NHK World – Japan (HD)

NHK NEWSLINE brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

Many Mongolian children dream of changing their family's lives by becoming a pro sumo wrestler in Japan. We meet the members of a school sumo club as they prepare for a national tournament.

NHK NEWSLINE brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

How would you reach out to the person next to you in times of disaster? That is the question Amy Takebe asks her students based on her experience in 2011.

Discover the stories behind renowned Japanese products alongside our reporter. This time: concrete testing equipment.

NHK WORLD-JAPAN presents a sumo highlights program for fans around the globe. Today the show features all top-division bouts from September 25, Day 13 of the 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 brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

An exclusive look inside Toyota, the world's top automaker. How will Chairman Toyoda Akio and engineers determine the future of this Japanese manufacturing giant?

NHK NEWSLINE brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

The herders of Thoe Village uphold a long tradition of grazing their sheep at the distant Island of God, but the trek there requires them to guide 2,000 of the animals across a vast frozen lake.

NHK NEWSLINE brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

We follow French cuisine chef Kobayashi Kei, the first Japanese to earn three stars in France. Astounding the senses with the full potential of the ingredients, his dishes are praised as works of art.

Kyoto has many stores specializing in traditional snacks and treats, called Oyatsu. Some purveyors continue to use age-old ingredients and methods.

NHK NEWSLINE brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

Today's theme: Design Hunting in Aichi. Lying at the heart of Japan's main island, this storied prefecture has many local industries that are entwined with its history. Join us on a design hunt!

Leading actors take turns as solo storytellers to act and recite traditional folk tales loved in Japan for centuries. Watch out, too, for the delightful illustrations!

Learn the principles of programming without a computer. Animated characters provide fun and lucid explanations of 5 core processes: analysis, combination, generalization, abstraction, and simulation.

NHK NEWSLINE brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

Eggplants nasu take the spotlight. Enjoy juicy mizu-nasu and melt in your mouth Kamo nasu. From traditional shojin ryori to sweets, discover the surprising range of Japanese eggplants.

Let's drive through Chiba Prefecture! We depart from Tokyo Station and enjoy magic hour at scenic Byobugaura. Along the way, encounter Chiba's traditions and be amazed by their artistic quality.

It's late at night, when all are fast asleep. A young man and woman huddle together along the veranda outside of a house, attending to a ... rooster. What could the pair be up to?

NHK WORLD-JAPAN presents a sumo highlights program for fans around the globe. Today the show features all top-division bouts from September 25, Day 13 of the 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 brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

Explore how Japan uses artificial satellites and surface observation to quickly assess flood and earthquake damage, supporting disaster preparedness.

Ehime / Nagazumi Takashi (musician) Nagazumi visits a town with a great number of trowel reliefs, and observes that the things that truly last are the ones that carry the creator's intention.

Kabuki is full of music played both on and off stage. Actor Kataoka Ainosuke and musician Kawase Roshu guide us through the beautiful complexities of sankyoku.

NHK NEWSLINE brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

An exclusive look inside Toyota, the world's top automaker. How will Chairman Toyoda Akio and engineers determine the future of this Japanese manufacturing giant?

NHK NEWSLINE brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

NHK NEWSLINE brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

NHK WORLD-JAPAN will broadcast GRAND SUMO September Tournament Day 14 action live from Tokyo, as top wrestlers have their fourteenth bouts of the 15-day contest.

NHK NEWSLINE brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

Today's theme: Design Hunting in Aichi. Lying at the heart of Japan's main island, this storied prefecture has many local industries that are entwined with its history. Join us on a design hunt!

Leading actors take turns as solo storytellers to act and recite traditional folk tales loved in Japan for centuries. Watch out, too, for the delightful illustrations!

Learn the principles of programming without a computer. Animated characters provide fun and lucid explanations of 5 core processes: analysis, combination, generalization, abstraction, and simulation.

We follow French cuisine chef Kobayashi Kei, the first Japanese to earn three stars in France. Astounding the senses with the full potential of the ingredients, his dishes are praised as works of art.

Kyoto has many stores specializing in traditional snacks and treats, called Oyatsu. Some purveyors continue to use age-old ingredients and methods.

NHK NEWSLINE brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

Explore how Japan uses artificial satellites and surface observation to quickly assess flood and earthquake damage, supporting disaster preparedness.

Ehime / Nagazumi Takashi (musician) Nagazumi visits a town with a great number of trowel reliefs, and observes that the things that truly last are the ones that carry the creator's intention.

Kabuki is full of music played both on and off stage. Actor Kataoka Ainosuke and musician Kawase Roshu guide us through the beautiful complexities of sankyoku.

NHK NEWSLINE brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

An exclusive look inside Toyota, the world's top automaker. How will Chairman Toyoda Akio and engineers determine the future of this Japanese manufacturing giant?

