American sociologist Thomas Blackwood explores Japan's high school extracurricular activities, or bukatsu. It's a world where commitment outweighs winning, revealing a distinctive view of youth.

Miyagawa Eriko, a bilingual producer of SHOGUN, the highly acclaimed 2024 historical drama TV series set in Japan 400 years ago, talks about portraying Japan authentically in Hollywood.

BBC and Arabic language free-to-air factual channel Asharq Documentary have acquired NHK documentary Kamikaze: An Untold History. The documentary was part of NHK’s annual summer special program, ...

From things like cosplay and BL, Japan's female otaku are reshaping identity. Cultural anthropologist Liron Afriat explores how their passions reveal new ways of life for women in modern Japan.

NHK WORLD-JAPAN is set to broadcast a music program featuring some of today’s hottest J-pop acts titled NHK WORLD-JAPAN Music Festival 2023 in 160 countries and regions around the world. Part 1 is set ...

Wagashi bring joy with colors, shapes, and seasonal ingredients. In the first half of the program, Bill Leon Guerrero from Guam talks about how he became a wagashi-maker in Japan. He also tells us ...

With one in 3.5 older people in Japan now living with dementia or pre-dementia, the country is shifting from a care-only mindset to inclusion, putting people to work by matching them with roles they ...

Explore Japan’s advanced technology developed from building tunnels in complex geological conditions. Plus, innovative ways to keep fruit fresh. The construction of the Takamatsu Tunnel is underway on ...