January 29, 2017
Mt. Daisen, a peak in central Japan, is celebrating its 80th anniversary as a national park. 5th and 6th graders at the Daisen Ele...Read more
February 19, 2017
Every spring, large numbers of tourists come to the Gongendo Park in the city of Satte, Saitama Prefecture to view the 1,000 cherr...Read more
February 26, 2017
At the southern end of the Kujukurihama coastline in Chiba Prefecture is Ichinomiya, one of Japan's top surfing spots, and home to...Read more
March 4, 2017
In Sasebo City, Nagasaki Prefecture is a little diner that opened shortly after World War II. 70 years on, it's still going strong...Read more
March 26, 2017
More than 5 years after the tsunami caused by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake swept away thousands of homes, physical evidenc...Read more
April 9, 2017
In Japan, where calligraphy is mainly a girls' pastime, a group of students at an all-boys school belongs to a calligraphy club. C...Read more
April 16, 2017
Takahiro Endo is a 28-year-old architect working in Ishinomaki in northeast Japan. As the city takes shape again following the 201...Read more
April 23, 2017
In the years before and after World War II, some 400,000 people emigrated from Okinawa Prefecture in southern Japan, including a m...Read more
May 7, 2017
Gaku Sato opened his own shoeshine shop at age 22. With his sharp fashion sense and a chic shop decor, he is exploring a new, styl...Read more
May 14, 2017
How do you revitalize a hamlet with only 3 grannies? By hand-made cookies! This is a story of how 3 hard working grannies all over...Read more
May 21, 2017
Before and during World War II, 270,000 Japanese relocated to Manchuria in China, which was controlled by Japan. After the war, th...Read more
June 4, 2017
This time we meet a member of staff working behind the scenes for a women's pro-wrestling promotion in Sendai, northeast Japan. Se...Read more
June 11, 2017
In graying Japan, a growing number of elderly people living alone require nursing care at home. Yukiko Senpuku, 81, is a sought-af...Read more
June 18, 2017
They say giving opens doors. And one grandma knows that well. 80-year-old Hiroko Sogo makes picture cards with simple, warm illust...Read more
July 2, 2017
From ancient times, Japan's imperial court and shogunate have supported and protected Kasuga Taisha in Nara Prefecture as a means ...Read more
July 16, 2017
The remote island of Nasake is a sanctuary for children forced to live away from their parents because of poverty, abuse, and othe...Read more
July 23, 2017
Katsunobu Yoshida is a 28-year-old graphic designer who makes leaflets, posters and logos by hand, avoiding computers whenever he ...Read more
August 6, 2017
In May 2016, Barack Obama made a memorable visit to Hiroshima -- the first sitting US president to do so. That year, a record numb...Read more
August 13, 2017
Yuki Sakaguchi, 28 years old, once led a busy city life working for an international company, but this left him feeling exhausted ...Read more
August 20, 2017
A construction boom in the run-up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is changing the face of Japan's capital. The unsung heroes of this tr...Read more
September 10, 2017
Takahiro Inagawa, 29 years old, heads a start-up company that is developing low-cost rockets. He and a staff of 13 are creating sm...Read more
September 17, 2017
Rumoi in northern Japan was once a flourishing town, but economic stagnation and a shrinking population have taken their toll. 7 y...Read more
September 24, 2017
For years, the Kodo Taiko Performing Arts Ensemble has been spreading the magic of Japanese "taiko" drumming to the world. It's a ...Read more
October 1, 2017
Susumu Hidaka, 29 years old, is a fisherman in training. He is learning the trade from a well experienced master in a fishing port...Read more
October 22, 2017
Back when flower nurseries covered its slopes, Shishijima in western Japan was known as "flower island". Today it's home to only a...Read more
October 29, 2017
Takashi Aramoto has been selling his cakes by bicycle for 30 years in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. The 62-year-old has no problem r...Read more
November 5, 2017
Tomohiko Yukihashi, 28 years old, is a clothing designer based in Beppu city in southwest Japan. For more than 3 years he'd been d...Read more
November 12, 2017
Recently, a growing number of foreign investors have been opening inns and hotels in a two-century old hot spring resort town in J...Read more
November 19, 2017
Tetsuyo Ishii, 97, is the oldest person in Minogo, a mountain town in western Japan. Her secret to staying alert and active is to ...Read more
December 17, 2017
Ayumu Shimokuni, better known as Muyua, is a shop assistant and a star in Tokyo's trendy Harajuku district. The 19-year-old works ...Read more
December 24, 2017
On Japan's Amami-oshima island, 29-year-old Hitoshi Ijuin runs a small lunch box shop. Many of his customers are elderly and live ...Read more
December 31, 2017
This program follows people who, facing difficult times, have flocked to a World Heritage Site in Japan to try to turn their lives...Read more