NHK World Saturday

NHK Newsline delivers the latest news, business, and weather every hour with stories and analysis from Japan, the rest of Asia, and around the world

New Year's Day, 2024: Japan's Noto Peninsula is hit by a huge earthquake and tsunami - many lives are lost. One year later, as they look to the future, survivors share stories of courage and grief.

NHK Newsline delivers the latest news, business, and weather every hour with stories and analysis from Japan, the rest of Asia, and around the world

After Tomioka's evacuation order was lifted, the few returnees were mostly elderly - to raise their spirits, Matsumura grows rice from which he can make mochi, a traditional favourite on special days.

NHK Newsline delivers the latest news, business, and weather every hour with stories and analysis from Japan, the rest of Asia, and around the world

Join May J. for Japanese music! This time: seven-piece idol group SWEET STEADY - a sister group to FRUITS ZIPPER - and singer-songwriter Ito Kashitaro, whose online videos led to a major label debut.

This program is an animation series about a Japanese dog, Charo. He meets and is helped by many mythical creatures of Northern Japan as he searches for eight star talismans. Tohoku series 1-7.

Most commercial honey in Japan comes from Western honeybees whose honey can be harvested several times a year - Japanese honeybees are much less productive, but keeping them can be a real education.

Visit the southern island paradise Taketomi Island, where kitties enjoy climbing great heights! How will they get home once the tide comes in?

NHK Newsline delivers the latest news, business, and weather every hour with stories and analysis from Japan, the rest of Asia, and around the world

This time we're featuring anime studio Pierrot, the 45-year veteran studio behind NARUTO - hear directly from the creators and get a behind-the-scenes look at BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War.

Numbler erases part of a cake delivery memo resulting in the delivery of four cakes instead of one - Barky solves the mystery by showing the difference between ordinal numbers and cardinal numbers.

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

NHK Newsline delivers the latest news, business, and weather every hour with stories and analysis from Japan, the rest of Asia, and around the world

Located in northern Italy, Parma is famous for cheese and prosciutto - as a UNESCO City of Gastronomy, it offers a rich culinary tradition and the Festival Verdi celebrating composer Giuseppe Verdi.

Seto Inland Sea is the largest body of water of its kind in Japan - see the sights of the Great Seto Bridge and the shallow coastal waters through time-lapse photography.

NHK World-Japan presents a variety of short programmes focusing on Japan and Asia.

NHK Newsline delivers the latest news, business, and weather every hour with stories and analysis from Japan, the rest of Asia, and around the world

North of Tokyo, young trainees are working hard to become jockeys - they will live away from their families with no mobile phones allowed for two years. We follow their first steps toward their dream.

A new version of Easy Japanese is coming to TV first this time. Learn simple expressions you can put to use whether you're visiting or staying; tune in and start speaking

At the Iwase Hikiyama Festival held in May in the Iwase district, floats topped with ornate displays are pulled around town before colliding into one another as an offering to the local deity.

An outdoor-loving family discovers the natural beauty of the icy Tokachi River in winter while encountering cranes, Steller's sea eagles, and 'jewellery ice' glistening in the sun on the frozen shore.