NHK WORLD-JAPAN
Analysis: why Japan is extending its Diet session
- Title
- Analysis: why Japan is extending its Diet session
- Runtime
- 4:26
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- The Diet summer recess will be delayed by 8 days as lawmakers discuss a bill to establish a "secondary capital" outside of Tokyo. This comes after a busy few months of deliberations over several divisive policies from Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae. NHK World's Igarashi Jun breaks down what laws have passed and what is still pending.
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- Pressing health issue spotlights tropical fruitーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
- Runtime
- 3:49
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Changing diets in Malaysia are bringing a rise in obesity and other health problems, leading businesses to use a fibrous local fruit to make healthy and tasty foods.
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- Title
- Japan's deer dilemma: striking a balanceーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
- Runtime
- 6:11
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Deer populations are exploding in Japan due to the extinction of the Japanese wolf; the aging of hunters, and the milder winters. A wildlife management team in Hokkaido searches for ways to eradicate an island’s invasive alien deer.
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- Title
- Blind Spot: Unseen Neighbors - Documentary 360
- Runtime
- 50:06
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- [Skip Intro] 00:06
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As famine spreads in Gaza and living conditions deteriorate, many Israeli citizens turn their attention away. This documentary probes the reasons and ramifications.
*Originally broadcast on Jan. 10, 2026.
- Title
- Japan firms turn ink shortage into opportunityーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
- Runtime
- 3:28
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Instability in the Middle East is altering the look of products on Japan's store shelves. Supply disruptions to chemicals used in ink forced some companies to switch to black-and-white packaging. However, the challenge also brings opportunity.
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- Title
- China's AI-powered pushーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
- Runtime
- 3:18
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- From autonomous vehicles to humanoid robots, China is aiming to drive economic growth through AI-powered innovations.
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- Title
- Hanamatsuri: Delighting the Deities - Spiritual Explorers
- Runtime
- 25:06
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- [Skip Intro] 0:32
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For 700 years, the sounds of celebration would echo through the mountains of Okumikawa as villagers dance the night away and become oni, bringing together deities and humans.
- Title
- Peaches - Trails to Oishii Tokyo
- Runtime
- 28:05
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Explore more Japanese food on NHK WORLD-JAPAN!
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Peaches are prized for their sweetness, with around 100 varieties being picked during the summer months in Japan.
- Title
- South Korea eyes military hardware sector expansionーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
- Runtime
- 4:27
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Amidst growing geopolitical instability, South Korea’s defense industry is raising its global profile by exporting military hardware such as missile defense systems and tanks.
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- Title
- Japan mayor's maternity leave draws praise, criticismーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
- Runtime
- 7:11
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- The announcement by a mayor in Japan that she will take maternity leave has triggered a debate in a country that has long ranked poorly on global gender equality. NHK World's Kumei Ayako looks at whether the move could give birth to change.
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- Title
- Kyoto holds Gion Festival float processionーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS #shorts
- Runtime
- 0:35
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Kyoto's Gion Festival attracted huge crowds of people for its procession of traditional floats. The festival is said to have begun more than 1,000 years ago to pray for the end of a plague.
- Title
- Japanese self-driving tech faces key testーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
- Runtime
- 3:05
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- A Japanese startup called Tier IV that specializes in autonomous driving technology using AI is set to go public. An expert says its market debut could mark a turning point for the industry. We look at what the latest developments tell us about the future of autonomous driving in Japan.
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- Title
- Japan changes Imperial Family rules, but opinion is splitーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
- Runtime
- 7:17
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Japan's Diet has passed a bill that aims to secure the Imperial Family's future by allowing women to remain members after marriage, and allowing adoption from formerly recognized Imperial lines. But, as NHK World's Oikawa Jun explains, opinion is divided on the changes.
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- Title
- Jeepneys go electric in the PhilippinesーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS #shorts
- Runtime
- 0:30
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Rising fuel prices have proved perilous for jeepneys, making the Philippine transport icon harder to find and snarling commuting in a busy city. Enter a Japanese EV startup with a new idea, the e-jeepney.
![Kajiura Yuki [2/2] - tiny desk concerts JAPAN](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ESOrSwZE6TY/1.jpg)
- Title
- Kajiura Yuki [2/2] - tiny desk concerts JAPAN
- Runtime
- 16:19
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Watch more tiny desk concerts on NHK WORLD-JAPAN!
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[Kajiura Yuki's Anime Universe Comes to tiny desk]
Kajiura Yuki, the composer whose music has captivated audiences around the world, arrives at tiny desk concerts JAPAN.Iconic songs that have defined some of the most beloved anime series are reborn in the intimate setting of tiny desk.Joining Kajiura's expansive and cinematic musical world are LiSA, YUUKA, and the vocalists of FictionJunction projects.
The special guest is LiSA.
She performs Homura, the theme song from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba-The Movie: Mugen Train, in a special arrangement featuring only Kajiura on piano.In the uniquely intimate space of tiny desk, the two performers ...
