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Fukuoka, Japan’s new gourmet destination – La Liste 2025
Sponsored article Each year, the digital gastronomic guide La Liste selects the 1000 best restaurants in the world. This year, once again confirming Japan’s status […]
The art of watching sumo – The November 2024 Tournament
The Kyushu 2024 sumo tournament will take place in Fukuoka from Sunday 10November to Sunday 24 November. The last tournament of the year is underway, […]
The art of watching sumo – The July 2024 Tournament
The 2024 summer sumo tournament will take place from Sunday 14 July to Sunday 28 July in Nagoya. At only 24 years old, he has […]
The art of watching sumo – The January 2024 Tournament
The first sumo tournament of 2024 kicks off on Sunday, January 14th. Who will win the championship ? Here is Yohann Valdenaire’s prediction.
The art of watching sumo – The july 2023 Tournament
The July tournament in Nagoya from Sunday 09/07 to Sunday 23/07/23 Resurrection, promotion and new hope are perhaps the terms that best sum up the […]
The art of wetting sumo 12 – The may 2023 Tournament
The May tournament in Tokyo from Sunday 14/05 to Sunday 28/05/2023 The world of sumo is currently going through a period of doubt and disillusion, […]
The art of wetting sumo 11 – The January 2023 Tournament
The January championship in Tokyo from Sunday 08/01 to Sunday 22/01/2023 2022 was a special year as each tournament was won by a different wrestler. […]
The art of watching sumo – The November 2022 Tournament
The tournament in Fukuoka from Sunday 13 to Sunday 27 November 2022 The final tournament of the year is fast approaching and it should be […]
The art of watching sumo – The September 2022 Tournament
The September Tournament in TokyoSunday 11 to Sunday 25 September 2022 Here we are in September already, and for sumo enthusiasts that means a date […]
The art of watching sumo – The July 2022 Tournament
The July tournament in Nagoya from Sunday 10 to Sunday 24 July 2022 The July tournament in Nagoya from Sunday 10 to Sunday 18 July […]
NHK WORLD JAPAN’S focus in May is Okinawa
NHK WORLD-JAPAN program The Power of Champuru Explore the champuru, mixed cultural heritage of Okinawa, fifty years after its reversion to Japan!Find all programs on […]
The art of watching sumo – The May 2022 Tournament
The May tournament in TokyoSunday 8 to Sunday 22 May 2022 The March tournament was eventful and very exciting with suspense running high until the […]
A Cat’s-Eye View of Japan on NHK WORLD-JAPAN
NHK WORLD-JAPAN program A Cat’s-Eye View of Japan Globe-trotting wildlife photographer and filmmaker, Iwago Mitsuaki, offers the best of a vast collection of cat footage […]
The art of watching sumo – March 2022
The Spring Sumo Tournament: 13-27 March 2022 in Osaka The health crisis cast doubt on the staging of the March tournament. Several high-ranking wrestlers were […]
The art of watching sumo – January 2022
It’s been a busy few months in the world of sumo with some major changes at the top of the rankings! Here are some of […]
October’s focus is on Aomori on NHK WORLD－JAPAN
NHK WORLD-JAPAN program Meet the Beat of the Far North October 22 (Fri.) 18:45 UK Time no art, no life plus Tsushima Koya, Aomori Outsider […]
The art of watching sumo 2021
2021 is proving to be a year full of surprises and sumo has also had its fair share. The year began with a new champion, […]
GRAND SUMO on NHK WOLRD-JAPAN
NHK WORLD-JAPAN program GRAND SUMO Highlights The best of today’s sumo! Enjoy daily highlights of this dynamic sport with background info and play-by-play commentary adding […]
Fukushima Monologue on NHK WOLRD-JAPAN
NHK WORLD-JAPAN program Fukushima Monologue Following the March 2011 accident at TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, everyone within a 20 km area was ordered […]
The Future of Kyogen on NHK WORLD-JAPAN
NHK WORLD-JAPAN program Someone from this Area The Future of Kyogen, Three Generations and Beyond Nomura Yuki is the scion of a family dedicated to […]
The Tale of Granny Mochi 2021: Kuwata Misao, 93-year-old confectioner
NHK WORLD-JAPAN program The Tale of Granny Mochi: Kuwata Misao The Tsugaru peninsula lies on the northern part of Japan’s main island, and is home […]
Visit with Ken Watanabe : The decade since the Great East Japan Earthquake
NHK WORLD-JAPAN program KEN WATANABE – A Compassionate View: The decade since the Great East Japan Earthquake On March 11, 2011, Japan was rocked by […]
Magical Journey in Fukushima: NHK WORLD-JAPAN
NHK WORLD-JAPAN program Magical Journey Fukushima – A New Leaf, A New Day Walking through Tohoku is like walking through time: everywhere you turn is a […]
New Animated serie starts on NHK WORLD-JAPAN “Maiko-san Chi no Makanai-san”
NHK WORLD-JAPAN programNew Animated Series – Starting Thu. 25 February 2021 (12 episodes) Maiko-san Chi no Makanai-san based on the original manga by Koyama AikoKiyo […]
Trip to Japan with travel program “Storied Soil – Natural and Cultural Wonders of Tohoku”
Explore Tohoku’s beautiful nature and unique history and culture In 1689 Japan’s most famous haiku poet, Matsuo Basho, began a five-month pilgrimage around the country […]
NHK WORLD-JAPAN: Art is trash without social impact
NHK WORLD-JAPAN program Art is trash without social impact “I don’t have talent like Picasso,” says Tomokazu Matsuyama. Yet, he’s acquired quite a following since […]
[ARCHITECTURE] In the centre of a perpetual building site
No other city in the world has undergone so many changes in its appearance as Japan’s capital city. In 1998, for the first time in […]
NHK WORLD-JAPAN: Run for the planet
NHK WORLD-JAPAN program Great Race:You’ll never run alone In a year when countless sporting events were canceled, an unprecedented long-distance race was born: “UTMB for […]
[SWEETS] Tokyo delicacies
At the age of 78, Sakamoto Masahide is still passionate about his profession as a confectioner. The first thing one notices about Sakamoto Masahide are […]
NHK WORLD-JAPAN: Sapiens and Pandemic
NHK WORLD-JAPAN program Sapiens and Pandemic : A Special Discussion with Yuval Noah Harari Join historian Yuval Noah Harari, author of the best-selling book Sapiens: […]
NHK WORLD-JAPAN to explore Mega-Tsunami
NHK WORLD-JAPAN program 3/11 – The Tsunami 10 years after: First-hand footage, insights, eyewitness reports NHK WORLD-JAPAN, the 24-hour international English-language TV channel from Japan’s […]
[DISCOVERY] In the footsteps of Nagai Kafu
Mibu Atsushi’s extensive knowledge allowed us to plunge into the world of this lover of Tokyo. Forget Murakami Haruki and other contemporary enfants prodiges. When […]
Masterpieces of NHK Symphony Orchestra
NHK WORLD-JAPAN is the international service of Japan’s public media organization NHK. It provides the latest information on Japan and Asia through television, radio and […]
[FOCUS] His name was Mishima Yukio
On 25 November 1970, the writer killed himself in a spectacular manner. We look back at the last years of his life. Mishima Yukio’s life […]
Reclaiming Traditions of the Ainu People
NHK WORLD-JAPAN is the international service of Japan’s public media organization NHK. It provides the latest information on Japan and Asia through television, radio and […]
NHK WORLD-JAPAN: Dreaming of Great Hauls: Passing the Baton
NHK WORLD-JAPAN is the international service of Japan’s public media organization NHK. It provides the latest information on Japan and Asia through television, radio and […]