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.

Bonfires are lit on the mountains to guide ancestors back to the afterlife after their visit in August. This tradition connects the living and the dead through prayer and strengthens community bonds.

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 presents a sumo highlights program for fans around the globe. Today the show features all top-division bouts from September 24, Day 12 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.

A snowy town in northern Japan with a declining birthrate and aging population is in the spotlight for its efforts to revitalize the community by involving locals in children's education.

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.

Five Aichi festivals are recorded on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list. The people who keep them going share their struggles and triumphs, and how they hope to pass them on 100 years hence.

This miniseries presents the masterpieces of Tsutaju, a brilliant ukiyo-e producer of the Edo period. This episode features ukiyo-e artist Sharaku's "The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo as Takemura Sadanoshin.".

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.

Go behind the scenes of Japan's amazing railways! Interesting facts, new technologies, expert tips plus where to go, how to get there and more!

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 presents a sumo highlights program for fans around the globe. Today the show features all top-division bouts from September 24, Day 12 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.

A snowy town in northern Japan with a declining birthrate and aging population is in the spotlight for its efforts to revitalize the community by involving locals in children's education.

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.

Five Aichi festivals are recorded on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list. The people who keep them going share their struggles and triumphs, and how they hope to pass them on 100 years hence.

This miniseries presents the masterpieces of Tsutaju, a brilliant ukiyo-e producer of the Edo period. This episode features ukiyo-e artist Sharaku's "The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo as Takemura Sadanoshin.".

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 presents a sumo highlights program for fans around the globe. Today the show features all top-division bouts from September 24, Day 12 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.

Go behind the scenes of Japan's amazing railways! Interesting facts, new technologies, expert tips plus where to go, how to get there and more!

News 7 is NHK's flagship domestic evening news program, bringing you the latest from our Tokyo studio. It's presented with English audio on NHK World for our international viewers.

A snowy town in northern Japan with a declining birthrate and aging population is in the spotlight for its efforts to revitalize the community by involving locals in children's education.

NEWSROOM TOKYO dives deeper into the day's news with insight and analysis, from the perspective of Japan and the rest of Asia. We put a spotlight on what you need to know to understand the issues.

Artist Suzuki Tsukasa has been holding painting workshops for children in Rwanda since 2019. He talks about his commitment to purchasing their artwork to encourage them to forge their own path.

Droughts, floods, wildfires... We look at the latest research on Hydroclimate Whiplash, a new climate risk in which extreme weather events alternate in a short time, exacerbating natural disasters.

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.

NEWSROOM TOKYO dives deeper into the day's news with insight and analysis, from the perspective of Japan and the rest of Asia. We put a spotlight on what you need to know to understand the issues.

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.

Five Aichi festivals are recorded on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list. The people who keep them going share their struggles and triumphs, and how they hope to pass them on 100 years hence.

This miniseries presents the masterpieces of Tsutaju, a brilliant ukiyo-e producer of the Edo period. This episode features ukiyo-e artist Sharaku's "The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo as Takemura Sadanoshin.".

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.