NHK WORLD-JAPAN

A selection of acclaimed programs from NHK's domestic channels dubbed into English.

Japanese fireworks have long enchanted people with their spherical shape and range of colors. We trace the rise of fireworks in Japan and also examine the 400-year-old mystery of the senko hanabi.

Kyle Card hikes along the 1000km trail following the Pacific Coast in northern Japanwhere he discovers local lifestyles, stunning nature, traces of the area's 2011 disaster, and resilient people.

With its splendid branches and white plum blossoms, this famous painting is known for captivating Van Gogh. Discover why people were able to tell this was a specific tree at Kameido Umeyashiki.

Today's theme: Bodies. As AI, digital and virtual spaces take over, thinking about physical bodies is more important than ever. Explore the role of designs which are rooted in human physicality.

This doctor can change the future of lung cancer, the cancer that causes the most deaths. We follow him as he pursues new cancer treatment at the head of a team of the world's best in Toronto, Canada.

Morinaga Kunihiko (Fashion designer)visits Amami Oshima, Kagoshima. Priestesses on Amami wore patchwork robes with triangular butterfly designs, intended to protect the wearer from unseen spirits.

Actor Kataoka Ainosuke explores "The Battles of Coxinga" by Chikamatsu Monzaemon. It's an epic tale with a Sino-Japanese hero taking up arms in China for the family his father once served.

A selection of acclaimed programs from NHK's domestic channels dubbed into English.

Oze National Park contains the largest mountain wetland in Japan. See the beauty of Oze as time-lapse photography makes the flowers and the morning dew come alive.

This doctor can change the future of lung cancer, the cancer that causes the most deaths. We follow him as he pursues new cancer treatment at the head of a team of the world's best in Toronto, Canada.

Japanese fireworks have long enchanted people with their spherical shape and range of colors. We trace the rise of fireworks in Japan and also examine the 400-year-old mystery of the senko hanabi.

Kyle Card hikes along the 1000km trail following the Pacific Coast in northern Japanwhere he discovers local lifestyles, stunning nature, traces of the area's 2011 disaster, and resilient people.

With its splendid branches and white plum blossoms, this famous painting is known for captivating Van Gogh. Discover why people were able to tell this was a specific tree at Kameido Umeyashiki.

Morinaga Kunihiko (Fashion designer)visits Amami Oshima, Kagoshima. Priestesses on Amami wore patchwork robes with triangular butterfly designs, intended to protect the wearer from unseen spirits.

Actor Kataoka Ainosuke explores "The Battles of Coxinga" by Chikamatsu Monzaemon. It's an epic tale with a Sino-Japanese hero taking up arms in China for the family his father once served.

A selection of acclaimed programs from NHK's domestic channels dubbed into English.

Oze National Park contains the largest mountain wetland in Japan. See the beauty of Oze as time-lapse photography makes the flowers and the morning dew come alive.

This doctor can change the future of lung cancer, the cancer that causes the most deaths. We follow him as he pursues new cancer treatment at the head of a team of the world's best in Toronto, Canada.

Japanese fireworks have long enchanted people with their spherical shape and range of colors. We trace the rise of fireworks in Japan and also examine the 400-year-old mystery of the senko hanabi.

Kyle Card hikes along the 1000km trail following the Pacific Coast in northern Japanwhere he discovers local lifestyles, stunning nature, traces of the area's 2011 disaster, and resilient people.

With its splendid branches and white plum blossoms, this famous painting is known for captivating Van Gogh. Discover why people were able to tell this was a specific tree at Kameido Umeyashiki.

Morinaga Kunihiko (Fashion designer)visits Amami Oshima, Kagoshima. Priestesses on Amami wore patchwork robes with triangular butterfly designs, intended to protect the wearer from unseen spirits.

Actor Kataoka Ainosuke explores "The Battles of Coxinga" by Chikamatsu Monzaemon. It's an epic tale with a Sino-Japanese hero taking up arms in China for the family his father once served.