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    11/13/2023 4:57 am

    Sumopedia

    Sumopedia enriches your sumo experience with information on the techniques, traditions and famous wrestlers of the past. The rules may be simple but there is a lot more to sumo than meets the eye.

    11/13/2023 5:00 am

    NHK Newsline

    Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

    11/13/2023 5:15 am

    Direct Talk

    For over 20 years, Nagamine Takashi has been working to protect the Okinawa rail, a bird species native to the Yambaru area of Okinawa. He talks about the importance of saving animals for the future.

    11/13/2023 5:30 am

    Where We Call Home

    We visit cafe owner Kayla Afrin from Canada who organizes a festival in her adoptive Iizuna, Nagano, as well as English Tumi Grendel Markan, a guide at a Japanese sword museum in Setouchi, Okayama.

    11/13/2023 5:57 am

    Satoyama Kitchen Diary

    Chef Nobuko, her cameraman husband Makoto and their cat Tama take the viewer on a tasty journey of local cuisine served with a side of seasonal scenery. This time, they focus on leopard plant.

    11/13/2023 6:00 am

    Newsline Asia 24

    Daily news program that picks up the key news stories of the past 24 hours from Japan and around Asia.

    11/13/2023 6:30 am

    Learn Japanese from the News

    In October the island of Miyajima in Hiroshima Prefecture started charging tourists a 100 yen visitor tax. City officials expect this tax to generate 104 million yen in revenues by next March.

    11/13/2023 6:40 am

    Easy Japanese

    To explain your plan, say a verb in the `ta' form followed by `ra', to indicate the circumstance, and then whatever your plan is.

    11/13/2023 6:45 am

    Culture Crossroads

    We look at the special factors that enable NHK WORLD-JAPAN to provide accurate, up-to-date information whenever a disaster strikes, including emergency reporting drills conducted by the news floor.

    11/13/2023 6:55 am

    Hello! NHK WORLD-JAPAN

    There are now 1.8 million foreigners working in Japan. NHK WORLD-JAPAN looks at how they struggle in the face of cultural differences, but bring about change in Japanese companies and society.

    11/13/2023 7:00 am

    Newsline Asia 24

    Daily news program that picks up the key news stories of the past 24 hours from Japan and around Asia.

    11/13/2023 7:30 am

    Seasoning the Seasons

    Today: Chichibu: Home of the Mountain Gods and Festivals.

    11/13/2023 8:00 am

    NHK Newsline

    Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

    11/13/2023 8:14 am

    NL Bridge

    Presents the latest entertainment news and trends along with special interviews with TV personalities.

    11/13/2023 8:15 am

    Newsline Biz

    Reporting the latest business, finance and economic news, with added analysis from expert guests at the studio.

    11/13/2023 8:23 am

    Japan From Above: Up Close

    The filmmaker showcases the bird's-eye view of Sakurajima, one of the volcanic islands in Kyushu, and talks to Kotoe Sameshima, a children's book illustrator who loves telling stories of volcanoes and the local people.

    11/13/2023 8:30 am

    Grand Sumo Highlights

    Highlights of the traditional Japanese sport of sumo, this time featuring all top-division bouts from 12 November, day one of the Grand Sumo Tournament held in Fukuoka, Kyushu Island.

    11/13/2023 8:57 am

    Sumopedia

    Sumopedia enriches your sumo experience with information on the techniques, traditions and famous wrestlers of the past. The rules may be simple but there is a lot more to sumo than meets the eye.

    11/13/2023 9:00 am

    NHK Newsline

    Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

    11/13/2023 9:14 am

    NL Bridge

    Presents the latest entertainment news and trends along with special interviews with TV personalities.

    11/13/2023 9:15 am

    Direct Talk

    During Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Japan-based Nataliya Gudziy has been supporting relief efforts through her music. She talks about her native Ukraine and the power of music and culture.

    11/13/2023 9:30 am

    J-MELO

    May J. presents new information about meme tokyo.'s latest work and a performance from Minami Kizuki.

    11/13/2023 10:00 am

    NHK Newsline

    Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

    11/13/2023 10:17 am

    NL Bridge

    Presents the latest entertainment news and trends along with special interviews with TV personalities.

