NHK World HD Saturday

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

Countries and businesses are scrambling to act as the world hurtles toward climate catastrophe, but there are problems with their methods - we look at blind spots in the fight against climate change.

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 Russian invasion of Ukraine will soon enter its fourth year - will Trump 2.0 help bring the conflict to an end? We discuss the situation in Russia and Ukraine and its impact on global security.

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

Join May J. for great Japanese music! This time: SARD UNDERGROUND - a tribute band who play songs by legendary J-pop group ZARD - and Lienel, a six-member dance and vocal group who debuted in 2023.

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.

'Japanology Plus' explores Japanese life and culture - in this digest, we look at furoshiki, beautiful and multifunctional wrapping cloths.

A cat finds an intruder at a contemporary art museum - will we have a winner? We also join another kitty at a traditional crafts workshop that is lovingly watching its owner's craftsmanship.

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

Great grey owls are superior hunters, their large faces serving as a parabolic antenna to catch sounds and locations of prey - discover their soft side as cameras capture them raising fluffy chicks.

Seto Inland Sea is the largest body of water of its kind in Japan - see the sights of the Great Seto Bridge and the shallow coastal waters through time-lapse photography.

How many benches seating four are needed for 14 children? Barky steps in to illustrate how to understand divisions and remainders, concluding that one more bench is needed.

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

Bologna, a city in northern Italy, has been a commercial and transportation hub since ancient Rome - the pride of the city is Bologna University and porticoes which are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Nikko in Tochigi Prefecture is home to much natural beauty with its great mountains and lakes - its ornate Nikko Toshogu Shrine is famous. See the widely-beloved Nikko through time-lapse photography.

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

There's a Korean restaurant in northeastern Japan run by a woman from South Korea - she moved to the area over 30 years ago to marry a Japanese man. We follow her as she connects with local people.

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

Hina dolls which represent the emperor, empress and imperial court, are presented to girls on the first March the third after they are born as part of Girl's Day celebrations.

Memorable photo ops await on a trek to find curious formations of ice and snow on freezing snow-covered mountains and in a cave full of ice pillars standing like bamboo shoots!