Season 3 (2019)

A Doctor Beside the Deathbed
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January 12, 2019 • 50m

80-year-old Dr. Kobori is as old as many of the people he cares for. Every day, he visits his elderly patients at their homes, off...Read more

Epic Challenge: A Race Across the Japanese Alps
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January 19, 2019 • 50m

The Trans Japan Alps Race is an intense run through the massive mountain ranges that cut across Japan's main island. This 415km ul...Read more

Reviving Kumamoto Castle
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February 9, 2019 • 45m

In 2016, a series of destructive earthquakes struck Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan. When seen from afar, badly damaged ...Read more

Class Struggle: Changes to China's Education System
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February 16, 2019 • 49m

China's education system is undergoing enormous change. Many are unhappy with a decades-long focus on rote learning designed to he...Read more

A Vanished Dream: Wartime Story of My Japanese Grandfather
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March 16, 2019 • 50m

To American photojournalist Regina Boone, her paternal grandfather was an enigma. He was a hard-working Japanese immigrant but was...Read more

Vessel of Friendship: An Untold Story
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March 30, 2019 • 49m

In 1855, a schooner departed from the Izu Peninsula, and set sail towards Russia. Newly-discovered documents tell an untold story ...Read more

Battling a Radiation Emergency: The Doctors at Fukushima Part 1
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May 10, 2019 • 50m

On March 11th, 2011, a huge earthquake and tsunami struck northeastern Japan. Three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear powe...Read more

Battling a Radiation Emergency: The Doctors at Fukushima Part 2
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May 18, 2019 • 49m

On March 11th, 2011, a huge earthquake and tsunami struck northeastern Japan. Three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear powe...Read more

Split-Screen Documentary: Nuclear Ghost Town - After 8 Years
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May 25, 2019 • 43m

THEN and NOW meet in this first-ever "split-screen documentary" about the town of Namie in Fukushima Prefecture, devastated by the...Read more

A Journey through Genders
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July 6, 2019 • 49m

24-year-old Takamasa Kobayashi has been trying to find his true gender since childhood. Born as a girl, he was one of the first st...Read more

Bettering Tibet
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July 20, 2019 • 50m

The largest Buddhist academy in the world lies deep in the mountains of the Chinese province of Sichuan. Larung Gar is a holy plac...Read more

I too was a Child of Camp.
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August 17, 2019 • 49m

A third-generation Japanese-American, Satsuki Ina, was born in 1944, Tule Lake internment camp during World War II. Her experience...Read more

Hope in the Dark
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August 24, 2019 • 50m

During World War II, more than 20,000 people of Japanese ancestry were forcibly relocated in Canada. Many of them were interned in...Read more

MATAGI - Worshipping Bears
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September 14, 2019 • 50m

Since ancient times, mountain people known as "matagi" have supported themselves in the snow country of Japan by hunting bears. On...Read more

Helping Hands - The Lives of Atomic Bomb Orphans
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September 21, 2019 • 49m

Some 6,500 children are believed to have lost their parents when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima Prefecture ...Read more

The United Red Army: A Troubled Legacy
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September 28, 2019 • 50m

In the late 60's and early 70's, anti-establishment political movements led by young people spread throughout the world, and Japan...Read more

The Lives of Japanese War Brides in America: Part 1
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October 5, 2019 • 50m

After WWII, more than 40,000 Japanese "war brides" married American soldiers and moved to the U.S., risking everything on a future...Read more

The Lives of Japanese War Brides in America: Part 2
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October 12, 2019 • 50m

After WWII, more than 40,000 Japanese "war brides" married American soldiers and moved to the U.S., risking everything on a future...Read more

1971 - Japanese Rugby Takes On England, And The World
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October 19, 2019 • 49m

Japanese rugby players once felt outmatched by larger competitors, including those from England, where the sport was born. But the...Read more

Chinese Internet Celebrities: Influencing the Huge Online Market
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November 9, 2019

In China, many ordinary members of the public have successfully become internet celebrities known as "wanghong." There are 3.5 mil...Read more

Henoko: Living with an American Base
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November 16, 2019 • 49m

In the town of Henoko in northern Okinawa Prefecture, major construction at an American base is underway. Since the Marine Corps b...Read more

Digging the Untold History
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December 14, 2019 • 50m

It's over a century since Brazil opened its doors to immigrants from Japan, and Japanese Brazilians have built a solid foothold fo...Read more

No More Plastic: In Search of a Sustainable Future - Part 1: Clearing Plastic from the Ocean
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December 21, 2019 • 50m

Plastic pollution litters the world's oceans. It's damaging marine wildlife and ecosystems. A war on plastic is breaking out. In p...Read more

No More Plastic: In Search of a Sustainable Future - Part 2: Frontlines of Global Business
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December 28, 2019 • 50m

Plastic pollution litters the world's oceans. The move away from the use of plastic is currently gaining steam around the globe. I...Read more