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Close-up Gendai, is a social affairs television show on NHK. The program is broadcast Monday through Thursday 19:30 - 20:00, 24:10 - 24:36. It is...

Bōshi was a Japanese television special about an elderly man who runs an old haberdashery in Kure. The drama was produced by NHK Hiroshima in 2008...

Second Virgin is a Japanese television drama series that aired on NHK in 2010. Nakamura Rui is a divorced but highly successful producer in...

Int'l After School is an English-language entertainment and pop-culture-focused programme broadcast on NHK World. It is hosted by MC Wise of Teriyaki...

Chushingura is a famous story in Japan on 47 samurai in the Edo period who avenge their lord against Lord Kira, who was the cause of the master's...

Soccer Fever is an anime produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha, RAI and TMS-Kyokuchi, it was broadcast by NHK and RAI. This anime is part of Eisei Anime...

Suiensaa is a scientific variety show broadcast in Japan by NHK Educational TV. The show has featured numerous members of the J-pop group AKB48.

Follows the people in the "Long House of Good People" who are different in appearance, a group of villains disguised as good people. They sometimes...

Holly the Ghost, also known in Japan as The Ghost Holly, is a Japanese anime series directed by Minoru Okazaki. The series first aired in Japan on...

Parasol Henbe is a Japanese anime series produced and directed by Fujiko Fujio in 1989 which ran for 200 episodes and was translated into many...

Set in 1874 at the residence of an official of the Ministry of Education of Japan who was ordered with establishing a common national spoken...

Alice SOS is an anime series directed by Shingo Kaneko. It was broadcast every second week from April 6, 1998 until January 28, 1999.

This program reveals what occurs behind the white soundproof sheets of the demolition work often seen on the streets. Venturing into areas typically...

A wedding is supposed to be the happiest moment in a couple's life. But what if someone among the attendants does not wish success for the newlywed...

An anime/documentary series about athletes.

Exploring the hidden flavors, craftsmanship, and breathtaking scenery of various places in the Kansai region, connecting with the local residents,...

Deko Boko Friends is a collection of 30-second Japanese shorts created by a pair of advertising creators, Momoko Maruyama and Ryotaro Kuwamoto to...