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NHK Newsline New
Series • 2000
Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news and global weather forecasts.
Grand Sumo Preview
Sports • 2025
The Grand Sumo preview for the tournament, featuring a look at provincial tours.
NHK Newsline New
Series • 2000
Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news and global weather forecasts.
The World Heritage Sites in Japan
Series • 2023
Japan Railway Journal
Series • 2025
The host explores how private railway companies in Greater Tokyo focus on community growth.
NHK News 7 New
Series • 1993
NHK's core news program wraps up the day's events in an easy-to-understand way.
Asia Insight
Series • 2025
Experts examine social programs in Indonesia aimed at rehabilitating incarcerated former terrorists.
Newsroom Tokyo New
Series • 2015
NHK World's newest program provides comprehensive coverage of events in Japan and Asia.
Direct Talk New
Series • 2024
Yamamoto Riken discusses his vision to use architecture to revitalize communities.
IMPACTS:Climates Change the World
Series • 2025
Japanese researchers develop rice that can withstand hotter summers and stronger typhoons.
Chatroom Japan
Series • 2025
Foreign residents talk about their experience of living in Japan.
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