NHK World - Japan Tomorrow

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 an ekiben in Nagaoka - shaped by layers of tradition - featuring chicken meatballs with local chilli, 100-year-old abura-age, thrice-pickled eggplants in miso and more with stories to tell.

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

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

Chiba is known for peanuts - area leather goods seller Iijima Satoshi uses discarded peanut skins from local farmers to make synthetic leather that's eco-friendly, durable and very versatile.

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

New Year's Day, 2024: Japan's Noto Peninsula is hit by a huge earthquake and tsunami - many lives are lost. One year later, as they look to the future, survivors share stories of courage and grief.

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 World Expo 2025 is underway in Osaka in Japan - Bobby Judo and a hydrologist visit pavilions focusing on climate change to find out how the ocean can help us combat this urgent global issue.

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

Mayfair, a luxurious district in London, preserves the quintessence of British high tradition - regarded as the city's most prestigious and desirous area, it's beloved by the upper class and royalty.

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

On a 300km autumn trip through Miyagi, one of Japan's most beautiful regions, we visit coastal towns that have rebuilt their way of life in the time since the devastating 2011 earthquake.

Design is fun - design feels good! Cutting-edge images and music guide children to enjoy exploring the ideas and tweaks in the designs all around us.

This programme employs 'mitateru', a Japanese technique, to inspire children's imagination by encouraging them to view objects differently and develop their unique perspectives and creativity.

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 Japanese music! This time: cocolashika, a guitarless trio getting lots of attention for their city-pop sound, and Utagokoro Rie, a singer whose J-Pop covers led to a major-label debut.

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.

The waxing and waning moon has been loved, cherished, and given many special names throughout Japan's history - we explore the moon's continuing significance in agriculture, fishing, and daily life.

Enjoy a warm kitty-welcome at a famous hot spring area! After visiting a popular cat duo at a ropeway station, stop by a restaurant, run by a kitty and its owner, where you can bathe too.

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 an ekiben in Nagaoka - shaped by layers of tradition - featuring chicken meatballs with local chilli, 100-year-old abura-age, thrice-pickled eggplants in miso and more with stories to tell.

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

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

Chiba is known for peanuts - area leather goods seller Iijima Satoshi uses discarded peanut skins from local farmers to make synthetic leather that's eco-friendly, durable and very versatile.

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

New Year's Day, 2024: Japan's Noto Peninsula is hit by a huge earthquake and tsunami - many lives are lost. One year later, as they look to the future, survivors share stories of courage and grief.

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 World Expo 2025 is underway in Osaka in Japan - Bobby Judo and a hydrologist visit pavilions focusing on climate change to find out how the ocean can help us combat this urgent global issue.

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

On a 300km autumn trip through Miyagi, one of Japan's most beautiful regions, we visit coastal towns that have rebuilt their way of life in the time since the devastating 2011 earthquake.

Design is fun - design feels good! Cutting-edge images and music guide children to enjoy exploring the ideas and tweaks in the designs all around us.

This programme employs 'mitateru', a Japanese technique, to inspire children's imagination by encouraging them to view objects differently and develop their unique perspectives and creativity.

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 Japanese music! This time: cocolashika, a guitarless trio getting lots of attention for their city-pop sound, and Utagokoro Rie, a singer whose J-Pop covers led to a major-label debut.

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.

The waxing and waning moon has been loved, cherished, and given many special names throughout Japan's history - we explore the moon's continuing significance in agriculture, fishing, and daily life.

Enjoy a warm kitty-welcome at a famous hot spring area! After visiting a popular cat duo at a ropeway station, stop by a restaurant, run by a kitty and its owner, where you can bathe too.

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

Mayfair, a luxurious district in London, preserves the quintessence of British high tradition - regarded as the city's most prestigious and desirous area, it's beloved by the upper class and royalty.

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 an ekiben in Nagaoka - shaped by layers of tradition - featuring chicken meatballs with local chilli, 100-year-old abura-age, thrice-pickled eggplants in miso and more with stories to tell.

