NHK World - Japan 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

Wolfgang Beltracchi, who scammed collectors and museums out of huge sums of money, is one of the most notorious forgers of all time - we look at a scandal that shook the art world to its core.

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 follow the demolition of Japan's World Trade Center building at 162m - craftsmen take on the highest demolition in history with world-first new techniques.

A unique time-lapse photography project, shot by pros and non-pros from around the world, on the transience of nature, celestial phenomena, cityscapes and each single moment of everyday life.

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

Dumaguete, 'the City of Gentle People', is on Negros Island in the tropical Philippines - it's a town of calm and kind-hearted people, with several universities that add youthful intellectual energy.

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

Yamashita Shingo is known for naruto key animation and jujutsu kaisen openings - go behind the scenes of his new feature, Cosmic Princess Kaguya!, and learn how he uses cutting-edge tools to create.

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

One of Tokyo's most talked-about emerging trios, CHO CO PA CO CHO CO QUIN QUIN, comes to tiny desk - the performance also features special guest artists U-zhaan, Nii Tete Boye and Hajime Chitose.

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.

Japan is a hotspot for discovering dinosaur fossils - an excavation in Hokkaido sparked a nationwide enthusiasm for dinosaurs and led to entertainment such as dinosaur robots and mechanical suits.

Chibita is a friendly cat living at a souvenir shop near Chusonji Temple - a World Heritage Site - Popo lives at a horseback riding club with 20 horses, and we meet handsome Kikujiro at a rose garden.

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

Inoue Masae makes koji, an essential fermented ingredient in Japanese cuisine - her methods and her quaint shop have barely changed in generations.

The perfect shading in beautiful tie-dyed patterns may result from sections randomly touching in the dye - discover the future of clamp-resistant dyeing.

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

Some 20% of flowers grown for sale in Japan are discarded as substandard. Nakanishi Megumi uses them to make candles. Just like the flawed beauty of humanity, waste flowers, too, have a unique charm

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

Wolfgang Beltracchi, who scammed collectors and museums out of huge sums of money, is one of the most notorious forgers of all time - we look at a scandal that shook the art world to its core.

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 follow the demolition of Japan's World Trade Center building at 162m - craftsmen take on the highest demolition in history with world-first new techniques.

A unique time-lapse photography project, shot by pros and non-pros from around the world, on the transience of nature, celestial phenomena, cityscapes and each single moment of everyday life.

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

Yamashita Shingo is known for naruto key animation and jujutsu kaisen openings - go behind the scenes of his new feature, Cosmic Princess Kaguya!, and learn how he uses cutting-edge tools to create.

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

One of Tokyo's most talked-about emerging trios, CHO CO PA CO CHO CO QUIN QUIN, comes to tiny desk - the performance also features special guest artists U-zhaan, Nii Tete Boye and Hajime Chitose.

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.

Japan is a hotspot for discovering dinosaur fossils - an excavation in Hokkaido sparked a nationwide enthusiasm for dinosaurs and led to entertainment such as dinosaur robots and mechanical suits.

Chibita is a friendly cat living at a souvenir shop near Chusonji Temple - a World Heritage Site - Popo lives at a horseback riding club with 20 horses, and we meet handsome Kikujiro at a rose garden.

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

Dumaguete, 'the City of Gentle People', is on Negros Island in the tropical Philippines - it's a town of calm and kind-hearted people, with several universities that add youthful intellectual energy.

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

Inoue Masae makes koji, an essential fermented ingredient in Japanese cuisine - her methods and her quaint shop have barely changed in generations.

The perfect shading in beautiful tie-dyed patterns may result from sections randomly touching in the dye - discover the future of clamp-resistant dyeing.

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

Some 20% of flowers grown for sale in Japan are discarded as substandard. Nakanishi Megumi uses them to make candles. Just like the flawed beauty of humanity, waste flowers, too, have a unique charm

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

Wolfgang Beltracchi, who scammed collectors and museums out of huge sums of money, is one of the most notorious forgers of all time - we look at a scandal that shook the art world to its core.

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 follow the demolition of Japan's World Trade Center building at 162m - craftsmen take on the highest demolition in history with world-first new techniques.

A unique time-lapse photography project, shot by pros and non-pros from around the world, on the transience of nature, celestial phenomena, cityscapes and each single moment of everyday life.

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

Yamashita Shingo is known for naruto key animation and jujutsu kaisen openings - go behind the scenes of his new feature, Cosmic Princess Kaguya!, and learn how he uses cutting-edge tools to create.

