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Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

Introducing a colourful variety of feature stories, including reports on daily life from locations throughout Japan, as well as other parts of Asia and around the world.

Beach volleyball is a flourishing competitive sport, requiring strength, stamina, and strategy. A look at how the sport is developing in Japan by visiting a court in the middle of Tokyo.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

A profile of the model and author Naomi Shimada. Beloved by her 61K Instagram following, adored by the brands that sponsor her, and wicked smart, she is the definition of the `full package'.

Photographer Rat Puanrak runs a feeding site on Thailand's Phuket Island for migrating Himalayan Vultures. A look at his tireless efforts to save the endangered birds of prey from extinction.

Daily news program that picks up the key news stories of the past 24 hours from Japan and around Asia.

Bento connects the world! Discover a universe of bento from Japan and around the world, with step-by-step instructions and delicious tips and tricks!

Bicycle lover Yamamoto Atsushi makes items like handbags from old bicycle parts. Unable to simply watch them being discarded, he sees giving them a new purpose his true calling in life.

Daily news program that picks up the key news stories of the past 24 hours from Japan and around Asia.

Spotlights aspects of Japan that demonstrate the country's uniqueness and innovation across a wide range of areas. Includes a look at the country's culture, traditions and technology.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

Presents the latest entertainment news and trends along with special interviews with TV personalities.

Reporting the latest business, finance and economic news, with added analysis from expert guests at the studio.

An artist in Okayama Prefecture shares how he uses local clay to create a new kind of pottery for everyday use that builds on the traditions of Bizen ware.

Beach volleyball is a flourishing competitive sport, requiring strength, stamina, and strategy. A look at how the sport is developing in Japan by visiting a court in the middle of Tokyo.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

Presents the latest entertainment news and trends along with special interviews with TV personalities.

Kenneth Rimdahl came from Sweden to Chiang Mai, Thailand. There he discovered miang, an edible tea made with leaves from local tea plants. Now his business helps protect the forests where they grow.

Running between Kanazawa and Tsuruga Stations, the Hokuriku Shinkansen line extension is set to open in March 2024. A look at how regional developments are progressing along the line.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

Presents the latest entertainment news and trends along with special interviews with TV personalities.

Reporting the latest business, finance and economic news, with added analysis from expert guests at the studio.

Photographer Rat Puanrak runs a feeding site on Thailand's Phuket Island for migrating Himalayan Vultures. A look at his tireless efforts to save the endangered birds of prey from extinction.

Comprehensive coverage of events in Japan and Asia. It explains the day's developments and what is behind them.

Introducing a colourful variety of feature stories, including reports on daily life from locations throughout Japan, as well as other parts of Asia and around the world.

A profile of the model and author Naomi Shimada. Beloved by her 61K Instagram following, adored by the brands that sponsor her, and wicked smart, she is the definition of the `full package'.

Workers at a sawmill use the latest tools and their honed skills to prepare the building blocks of Edo life: long, narrow beams, bamboo stems and leftover wood stacked as high as buildings.

Comprehensive coverage of events in Japan and Asia. It explains the day's developments and what is behind them.

Bento connects the world! Discover a universe of bento from Japan and around the world, with step-by-step instructions and delicious tips and tricks!

Bicycle lover Yamamoto Atsushi makes items like handbags from old bicycle parts. Unable to simply watch them being discarded, he sees giving them a new purpose his true calling in life.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

Reporting the latest business, finance and economic news, with added analysis from expert guests at the studio.

Spotlights aspects of Japan that demonstrate the country's uniqueness and innovation across a wide range of areas. Includes a look at the country's culture, traditions and technology.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

Introducing a colourful variety of feature stories, including reports on daily life from locations throughout Japan, as well as other parts of Asia and around the world.

Fukushima is rich in natural resources. We explore how the 2011 earthquake and nuclear power plant accident has inspired local consumption and production of renewable clean energy in the prefecture.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

Introducing a colourful variety of feature stories, including reports on daily life from locations throughout Japan, as well as other parts of Asia and around the world.