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

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

Chiba is known for peanuts - area leather goods seller Iijima Satoshi uses discarded peanut skins from local farmers to make synthetic leather that's eco-friendly, durable and very versatile.

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

New Year's Day, 2024: Japan's Noto Peninsula is hit by a huge earthquake and tsunami - many lives are lost. One year later, as they look to the future, survivors share stories of courage and grief.

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 World Expo 2025 is underway in Osaka in Japan - Bobby Judo and a hydrologist visit pavilions focusing on climate change to find out how the ocean can help us combat this urgent global issue.

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

On a 300km autumn trip through Miyagi, one of Japan's most beautiful regions, we visit coastal towns that have rebuilt their way of life in the time since the devastating 2011 earthquake.

Design is fun - design feels good! Cutting-edge images and music guide children to enjoy exploring the ideas and tweaks in the designs all around us.

This programme employs 'mitateru', a Japanese technique, to inspire children's imagination by encouraging them to view objects differently and develop their unique perspectives and creativity.

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 Japanese music! This time: cocolashika, a guitarless trio getting lots of attention for their city-pop sound, and Utagokoro Rie, a singer whose J-Pop covers led to a major-label debut.

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.

The waxing and waning moon has been loved, cherished, and given many special names throughout Japan's history - we explore the moon's continuing significance in agriculture, fishing, and daily life.

Enjoy a warm kitty-welcome at a famous hot spring area! After visiting a popular cat duo at a ropeway station, stop by a restaurant, run by a kitty and its owner, where you can bathe too.

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 an ekiben in Nagaoka - shaped by layers of tradition - featuring chicken meatballs with local chilli, 100-year-old abura-age, thrice-pickled eggplants in miso and more with stories to tell.

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

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

Chiba is known for peanuts - area leather goods seller Iijima Satoshi uses discarded peanut skins from local farmers to make synthetic leather that's eco-friendly, durable and very versatile.

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

Mayfair, a luxurious district in London, preserves the quintessence of British high tradition - regarded as the city's most prestigious and desirous area, it's beloved by the upper class and royalty.

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

Passang Lama Bhotia fell in love with Mount Fuji as a child in Nepal - after becoming a Himalayan mountain guide, he came to Japan and now works on the mountain he dreamed of guiding foreign tourists.

Asakawa Chieko develops innovative products that transform the lives of the visually impaired - Asakawa, who is blind herself, introduces her greatest project yet: an AI suitcase.

We meet Katsura Fukuryu - a Canadian rakugo comedian based in Osaka who is trying to spread the popularity of his art form worldwide - and Chinese Zhang Ye, who works for a literary agency in Tokyo.

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

Historic capitals in the Kansai region are home to a wealth of national treasures and masterpieces - we delve into astonishing Buddhist and Shinto art in Nara.

...Your Life. Droughts are increasing and simulations predict that megadroughts could occur in the future - discover Japan's technology that could solve water scarcity.

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.

Bara Kyoushitsu in Kani City in Gifu Prefecture is a preschool designed to eliminate the number of foreign children who stop attending school because they don't understand Japanese.

This programme highlights our 'Osaka Month' feature, aired in May, that showcased Osaka's food culture including udon and seafood - it also covers an NHK World-Japan PR event at NHK Osaka.

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 visits places across Japan to introduce the charms of their local daily life and festivals fostered by the nation's long history. Today: Ayu - Treasures of the River.

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 episode focuses on matchmaking services that employ out-of-the-ordinary methods to help people find a partner.

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

People in a remote Japanese village have long used bulls for farming and in a unique form of competition, but the future of this beloved ritual seems uncertain as the local population shrinks.

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 Katsura Fukuryu - a Canadian rakugo comedian based in Osaka who is trying to spread the popularity of his art form worldwide - and Chinese Zhang Ye, who works for a literary agency in Tokyo.