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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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