Photographer Rat Puanrak runs a feeding site on Thailand's Phuket Island for migrating Himalayan Vultures. A look at his tireless efforts to save the endangered birds of prey from extinction.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

A profile of the model and author Naomi Shimada. Beloved by her 61K Instagram following, adored by the brands that sponsor her, and wicked smart, she is the definition of the `full package'.

Beach volleyball is a flourishing competitive sport, requiring strength, stamina, and strategy. A look at how the sport is developing in Japan by visiting a court in the middle of Tokyo.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

Introducing a colourful variety of feature stories, including reports on daily life from locations throughout Japan, as well as other parts of Asia and around the world.

Bento connects the world! Discover a universe of bento from Japan and around the world, with step-by-step instructions and delicious tips and tricks!

Bicycle lover Yamamoto Atsushi makes items like handbags from old bicycle parts. Unable to simply watch them being discarded, he sees giving them a new purpose his true calling in life.

Comprehensive coverage of events in Japan and Asia. It explains the day's developments and what is behind them.

Introducing a colourful variety of feature stories, including reports on daily life from locations throughout Japan, as well as other parts of Asia and around the world.

Kenneth Rimdahl came from Sweden to Chiang Mai, Thailand. There he discovered miang, an edible tea made with leaves from local tea plants. Now his business helps protect the forests where they grow.

Workers at a sawmill use the latest tools and their honed skills to prepare the building blocks of Edo life: long, narrow beams, bamboo stems and leftover wood stacked as high as buildings.

Japan, said to be the world's fastest-aging country, aims to boost its quality of nursing care by implementing new technology. We look at how the field is being transformed as a result.

Spotlights aspects of Japan that demonstrate the country's uniqueness and innovation across a wide range of areas. Includes a look at the country's culture, traditions and technology.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

Reporting the latest business, finance and economic news, with added analysis from expert guests at the studio.

Fukushima is rich in natural resources. We explore how the 2011 earthquake and nuclear power plant accident has inspired local consumption and production of renewable clean energy in the prefecture.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

Reporting the latest business, finance and economic news, with added analysis from expert guests at the studio.

Photographer Rat Puanrak runs a feeding site on Thailand's Phuket Island for migrating Himalayan Vultures. A look at his tireless efforts to save the endangered birds of prey from extinction.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

Reporting the latest business, finance and economic news, with added analysis from expert guests at the studio.

Bento connects the world! Discover a universe of bento from Japan and around the world, with step-by-step instructions and delicious tips and tricks!

Bicycle lover Yamamoto Atsushi makes items like handbags from old bicycle parts. Unable to simply watch them being discarded, he sees giving them a new purpose his true calling in life.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

Workers at a sawmill use the latest tools and their honed skills to prepare the building blocks of Edo life: long, narrow beams, bamboo stems and leftover wood stacked as high as buildings.

Lacquerware. Durable objects with a distinctive lustre.

A time-lapse taken in Japan in Ogasawara.

An artist in Okayama Prefecture shares how he uses local clay to create a new kind of pottery for everyday use that builds on the traditions of Bizen ware.

Beach volleyball is a flourishing competitive sport, requiring strength, stamina, and strategy. A look at how the sport is developing in Japan by visiting a court in the middle of Tokyo.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

With seventy per cent of its land covered by mountains, Japan is a paradise for mountain climbers. Highlighting some of the magnificent views while experiencing the unique hiking culture.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

In Yaizu, Shizuoka, is a fish shop of global fame, flooded by Michelin-star chefs seeking its supreme quality, yet always valuing its local customers. Here, every fish is a work of pride and passion.

The hosts share fun cooking tips that are easy to follow and a healthy recipe for vegetarian chirashi sushi.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

Fukushima is rich in natural resources. We explore how the 2011 earthquake and nuclear power plant accident has inspired local consumption and production of renewable clean energy in the prefecture.

Rockie decides to try using a messenger bird to send messages to her friends, but a mistake leads to a critical misunderstanding.