains the day's developments and what is behind them.

Kosaka Kunpei holds multiple world records in spearfishing, a sport in which competitors hunt underwater and see who can catch the biggest fish. He talks about freediving and using a hand spear

The number of people suffering from hay fever, which seriously impacts daily life, is increasing worldwide - behind this trend is a change in pollen dispersal patterns influenced by climate change.

All mothers need some 'me time' - that's why one forward-thinking woman in Kyoto established Mamo Heart, a space for mothers to relax and also get their own business ideas off the ground.

This program gives you comprehensive coverage of events in Japan and Asia. It explains the day's developments and what is behind them.

More than 100,000 people are thought to have disappeared during Syria's 13-year civil war - in the aftermath of conflict, families are seeking truth, justice, and hope for the future.

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 selection of acclaimed programmes from NHK's domestic channels dubbed into English.

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

Today's theme: Shaping Memories. Memories bring back emotions as well as events. As vast amounts of data is exchanged in our digital society, new designs focus on how to capture and recall memories

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

NHK World-Japan presents a variety of programmes focusing on Japan.

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

Yabusame is traditional horseback archery. It's preserved as a Shinto ritual, but is not accessible to all. Kamimura Ayuko runs competitions open to women and international participants

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

More than 100,000 people are thought to have disappeared during Syria's 13-year civil war - in the aftermath of conflict, families are seeking truth, justice, and hope for the future.

This program gives you comprehensive coverage of events in Japan and Asia. It explains the day's developments and what is behind them.

Kosaka Kunpei holds multiple world records in spearfishing, a sport in which competitors hunt underwater and see who can catch the biggest fish. He talks about freediving and using a hand spear

The number of people suffering from hay fever, which seriously impacts daily life, is increasing worldwide - behind this trend is a change in pollen dispersal patterns influenced by climate change.

We attend a New Year's concert at a samurai residence, where a master koto player delights a crowd of gorgeously dressed celebrity-types. Lounging in the best seat in the house is no ordinary V.I.P.

Nuclear medicine therapy involves delivering radiation-emitting drugs directly inside the body to treat refractory cancers - we explore the mechanism of the therapy and the latest developments.

A selection of acclaimed programmes from NHK's domestic channels dubbed into English.

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

Today's theme: Shaping Memories. Memories bring back emotions as well as events. As vast amounts of data is exchanged in our digital society, new designs focus on how to capture and recall memories

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

NHK World-Japan presents a variety of programmes focusing on Japan.

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

More than 100,000 people are thought to have disappeared during Syria's 13-year civil war - in the aftermath of conflict, families are seeking truth, justice, and hope for the future.

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

All mothers need some 'me time' - that's why one forward-thinking woman in Kyoto established Mamo Heart, a space for mothers to relax and also get their own business ideas off the ground.

Discover the stories behind renowned Japanese products alongside our reporter. This time:

Deep dives into cultural phenomena with Peter Barakan, a bilingual British broadcaster based in Japan since 1974. Each time, Peter himself discovers something new about Japan.

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 look at the lives of residents in the last slum in Seoul, South Korea. As the deadline for eviction to make way for a redevelopment project looms, what choice will the village's inhabitants make?

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

Torrential rains are causing increasing devastation worldwide - this episode shares Japan's disaster prevention expertise and the latest research.

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 documentary series that focuses on first-class professionals from various fields.

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

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

Today's theme: Shaping Memories. Memories bring back emotions as well as events. As vast amounts of data is exchanged in our digital society, new designs focus on how to capture and recall memories

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.

A programme for upper primary to lower secondary school children to explore the everyday technologies all around them. Each episode takes a piece of familiar tech to find out what it does and how

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

Starting with Ieyasu, the Tokugawa shoguns made clever use of falconry beyond mere hunting - uncover their deep connection with these majestic birds.

On a shopping street in front of Kagoshima Chuo Station sits Japan's original street piano, one which passers-by love to visit and play from the heart.

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

...Your Life. Japan has a long history of natural disasters - 'Bosai' explores how to overcome them and save lives with the power of science.

Tsukamoto Yoshiharu (Architect) visits Nara. Long ago, people in Nara preserved ice by building an icehouse on a mountain ridge, showing how architecture can make use of natural characteristics.

Choreographers create the movement and staging of a kabuki performance, contributing hugely to its appeal - our guest, expert choreographer Fujima Kanjuro, talks about the intricacies of the job.