NHK World - Japan Friday

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

A woman in the Philippines has developed an advanced organic fertiliser made from food waste - she hopes that her product can be a dual solution to issues of waste and poverty.

Controversial domestic and global issues that affect Japan are probed and discussed.

A wide range of topics featuring Japanese culture and society are introduced.

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

Many customers at a drive-through restaurant in Niigata Prefecture order 'Italian'-fried noodles topped with meat sauce - for three days we ask them why this comfort food always hits the spot.

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

Departure melodies are musical versions of traditional train departure signals like bells - join us as we take a look at this unique aspect of Japanese railway culture.

An evening news bulletin that provides Japan's views on many domestic and international news events.

A woman in the Philippines has developed an advanced organic fertiliser made from food waste - she hopes that her product can be a dual solution to issues of waste and poverty.

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

Morita Hirokazu heads an NPO which collects used children's wheelchairs and sends them to physically disabled children overseas - he explains the system, its 20-year history, and what drives him.

A Japanese festival favourite, yakisoba are noodles cooked in a special sauce - enjoy local yakisoba from all over Japan!

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

A woman from France is now an organic farmer in Okuma Town in Fukushima Prefecture - the town was affected by the 2011 nuclear accident and she is working to change that image.

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

Controversial domestic and global issues that affect Japan are probed and discussed.

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

A wide range of topics featuring Japanese culture and society are introduced.

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

Today's theme: Designing Neighbourhoods. Architects and artists work with landowners and local government to shape appealing neighbourhoods with strong character - explore this next-generation method.

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

A woman in the Philippines has developed an advanced organic fertiliser made from food waste - she hopes that her product can be a dual solution to issues of waste and poverty.

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

Kobayashi Kunio is a celebrated bonsai artist working to secure the future of this traditional art form through outreach to children and through efforts to protect the iconic shimpaku juniper.

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

Controversial domestic and global issues that affect Japan are probed and discussed.

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

Morita Hirokazu heads an NPO which collects used children's wheelchairs and sends them to physically disabled children overseas - he explains the system, its 20-year history, and what drives him.

A Japanese festival favourite, yakisoba are noodles cooked in a special sauce - enjoy local yakisoba from all over Japan!

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

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

Detecting vulnerable plaques is now possible using the latest intravascular imaging technology. We focus on how this can help with early detection of heart disease and prevention of its recurrence.

A wide range of topics featuring Japanese culture and society are introduced.

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

Today's theme: Designing Neighbourhoods. Architects and artists work with landowners and local government to shape appealing neighbourhoods with strong character - explore this next-generation method.

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

A woman in the Philippines has developed an advanced organic fertiliser made from food waste - she hopes that her product can be a dual solution to issues of waste and poverty.

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

Controversial domestic and global issues that affect Japan are probed and discussed.

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

A woman from France is now an organic farmer in Okuma Town in Fukushima Prefecture - the town was affected by the 2011 nuclear accident and she is working to change that image.

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

Each episode of this programme sees Peter Barakan meet experts with fascinating cultural insights while Matt Alt presents an entertaining take on the same theme.

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

Untold stories of the Battle of Kaizoku.

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 presents news, current affairs, and documentaries focusing on Japan and Asia

Explore one of Tokyo's remote islands! Awaiting us is a breathtaking flight experience found nowhere else in Japan.

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 people in Kumamoto who cherish their ancestry and nature including a traditional inlay artisan, a group passing on the history of the building of an embankment, and a brown cattle breeder.

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

Today's theme: Designing Neighbourhoods. Architects and artists work with landowners and local government to shape appealing neighbourhoods with strong character - explore this next-generation method.

The proactive science education programme that encourages primary and lower secondary school children to discover and investigate the mysteries that puzzle them.

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

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 pursue the shape-shifting trickster Mujina in this episode - this being associated with raccoon dogs is known on Niigata Prefecture's Sado island as human, animal, yokai and deity.

Below your eyes is the Sea of Okhotsk in the season of drift ice - climbers are scaling a huge icefall reaching 40 metres high.

Kyoto has about 2,700 temples that hold an array of Buddhist statues - sculptors breathe life into these objects of worship.

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

Japanese firms are rethinking mass production and disposal - the world's third-largest clothing company is recycling and reusing used clothes while one firm is reducing e-waste and helping refugees.

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

Boat builders in one coastal district used their skills to make houses - Nishizawa considers how architecture is affected by a community's terrain and values.