NHK World HD Wednesday

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 visit Hamura in the upper reaches of the Tama River. In this tranquil town far west of the city centre we trace the origins of Tokyo's water supply back to the age of the samurai, centuries ago.

Based in South Korea and Japan, Kim Insook highlights diverse individuals through photography and video - she interacts with her subjects while looking beyond the labels society has given them.

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

Watanabe Go is among the world's leading heart surgeons - he's an expert in robot-assisted keyhole surgery techniques that save lives while minimising burden on the patient.

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

Several old theatre buildings around Japan give a feeling of what it was like to see kabuki in the Edo period; experience these performances up close.

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 scientists have discovered microorganisms that can survive for more than 100 million years deep below the ocean floor - what they can tell us about the big question 'What is life?'

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

We visit Hamura in the upper reaches of the Tama River. In this tranquil town far west of the city centre we trace the origins of Tokyo's water supply back to the age of the samurai, centuries ago.

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

Goto Netsuko is an aufguss master, a person in charge of circulating air and directing heat inside a sauna - she is one of Japan's best and a true ambassador for the natural sauna experience.

Sawara Taisai looks back 300 years to a time when the town of Sawara was a vibrant cultural centre - large and elaborately decorated floats are paraded through the streets during the event.

We travel to a well-known tourist resort just outside of Edo where day-trippers are enjoying river recreation and forest walks and sitting down for picnics.

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

Based in South Korea and Japan, Kim Insook highlights diverse individuals through photography and video - she interacts with her subjects while looking beyond the labels society has given them.

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

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

Watanabe Go is among the world's leading heart surgeons - he's an expert in robot-assisted keyhole surgery techniques that save lives while minimising burden on the patient.

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

From savoury to sweet, kuzu plays a key role in Japanese cuisine - after a mountain harvest, head to a factory to see how the white powder is made... and drool over some exquisite food along the way.

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 visit Hamura in the upper reaches of the Tama River. In this tranquil town far west of the city centre we trace the origins of Tokyo's water supply back to the age of the samurai, centuries ago.

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

Several old theatre buildings around Japan give a feeling of what it was like to see kabuki in the Edo period; experience these performances up close.

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

Based in South Korea and Japan, Kim Insook highlights diverse individuals through photography and video - she interacts with her subjects while looking beyond the labels society has given them.

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

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

Goto Netsuko is an aufguss master, a person in charge of circulating air and directing heat inside a sauna - she is one of Japan's best and a true ambassador for the natural sauna experience.

Sawara Taisai looks back 300 years to a time when the town of Sawara was a vibrant cultural centre - large and elaborately decorated floats are paraded through the streets during the event.

We travel to a well-known tourist resort just outside of Edo where day-trippers are enjoying river recreation and forest walks and sitting down for picnics.

Japanese scientists have discovered microorganisms that can survive for more than 100 million years deep below the ocean floor - what they can tell us about the big question 'What is life?'

Watanabe Go is among the world's leading heart surgeons - he's an expert in robot-assisted keyhole surgery techniques that save lives while minimising burden on the patient.

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

From savoury to sweet, kuzu plays a key role in Japanese cuisine - after a mountain harvest, head to a factory to see how the white powder is made... and drool over some exquisite food along the way.

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 visit Hamura in the upper reaches of the Tama River. In this tranquil town far west of the city centre we trace the origins of Tokyo's water supply back to the age of the samurai, centuries ago.

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

Based in South Korea and Japan, Kim Insook highlights diverse individuals through photography and video - she interacts with her subjects while looking beyond the labels society has given them.

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

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

Several old theatre buildings around Japan give a feeling of what it was like to see kabuki in the Edo period; experience these performances up close.

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

An 11th-century novel set in the imperial court captured people's hearts as a work of literature and paintings and profoundly influenced the culture of the ancient capital for a millennium.

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

Keiko Ogura has spent her life talking to the world about her experiences as an A-bomb victim in Hiroshima - what does she discover when she talks with Americans in a small college town?

Kamikochi is a beautiful mountainous region in Nagano Prefecture that's 1,500m above sea level - with a reflective pond and rime ice, see the frozen beauty of Kamikochi 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

Nicoleta Oprisan from Romania is highly skilled at ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging - here she speaks about ikebana's power to communicate without words in a Japanophiles interview.

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

From savoury to sweet, kuzu plays a key role in Japanese cuisine - after a mountain harvest, head to a factory to see how the white powder is made... and drool over some exquisite food along the way.

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

More than just a meal! Enjoy lunch around Japan, learning about people's lives and workplaces and the stories behind workers' daily meals.

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

An 11th-century novel set in the imperial court captured people's hearts as a work of literature and paintings and profoundly influenced the culture of the ancient capital for a millennium.