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

One of Tokyo's most talked-about emerging trios, CHO CO PA CO CHO CO QUIN QUIN, comes to tiny desk - the performance also features special guest artists U-zhaan, Nii Tete Boye and Hajime Chitose.

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.

Japan is a hotspot for discovering dinosaur fossils - an excavation in Hokkaido sparked a nationwide enthusiasm for dinosaurs and led to entertainment such as dinosaur robots and mechanical suits.

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

Inoue Masae makes koji, an essential fermented ingredient in Japanese cuisine - her methods and her quaint shop have barely changed in generations.

The perfect shading in beautiful tie-dyed patterns may result from sections randomly touching in the dye - discover the future of clamp-resistant dyeing.

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

Some 20% of flowers grown for sale in Japan are discarded as substandard. Nakanishi Megumi uses them to make candles. Just like the flawed beauty of humanity, waste flowers, too, have a unique charm

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

Dumaguete, 'the City of Gentle People', is on Negros Island in the tropical Philippines - it's a town of calm and kind-hearted people, with several universities that add youthful intellectual energy.

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 Brazilian couple who moved to Shiga Prefecture in Japan teach taekwondo to children - their efforts are helping kids develop more than just athletically.

Australia's 'worst-ever' wildfires in 2019 had a devastating impact on endangered species including koalas - we examine the cause of these fires and explore ways to minimise future catastrophes.

The Nishimonai Bon Odori Festival has been held for over 700 years - Koike finds timeless beauty in its costumes remade using beloved family kimonos.

We meet two men in Shimane - Korean Sanghyun uses local rice in Unnan City to brew makgeolli as it's done in his homeland, and Nepalese Nandeshwar tends the front desk of an inn in Tamatsukuri Onsen.

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 Murakami Kaizoku were seafarers and fighters in the Seto Inland Sea - we explore their history and legacy with footage from time-lapse creator Shimizu Daisuke. This time: Seto Inland Sea.

Japan has a long history of natural disasters - this show explores how to overcome them and save lives with the power of science.

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

A new version of Easy Japanese is coming to TV first this time. Learn simple expressions you can put to use whether you're visiting or staying; tune in and start speaking

A Dutchman makes traditional washi paper, growing the raw materials and even creating artworks with it - his mission is to add new value to washi and forge a path forward into the future.

In a special feature on Hokkaido, programmes looked at the ecology of brown bears, a special bento lunch, and a bountiful landscape formed by rugged natural conditions and pioneering development.

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

Two cycling guides ride on snowy roads toward a mountain lake - passing by railroad remnants, they reach the frozen-over and snow-covered Lake Nukabira where cycling on the ice is permitted in winter.

This miniseries presents the masterpieces of Tsutaju, a brilliant ukiyo-e producer of the Edo period. This episode takes a close look at artist Utamaro's iconic 'Woman with a Glass Noisemaker.'

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

A close-up look at cities worldwide as seen by a walking tourist who visits places off the beaten path, meets ordinary people, and enjoys a travel experience that's only possible on foot.

Amami Oshima is a World Natural Heritage Site with rare flora and fauna including many endemic species - explore the biodiversity of its lush subtropical forests in time-lapse footage.

This programme focuses on the latest Japanese business trends, corporate strategies and technologies - we look behind the scenes and discuss their global impact from various perspectives.

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

Hakodate and Asahikawa ramen, enjoy a hot helping of both! College kids give their all to a summer of ramen

A 700-year-old hot spring, Shirabu Onsen is maintained via daily trips up the slopes of the 2,000-metre mountain where it sits - see the spring's guardian at work in gorgeous footage.

Two doctors in western Japan have an alter ego as the music duo Insheart, whose songs bring hope to patients and families - we follow them and the fans who find strength and comfort in their music.

Chef Nobuko, her cameraman husband Makoto, and their cat Tama take us on a tasty journey of local cuisine served with a side of seasonal scenery at the Satoyama Kitchen guesthouse in Hida Takayama.

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 close-up look at cities worldwide as seen by a walking tourist who visits places off the beaten path, meets ordinary people, and enjoys a travel experience that's only possible on foot.

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

We meet two men in Shimane - Korean Sanghyun uses local rice in Unnan City to brew makgeolli as it's done in his homeland, and Nepalese Nandeshwar tends the front desk of an inn in Tamatsukuri Onsen.