NHK NEWSLINE brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

The herders of Thoe Village uphold a long tradition of grazing their sheep at the distant Island of God, but the trek there requires them to guide 2,000 of the animals across a vast frozen lake.

NHK NEWSLINE brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

Cheetah cubs face daunting survival odds on the African savanna. But their mothers go to great lengths to pass on the skills they'll need to fulfill their destiny as the world's fastest land animal.

Tokachi is in Japan's great northern land of Hokkaido, home to vast fields and sprawling pastures. Experience its vibrant summer colors through time-lapse photography.

Leading actors take turns as solo storytellers to act and recite traditional folk tales loved in Japan for centuries. Watch out, too, for the delightful illustrations!

Learn the principles of programming without a computer. Animated characters provide fun and lucid explanations of 5 core processes: analysis, combination, generalization, abstraction, and simulation.

NHK NEWSLINE brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

NHK NEWSLINE brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

Eggplants nasu take the spotlight. Enjoy juicy mizu-nasu and melt in your mouth Kamo nasu. From traditional shojin ryori to sweets, discover the surprising range of Japanese eggplants.

Let's drive through Chiba Prefecture! We depart from Tokyo Station and enjoy magic hour at scenic Byobugaura. Along the way, encounter Chiba's traditions and be amazed by their artistic quality.

It's late at night, when all are fast asleep. A young man and woman huddle together along the veranda outside of a house, attending to a ... rooster. What could the pair be up to?

NHK WORLD-JAPAN presents a sumo highlights program for fans around the globe. Today the show features all top-division bouts from September 26, Day 14 of the 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 brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

Explore how Japan uses artificial satellites and surface observation to quickly assess flood and earthquake damage, supporting disaster preparedness.

Ehime / Nagazumi Takashi (musician) Nagazumi visits a town with a great number of trowel reliefs, and observes that the things that truly last are the ones that carry the creator's intention.

Kabuki is full of music played both on and off stage. Actor Kataoka Ainosuke and musician Kawase Roshu guide us through the beautiful complexities of sankyoku.

NHK NEWSLINE brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

An exclusive look inside Toyota, the world's top automaker. How will Chairman Toyoda Akio and engineers determine the future of this Japanese manufacturing giant?

NHK NEWSLINE brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

The herders of Thoe Village uphold a long tradition of grazing their sheep at the distant Island of God, but the trek there requires them to guide 2,000 of the animals across a vast frozen lake.

NHK NEWSLINE brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

Cheetah cubs face daunting survival odds on the African savanna. But their mothers go to great lengths to pass on the skills they'll need to fulfill their destiny as the world's fastest land animal.

Tokachi is in Japan's great northern land of Hokkaido, home to vast fields and sprawling pastures. Experience its vibrant summer colors through time-lapse photography.

Leading actors take turns as solo storytellers to act and recite traditional folk tales loved in Japan for centuries. Watch out, too, for the delightful illustrations!

Learn the principles of programming without a computer. Animated characters provide fun and lucid explanations of 5 core processes: analysis, combination, generalization, abstraction, and simulation.

NHK NEWSLINE brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

NHK NEWSLINE brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

Whether outnumbered or laying siege to a seemingly impenetrable fortress, master strategist Kuroda Kanbei used his wits to win on the battlefield.

Experience the fascinating sights of the airports and transport hubs which connect Japan with the world. Time-lapse photography will show you how these places bustle with activity around the clock.

NHK NEWSLINE brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

Explore how Japan uses artificial satellites and surface observation to quickly assess flood and earthquake damage, supporting disaster preparedness.

Ehime / Nagazumi Takashi (musician) Nagazumi visits a town with a great number of trowel reliefs, and observes that the things that truly last are the ones that carry the creator's intention.

NHK WORLD-JAPAN presents a sumo highlights program for fans around the globe. Today the show features all top-division bouts from September 26, Day 14 of the 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.

Fu Yi-yao, world-renowned Chinese ink painter and Japan resident, is commissioned by Taiwan to create a work imbued with the power of art as tensions with China rise. What message does it convey?

NHK NEWSLINE brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

Photographer Nakai Seiya travels three of Aichi's local railroads, capturing autumn scenery, a surprise steam locomotive, and local products along the way. Join us on a marvelous railway journey!

NHK NEWSLINE brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

Little Charo is an animation series about a Japanese dog who got lost in NY. "I want to see my owner again!" Charo starts his adventure back home. Season 2-3.

Japan is a hot spot for discovering dinosaur fossils. An excavation in Hokkaido sparked a nationwide enthusiasm for dinosaurs, leading to entertainment such as dinosaur robots and mechanical suits.

We meet cats whose owner grows plants used to make cloth in a traditional way. Another cat, Lock, lives at a temple. He takes part in sutra reading and is practically the chief priest's assistant!

NHK NEWSLINE brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

Pyrotechnician Isogai Naotaka has pioneered new forms of artistic expression through fireworks. He reveals the secrets of their beauty, and the Japanese aesthetic behind them.

