NHK World HD Friday

Part two of a special two-part series focusing on timeless Kyoto - Marc visits cooking expert Sugimoto Setsuko as the pair make bentos featuring koyadofu, a dried tofu, together.

Watchmaker Ito Naofumi is also a rather unusual artist - using old watch parts, his lifelike creations express a watchmaker's appreciation for the eternal beauty found inside a timepiece.

The AQ Group is re-examining the potential of wooden buildings with a focus on traditional techniques - it's also pursuing greater earthquake and fire resistance as we take a look at its innovations!

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

Elsa is from the Faroe Islands and ger two children attend a Japanese public school - she feels sad that she cannot always help them because of language issues.

NHK World-Japan presents a sumo highlights programme for fans around the globe featuring all top-division bouts from Day 5 of the latest Grand Sumo tournament in Fukuoka.

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

Horiuchi Yoshimi is running a library in a small city in northern Thailand - she is blind but has a passion for reading and believes that it can change lives for a better future.

Local residents and businesses in Hokkaido are finding ways to utilise JR Hokkaido's discontinued railway lines - see how these are being used.

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 Nepali workers labour overseas to send home funds to their families, but a large number are permanently damaging their health - or even losing their lives - due to harsh working conditions.

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

Gary Bencheghib, a French activist in Bali, founded Sungai Watch with 100+ members to clean rivers and turn plastic waste into new products - he tackles pollution cooperating with local government.

Mornings begin early for fishmongers and vegetable peddlers at Nihonbashi Bridge, and here is a reason - they are not going to bow to the lord's procession in a bustling scene from everyday Edo life.

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

Part two of a special two-part series focusing on timeless Kyoto - Marc visits cooking expert Sugimoto Setsuko as the pair make bentos featuring koyadofu, a dried tofu, together.

Watchmaker Ito Naofumi is also a rather unusual artist - using old watch parts, his lifelike creations express a watchmaker's appreciation for the eternal beauty found inside a timepiece.

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 AQ Group is re-examining the potential of wooden buildings with a focus on traditional techniques - it's also pursuing greater earthquake and fire resistance as we take a look at its innovations!

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

Uneven distribution of doctors, both by speciality and location, has led to a crisis in Japan's medical system despite overall doctor numbers actually increasing - we look at some possible solutions.

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 Nepali workers labour overseas to send home funds to their families, but a large number are permanently damaging their health - or even losing their lives - due to harsh working conditions.

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

Gary Bencheghib, a French activist in Bali, founded Sungai Watch with 100+ members to clean rivers and turn plastic waste into new products - he tackles pollution cooperating with local government.

NHK World-Japan presents a sumo highlights programme for fans around the globe featuring all top-division bouts from Day 6 of the latest Grand Sumo tournament in Fukuoka.

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

Part two of a special two-part series focusing on timeless Kyoto - Marc visits cooking expert Sugimoto Setsuko as the pair make bentos featuring koyadofu, a dried tofu, together.

Watchmaker Ito Naofumi is also a rather unusual artist - using old watch parts, his lifelike creations express a watchmaker's appreciation for the eternal beauty found inside a timepiece.

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

Horiuchi Yoshimi is running a library in a small city in northern Thailand - she is blind but has a passion for reading and believes that it can change lives for a better future.

Mornings begin early for fishmongers and vegetable peddlers at Nihonbashi Bridge, and here is a reason - they are not going to bow to the lord's procession in a bustling scene from everyday Edo life.

Ultrasound is emerging as an effective treatment for pancreatic cancer - HIFU uses focused heat to target and destroy cancer cells, and there is minimal harm to the body. We report on its potential.

The AQ Group is re-examining the potential of wooden buildings with a focus on traditional techniques - it's also pursuing greater earthquake and fire resistance as we take a look at its innovations!

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

Uneven distribution of doctors, both by speciality and location, has led to a crisis in Japan's medical system despite overall doctor numbers actually increasing - we look at some possible solutions.

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 Nepali workers labour overseas to send home funds to their families, but a large number are permanently damaging their health - or even losing their lives - due to harsh working conditions.

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

Part two of a special two-part series focusing on timeless Kyoto - Marc visits cooking expert Sugimoto Setsuko as the pair make bentos featuring koyadofu, a dried tofu, together.

Watchmaker Ito Naofumi is also a rather unusual artist - using old watch parts, his lifelike creations express a watchmaker's appreciation for the eternal beauty found inside a timepiece.

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

Elsa is from the Faroe Islands and ger two children attend a Japanese public school - she feels sad that she cannot always help them because of language issues.

Mornings begin early for fishmongers and vegetable peddlers at Nihonbashi Bridge, and here is a reason - they are not going to bow to the lord's procession in a bustling scene from everyday Edo life.

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: US Influences.

'Japanology Plus' explores Japanese life and culture - in this digest, we look at Japanese dog breeds. There are six breeds native to Japan, including the Shiba Inu and the Akita.

NHK World-Japan presents a sumo highlights programme for fans around the globe featuring all top-division bouts from Day 6 of the latest Grand Sumo tournament in Fukuoka.

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

Part 1 of a look at new Japanese technologies to solve the climate crisis - we look at urban mitigation measures including zero-carbon buildings and the challenge of turning cities into forests.

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

Part 1: Leaving a popular Tokyo restaurant, Otsuka Kenichi and his wife Keiko relocated to Hokkaido six years ago. There, they offer enticing, unique dishes with local flavours found nowhere else

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

As winter snows approach, we experience seasonal seafood and pickled vegetables, lacquerware made from local timber, and hand-crafted straw guardian deities in the rice paddies.

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

Uneven distribution of doctors, both by speciality and location, has led to a crisis in Japan's medical system despite overall doctor numbers actually increasing - we look at some possible solutions.

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

Our focus this time is honey - innovations like urban beekeeping are born from a global bee crisis. Differing flowers and environments offer infinite flavours in this fascinating world of honey.

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.

NHK World-Japan presents a sumo highlights programme for fans around the globe featuring all top-division bouts from Day 6 of the latest Grand Sumo tournament in Fukuoka.

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

The stories behind hit Japanese products plus top creations for niche markets. This time: singing synthesisers and solder.

We look at Japan's efforts to improve tsunami evacuation, from overcoming 'normalcy bias' that causes people to underestimate risk to the installation of coastal evacuation towers.

There are various interesting laws and rules and philosophies hidden in our daily lives; this programme introduces children to them and teaches them how to think about them.