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- Title
- Kajiura Yuki [1/2] - tiny desk concerts JAPAN
- Runtime
- 12:56
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Watch more tiny desk concerts on NHK WORLD-JAPAN!
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[Kajiura Yuki's Anime Universe Comes to tiny desk]
Kajiura Yuki, the composer whose music has captivated audiences around the world, arrives at tiny desk concerts JAPAN.Iconic songs that have defined some of the most beloved anime series are reborn in the intimate setting of tiny desk.Joining Kajiura's expansive and cinematic musical world are LiSA, YUUKA, and the vocalists of FictionJunction projects.
The special guest is LiSA.
She performs Homura, the theme song from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba-The Movie: Mugen Train, in a special arrangement featuring only Kajiura on piano.In the uniquely intimate space of tiny desk, the two performers ...
- Title
- Thai futsal team levels field for players with disabilitiesーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
- Runtime
- 3:52
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- A professional Thai futsal team is showing the power of sport to break barriers by fostering talents of players with hearing impairments.
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- Title
- Keeping alive Okinawa's dyeing traditionーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
- Runtime
- 7:20
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Bingata, the Okinawan art of fabric dyeing, has been prized since the days of the Ryukyu Kingdom (15th-19th century). However, in the closing days of the Pacific War it came close to being lost forever. It was saved by the head of the Shiroma Bingata Studio. Today, his grandson continues to keep the tradition alive.
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- Title
- Waiting for aid in the world's 'forgotten conflicts'ーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
- Runtime
- 4:37
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- A UN refugee agency report estimates over 117 million people have been displaced from their homes globally. Many of them are due to so-called "forgotten conflicts" in places like Yemen and Sudan.
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- Title
- Nationwide inspections underway after deadly Bangkok fireーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
- Runtime
- 2:57
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- July 15 NEWSROOM TOKYO Bangkok Live Lineup:
00:00 Nationwide inspections underway after deadly Bangkok fire
01:01 Over 50 dead in Bangladesh monsoon floods, landslides
02:02 Brunei’s sultan turns 80 as world’s longest-reigning monarch
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- Title
- EV battery upcycling potentialーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
- Runtime
- 4:40
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Batteries for EVs are difficult to recycle, but demand for the rare metals they contain is driving Japanese firms to find innovative ways to extract them.
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- Title
- UNESCO-inscribed folk dance festival opens in GifuーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS #shorts
- Runtime
- 0:54
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- This year’s Gujo Odori folk dance festival opened on July 11. With a history of roughly 400 years, this UNESCO-inscribed Intangible Cultural Heritage brings people together to perform traditional dance routines in Gujo City, Gifu Prefecture.
- Title
- Asuka-Fujiwara set to become World Heritage SiteーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
- Runtime
- 2:40
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Japan may soon have a new World Heritage Site. The ancient capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara, in Nara Prefecture, may soon be added to the list. But there are hurdles for officials and locals alike.
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- Title
- Naphtha worries prompt industries to rethink riceーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
- Runtime
- 3:41
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Ongoing instability in the Middle East is fueling concerns about the supply of key manufacturing resources. Some Japanese companies are finding ways of using rice to replace naphtha.
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- Title
- Remembering US airmen executed in FukuokaーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
- Runtime
- 7:16
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- An American woman visits Kyushu to honor her grandfather, an airman executed during WWII. She also meets families of the Japanese soldiers involved in the incident.
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- Title
- How Hayabusa2 got up close with an asteroidーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
- Runtime
- 5:30
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- NHK World science correspondent Komoto Kyota discusses the Hayabusa2 space probe's recent asteroid flyby and how it could contribute to planetary defense.
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- Title
- Prince’s message of love resonates in turbulent timesーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
- Runtime
- 3:59
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- A decade after his death, music legend Prince has been attracting renewed interest in his hometown Minneapolis, where following a crackdown by ICE agents, fans are finding hope in his message of love and tolerance.
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- Title
- Ukrainian artist finds hope, resilience through sumoーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
- Runtime
- 3:13
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- As sumo wrestlers gathered in Paris, one Ukrainian artist spotlighted one of the sport's greatest champions.
Zoia Skoropadenko explains how sumo has the power to inspire both art and inner strength.
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- Title
- Lethal legacy of landmines in Zimbabwe's soilーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
- Runtime
- 5:58
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- As a US aid suspension halts Zimbabwe's landmine clearance operations, specialist deminers are losing their livelihoods. Meanwhile, with global attention elsewhere, ordinary people still face a deadly threat under their feet.
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- Title
- Speedy natto slurpers compete for gooey gloryーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS #shorts
- Runtime
- 0:37
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- More than 100 people competed to devour sticky fermented soybeans in a natto speed-eating contest held annually in Mito, north of Tokyo.
- Title
- On the ground in quake-hit VenezuelaーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
- Runtime
- 3:20
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- We report from quake-hit Venezuela, where structural experts are slowly learning more about the scale of last month's disaster.
