NHK World Today

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

Miwa Kaito uses information and communications technology to help children in poverty around the world who lack access to adequate schooling - he shares his vision for providing educational support.

We meet Ukrainian Ivanna Berezovska, a female sumo wrestler who fled the war and now trains in Fukuoka, and Indonesian Kertowidodo Harsono who takes care of traditional Japanese gardens in Aichi.

Learn how to make the most of your Japanese skills - watch our drama that features useful communication strategies, our snappy videos about onomatopoeia, and our documentaries on 'senpai' in Japan.

Panic, isolation, evacuation shelter life, community cooperation, network support - foreign workers living in the Noto Peninsula area describe their experience of a major earthquake in January 2024.

This time we introduce 'Multilingual Portal: Japan Life' and 'BOSAI', which opened in April 2024 to provide foreign inhabitants in Japan with information about daily life and disaster prevention.

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

This programme takes you on an aerial journey across 21st-century Japan. Enjoy the bird's-eye view of unique landscapes as well as intimate portraits of the people who inhabit the archipelago.

NHK World-Japan presents a sumo highlights programme for fans around the globe featuring all top-division bouts from Day 8 of the latest Grand Sumo tournament in Tokyo.

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

Masa Takumi won the Best Global Music Album award at the 65th Grammy Awards - this was the culmination of a life goal that Takumi moved across the world to Los Angeles in order to achieve.

Join May J. for Japanese music! This time: meme tokyo. (a six-member girl group who made their major-label debut in 2021) and Kizuki Minami (a hugely talented singer from the island of Amami Oshima).

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 Ukrainian Ivanna Berezovska, a female sumo wrestler who fled the war and now trains in Fukuoka, and Indonesian Kertowidodo Harsono who takes care of traditional Japanese gardens in Aichi.

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

Miwa Kaito uses information and communications technology to help children in poverty around the world who lack access to adequate schooling - he shares his vision for providing educational support.

A group of anglers stand in a fast-moving and undulating river while using 'drifting mosquito hooks' to fish for a summer delicacy that was a favourite of the Edo townspeople.

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

Learn how to make the most of your Japanese skills - watch our drama that features useful communication strategies, our snappy videos about onomatopoeia, and our documentaries on 'senpai' in Japan.

Panic, isolation, evacuation shelter life, community cooperation, network support - foreign workers living in the Noto Peninsula area describe their experience of a major earthquake in January 2024.

This time we introduce 'Multilingual Portal: Japan Life' and 'BOSAI', which opened in April 2024 to provide foreign inhabitants in Japan with information about daily life and disaster prevention.

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

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

iPS cells are being used to treat eye diseases to address donor shortages. We explore advancements made in Japan, such as the transplantation of iPS cell-derived corneal cells and retinal sheets.

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 Ukrainian Ivanna Berezovska, a female sumo wrestler who fled the war and now trains in Fukuoka, and Indonesian Kertowidodo Harsono who takes care of traditional Japanese gardens in Aichi.

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

Miwa Kaito uses information and communications technology to help children in poverty around the world who lack access to adequate schooling - he shares his vision for providing educational support.

NHK World-Japan presents a sumo highlights programme for fans around the globe featuring all top-division bouts from Day 9 of the latest Grand Sumo tournament in Tokyo.

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

Learn how to make the most of your Japanese skills - watch our drama that features useful communication strategies, our snappy videos about onomatopoeia, and our documentaries on 'senpai' in Japan.

Panic, isolation, evacuation shelter life, community cooperation, network support - foreign workers living in the Noto Peninsula area describe their experience of a major earthquake in January 2024.

This time we introduce 'Multilingual Portal: Japan Life' and 'BOSAI', which opened in April 2024 to provide foreign inhabitants in Japan with information about daily life and disaster prevention.

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

Masa Takumi won the Best Global Music Album award at the 65th Grammy Awards - this was the culmination of a life goal that Takumi moved across the world to Los Angeles in order to achieve.

A group of anglers stand in a fast-moving and undulating river while using 'drifting mosquito hooks' to fish for a summer delicacy that was a favourite of the Edo townspeople.

Families come to Ago Bay in central Japan to have loved ones' ashes encased in pearls - they insert them into oysters so they can grow in the sea. We explore what makes families reach this decision.

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

Discover how intricate woodcraft traditions evolved by watching a turner and a cooper at work.

Two cyclists explore Lake Toya, known for its hot spring resort - travelling around the caldera lake for a total of 40 kilometres, they enjoy the coming of spring and sense the breath of the Earth.

The Ainu: indigenous people of northern Japan. Time-lapse creator Shimizu Daisuke investigates various aspects of their culture and traditions - this time: Ainu Houses.

This programme takes you on an aerial journey across 21st-century Japan. Enjoy the bird's-eye view of unique landscapes as well as intimate portraits of the people who inhabit the archipelago.

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

iPS cells are being used to treat eye diseases to address donor shortages. We explore advancements made in Japan, such as the transplantation of iPS cell-derived corneal cells and retinal sheets.

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 Ukrainian Ivanna Berezovska, a female sumo wrestler who fled the war and now trains in Fukuoka, and Indonesian Kertowidodo Harsono who takes care of traditional Japanese gardens in Aichi.

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

Learn how to make the most of your Japanese skills - watch our drama that features useful communication strategies, our snappy videos about onomatopoeia, and our documentaries on 'senpai' in Japan.

Panic, isolation, evacuation shelter life, community cooperation, network support - foreign workers living in the Noto Peninsula area describe their experience of a major earthquake in January 2024.

This time we introduce 'Multilingual Portal: Japan Life' and 'BOSAI', which opened in April 2024 to provide foreign inhabitants in Japan with information about daily life and disaster prevention.

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 group of anglers stand in a fast-moving and undulating river while using 'drifting mosquito hooks' to fish for a summer delicacy that was a favourite of the Edo townspeople.

The Ainu: indigenous people of northern Japan. Time-lapse creator Shimizu Daisuke investigates various aspects of their culture and traditions - this time: Ainu Patterns.

This programme takes you on an aerial journey across 21st-century Japan. Enjoy the bird's-eye view of unique landscapes as well as intimate portraits of the people who inhabit the archipelago.

NHK World-Japan presents a sumo highlights programme for fans around the globe featuring all top-division bouts from Day 9 of the latest Grand Sumo tournament in Tokyo.

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

John Moore explores the Shimanto River and Konan areas of Kochi under the cover of night where a world of mystery awaits. On this program, get to know the real Japan and discover useful travel tips.

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

Nawa Kohei's work has been shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Louvre Museum - he talks about working with a range of materials and technologies to expand the possibilities of sculpture.

Chef Saito continues to teach us about Japan's beloved homemade classics. This time, he prepares a teishoku set meal, pairing the Japanese favourite korokke with rice, miso soup and pickles.

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 discount women's clothing store in Ueno, Tokyo, attracts customers for many reasons. We spent three days listening to their stories.

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

iPS cells are being used to treat eye diseases to address donor shortages. We explore advancements made in Japan, such as the transplantation of iPS cell-derived corneal cells and retinal sheets.

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-Japan presents a sumo highlights programme for fans around the globe featuring all top-division bouts from Day 9 of the latest Grand Sumo tournament in Tokyo.

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

Nawa Kohei's work has been shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Louvre Museum - he talks about working with a range of materials and technologies to expand the possibilities of sculpture.

John Moore explores the Shimanto River and Konan areas of Kochi under the cover of night where a world of mystery awaits. On this program, get to know the real Japan and discover useful travel tips.