This episode features "Wakey's Door" on the vending machine, a Comedy Writers skit, "Mysterious Button," and the song, "Bloom!" performed by the Wakeys. It energizes kids.

NHK NEWSLINE brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

From natural landscapes to historic architecture representing centuries of cultural development, Japan's World Heritage sites offer a wide range of glimpses into history and the beauty of nature.

A series of poetic videos by Koichi Hozan, a videographer living in Nara, in collaboration with a pianist, Mine Kawakami, for which she plays exclusive pieces, makes you experience each seasons.

NHK WORLD-JAPAN presents a sumo highlights program for fans around the globe. Today the show features all top-division bouts from September 26, Day 14 of the 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 brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

An indigo dyer in Japan's Tokoname City blends her craft with the local sake, pottery and culinary traditions to unite the community.

Discover the unique, traditional method of roof thatching that uses Hinoki cypress bark.

Today: explaining a need for staffing adjustment. Kaung Htet Paing, from Myanmar, works at Narita Airport. In a roleplay challenge, he reports to a supervisor that a coworker is unwell.

Kawahara Takuya upcycles discarded jeans. His partner, Yamasawa Ryoji buys old denim overseas by the ton. Together these denim devotees make it cooler than cool once again.

NHK NEWSLINE brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

Five young men from around Japan, once withdrawn from society - a phenomenon known as hikikomori - embark on a 1,200-kilometer pilgrimage around the island of Shikoku, on a journey of self-discovery.

NHK NEWSLINE brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

From natural landscapes to historic architecture representing centuries of cultural development, Japan's World Heritage sites offer a wide range of glimpses into history and the beauty of nature.

A series of poetic videos by Koichi Hozan, a videographer living in Nara, in collaboration with a pianist, Mine Kawakami, for which she plays exclusive pieces, makes you experience each seasons.

NHK WORLD-JAPAN will broadcast GRAND SUMO September Tournament Day 15 action live from Tokyo, as top wrestlers have their fifteenth bouts of the 15-day contest.

NHK NEWSLINE brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

Pyrotechnician Isogai Naotaka has pioneered new forms of artistic expression through fireworks. He reveals the secrets of their beauty, and the Japanese aesthetic behind them.

This episode features "Wakey's Door" on the vending machine, a Comedy Writers skit, "Mysterious Button," and the song, "Bloom!" performed by the Wakeys. It energizes kids.

Little Charo is an animation series about a Japanese dog who got lost in NY. "I want to see my owner again!" Charo starts his adventure back home. Season 2-3.

Japan is a hot spot for discovering dinosaur fossils. An excavation in Hokkaido sparked a nationwide enthusiasm for dinosaurs, leading to entertainment such as dinosaur robots and mechanical suits.

We meet cats whose owner grows plants used to make cloth in a traditional way. Another cat, Lock, lives at a temple. He takes part in sutra reading and is practically the chief priest's assistant!

NHK NEWSLINE brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

An indigo dyer in Japan's Tokoname City blends her craft with the local sake, pottery and culinary traditions to unite the community.

Discover the unique, traditional method of roof thatching that uses Hinoki cypress bark.

Today: explaining a need for staffing adjustment. Kaung Htet Paing, from Myanmar, works at Narita Airport. In a roleplay challenge, he reports to a supervisor that a coworker is unwell.

Kawahara Takuya upcycles discarded jeans. His partner, Yamasawa Ryoji buys old denim overseas by the ton. Together these denim devotees make it cooler than cool once again.

NHK NEWSLINE brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

Five young men from around Japan, once withdrawn from society - a phenomenon known as hikikomori - embark on a 1,200-kilometer pilgrimage around the island of Shikoku, on a journey of self-discovery.

NHK NEWSLINE brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

Photographer Nakai Seiya travels three of Aichi's local railroads, capturing autumn scenery, a surprise steam locomotive, and local products along the way. Join us on a marvelous railway journey!

NHK NEWSLINE brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

Pyrotechnician Isogai Naotaka has pioneered new forms of artistic expression through fireworks. He reveals the secrets of their beauty, and the Japanese aesthetic behind them.

This episode features "Wakey's Door" on the vending machine, a Comedy Writers skit, "Mysterious Button," and the song, "Bloom!" performed by the Wakeys. It energizes kids.

NHK NEWSLINE brings you up to date with the latest from Japan, Asia and around the world. Our team covers breaking news and major developments, with trusted anchors to tie it all together.

Little Charo is an animation series about a Japanese dog who got lost in NY. "I want to see my owner again!" Charo starts his adventure back home. Season 2-3.

Japan is a hot spot for discovering dinosaur fossils. An excavation in Hokkaido sparked a nationwide enthusiasm for dinosaurs, leading to entertainment such as dinosaur robots and mechanical suits.