Season 4 (2018)

Masahisa Kogure: Serving Both Sides of the Table
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January 28, 2018 • 28m

TABLE FOR TWO aims to tackle the dichotomy of global obesity and hunger through a unique calorie transfer program in which healthy...Read more

Yasunari Hiraki: Word by Word
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February 25, 2018 • 28m

The latest edition of Kojien, the most authoritative of Japanese dictionaries, hit the stores in January 2018. A team of 220 words...Read more

Yachiyo Inoue: Tradition in Full Bloom
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March 25, 2018 • 28m

Kyoto celebrates spring with Miyako Odori, a 400-year-old dance festival featuring the geiko and maiko of Gion. The choreographer ...Read more

Kyoko Fukuchi: The Tsukiji Legacy
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April 29, 2018 • 28m

With the Tsukiji Market slated for relocation in October 2018, a major concern is how to preserve its distinctive culture and trad...Read more

Kiyomi Mikuni: Japanese Cuisine at the Olympics
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May 27, 2018 • 28m

Around 15,000 athletes are expected at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Serving them food while taking into account their individual ...Read more

Yoshinori Kaneko: Bringing Back from Extinction
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June 24, 2018 • 28m

The destruction of natural habitats in the name of economic growth has made a once common bird an endangered species. In June 2018...Read more

Yasuji Hirasawa: The Unheard Voices of Leprosy
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July 29, 2018 • 28m

Hansen's disease or leprosy has been treated effectively since the 1950's in most countries. It's not even that contagious. But in...Read more

Eiko Kadono: Weaving Magic with Words
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August 26, 2018 • 28m

The 2018 Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing, aka the Little Nobel Prize for Literature, went to Eiko Kadono (83), author of...Read more

Eiichi Saitoh: Resilience and Recovery Come in Pairs
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October 21, 2018 • 28m

Eiichi Saitoh is a pioneering figure in rehabilitation medicine and man behind the development of cutting-edge braces and robots. ...Read more

Takafumi Tsuruta: Eliminating Borders through Fashion
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October 28, 2018 • 28m

Takafumi Tsuruta is all about designing fashion that is stylish, functional and fun for everyone, transcending all boundaries. He ...Read more

Hitoshi Kuninaka: Never Say No to a Challenge
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November 25, 2018 • 28m

In September 2018, Japan's space agency, JAXA, became the first to land a robotic explorer on an asteroid. The rovers were dispatc...Read more

Chieko Kuribayashi: Saving Communities One Meal at a Time
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December 30, 2018 • 28m

Chieko Kuribayashi is the director of a non-profit. 5 years ago, it opened a "children's cafeteria" to serve kids that, whether fo...Read more