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- Title
- Why is Japan reworking Imperial family membership rules?ーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
- Runtime
- 4:39
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Proposed revisions to Japan's Imperial House Law are set to pass in the Diet. Here's how the bill aims to secure the Imperial family's future by having women remain members after marriage, and allowing adoption from formerly recognized Imperial lines.
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- Title
- Jean Reno: An actor's journeyーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
- Runtime
- 7:52
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Renowned actor Jean Reno is touring Japan with a one-man show about his life. He talks about growing up as an outsider and the difficult path between family and the stage.
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- Title
- Hope for ALS and Beyond: Nucleic Acid Therapeutics - Medical Frontiers
- Runtime
- 28:06
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- [Skip Intro] 00:07
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Advances in nucleic acid therapeutics are bringing hope in treating conditions from ALS to osteoarthritis.
- Title
- After chatbots: China embraces next-gen AIーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
- Runtime
- 3:49
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- People in China are racing to develop, and use, a next-gen AI that can execute complex tasks on your behalf.
But experts warn the new text comes with new risks.
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- Title
- Startup's new solar cells could power snowy regionsーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
- Runtime
- 3:51
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Generating solar power is a challenge in snowy areas. One such region is the Sea of Japan coast. But a Japanese startup's next-generation solar cell could be a game-changer.
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- Title
- Red Sea Bream - Trails to Oishii Tokyo
- Runtime
- 28:06
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Explore more Japanese food on NHK WORLD-JAPAN!
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Red sea bream is an auspicious fish, reserved for celebrating special occasions in Japan.
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- Green light for maglev lineーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
- Runtime
- 4:57
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- With the Shizuoka governor giving the go-ahead for a tunnel through the prefecture for the Linear Chuo Shinkansen that will link Tokyo and Osaka, we look at the challenges remaining for the long-stalled maglev project.
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- Title
- Philippines marks anniversary of South China Sea rulingーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
- Runtime
- 4:30
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- July 10 NEWSROOM TOKYO Bangkok Live Lineup:
00:00 Philippines marks anniversary of South China Sea ruling
01:38 Malaysia, Thailand resolve fisheries dispute
03:04 Indonesia opens new container terminal
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- Title
- Dark and bright sides to China's growthーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
- Runtime
- 3:26
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- China's economy may be on track to hit Beijing's growth target, but it remains split between strong growth in new sectors and sluggish performance in the old.
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- Title
- Japan's bullet trains get private roomsーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS #shorts
- Runtime
- 0:26
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- From October you can ride the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen in more style, in private compartments unveiled by Central and West Japan Railway.
- Title
- Why Ukraine wants the US's Patriot missilesーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
- Runtime
- 3:40
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- A chronic global shortage of Patriot interceptor missiles is leaving Ukraine vulnerable to attacks from Russia. NHK World's Takasu Eri explains why Ukrainian officials see a new licensing deal to produce them domestically as key to the country's air defenses.
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- Title
- Komatsu: Stone Stories - Journeys in Japan
- Runtime
- 28:06
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- [Skip Intro] 1:40
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Dig up the history and traditions of Komatsu, a castle town known for crafting stone into temples and elegant tableware.
- Title
- NATO: 'Stronger than ever' or suffering Trump fatigue?ーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
- Runtime
- 4:22
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- President Trump hailed the NATO summit in Ankara a success. But keeping him happy is putting a strain on the alliance, as NHK World's Sugita Sachiyo reports.
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- Title
- India, Australia agree to deepen security tiesーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
- Runtime
- 3:22
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- July 9 NEWSROOM TOKYO Bangkok Live Lineup:
00:00 India, Australia agree to deepen security ties
01:06 Wreckage of cargo plane found off Pakistan coast
01:57 Landslide kills 8 children in Bangladesh refugee camp
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- Title
- Japan pushes to raise bluefin tuna catch quotaーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
- Runtime
- 3:28
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Japan is calling for a change to bluefin tuna catch quotas. A limit was put in place due to declining population levels, but recovery efforts now mean there's more fish in the sea. That surge, however, has caused some unexpected problems for fishers.
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- Title
- 'Gotta Fly 'Em all': Japan airport turns to PokemonーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS #shorts
- Runtime
- 0:28
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- An airport in Japan's quake-hit Noto region has turned to the world-famous Pokemon characters to promote the area after the devastating 2024 disaster, with character decorations in the airport and Pokemon in its name.
- Title
- Safeguarding pets in a warming worldーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
- Runtime
- 3:19
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Japanese businesses that make products to keep humans cool are now coming up with things to keep pets cool too amid a warming world.
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- Title
- Sashiko Embroidery - Japanology Plus
- Runtime
- 28:06
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- [Skip Intro] 0:15
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Traditional sashiko embroidery fortified work clothes in cold northern climates while providing wearers with stylish looks.
- Title
- South Korea bets big on building new AI sectorーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
- Runtime
- 3:50
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Nations around the world are rushing to get a foothold in the artificial intelligence industry. That goes for South Korea too. NHK World's Kim Chan-ju explains the country's new AI roadmap and where the money is going.
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