    11/13/2023 10:18 am

    Newsline Biz

    Reporting the latest business, finance and economic news, with added analysis from expert guests at the studio.

    11/13/2023 10:30 am

    Where We Call Home

    We visit cafe owner Kayla Afrin from Canada who organizes a festival in her adoptive Iizuna, Nagano, as well as English Tumi Grendel Markan, a guide at a Japanese sword museum in Setouchi, Okayama.

    11/13/2023 10:57 am

    Satoyama Kitchen Diary

    Chef Nobuko, her cameraman husband Makoto and their cat Tama take the viewer on a tasty journey of local cuisine served with a side of seasonal scenery. This time, they focus on buckwheat paste.

    11/13/2023 11:00 am

    Newsroom Tokyo

    Comprehensive coverage of events in Japan and Asia. It explains the day's developments and what is behind them.

    11/13/2023 11:27 am

    Newsline in Depth

    Introducing a colourful variety of feature stories, including reports on daily life from locations throughout Japan, as well as other parts of Asia and around the world.

    11/13/2023 11:40 am

    Direct Talk

    For over 20 years, Nagamine Takashi has been working to protect the Okinawa rail, a bird species native to the Yambaru area of Okinawa. He talks about the importance of saving animals for the future.

    11/13/2023 11:55 am

    Ukiyoe Edo-Life

    The top three geisha idol celebrities in Edo: Tomimoto Toyohina, Takashima Ohisa, and Naniwaya Kita. See how Kitagawa Utamaro, the master of female beauty, has illustrated them so differently.

    11/13/2023 12:00 pm

    Newsroom Tokyo

    Comprehensive coverage of events in Japan and Asia. It explains the day's developments and what is behind them.

    11/13/2023 12:30 pm

    Learn Japanese from the News

    In October the island of Miyajima in Hiroshima Prefecture started charging tourists a 100 yen visitor tax. City officials expect this tax to generate 104 million yen in revenues by next March.

    11/13/2023 12:40 pm

    Easy Japanese

    To explain your plan, say a verb in the `ta' form followed by `ra', to indicate the circumstance, and then whatever your plan is.

    11/13/2023 12:45 pm

    Culture Crossroads

    We look at the special factors that enable NHK WORLD-JAPAN to provide accurate, up-to-date information whenever a disaster strikes, including emergency reporting drills conducted by the news floor.

    11/13/2023 12:55 pm

    Hello! NHK WORLD-JAPAN

    There are now 1.8 million foreigners working in Japan. NHK WORLD-JAPAN looks at how they struggle in the face of cultural differences, but bring about change in Japanese companies and society.

    11/13/2023 1:00 pm

    NHK Newsline

    Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

    11/13/2023 1:18 pm

    Newsline Biz

    Reporting the latest business, finance and economic news, with added analysis from expert guests at the studio.

    11/13/2023 1:30 pm

    Seasoning the Seasons

    Today: Chichibu: Home of the Mountain Gods and Festivals.

    11/13/2023 2:00 pm

    NHK Newsline

    Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

    11/13/2023 2:15 pm

    Newsline in Depth

    Introducing a colourful variety of feature stories, including reports on daily life from locations throughout Japan, as well as other parts of Asia and around the world.

    11/13/2023 2:30 pm

    Medical Frontiers

    A depression treatment called rTMS, which uses magnetic fields to stimulate the brain, is showing promise. When it was administered to patients who didn't respond to antidepressants, about half showed improvement.

    11/13/2023 3:00 pm

    NHK Newsline

    Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

    11/13/2023 3:15 pm

    Newsline in Depth

    Introducing a colourful variety of feature stories, including reports on daily life from locations throughout Japan, as well as other parts of Asia and around the world.

    11/13/2023 3:30 pm

    Where We Call Home

    We visit cafe owner Kayla Afrin from Canada who organizes a festival in her adoptive Iizuna, Nagano, as well as English Tumi Grendel Markan, a guide at a Japanese sword museum in Setouchi, Okayama.

    11/13/2023 3:57 pm

    Satoyama Kitchen Diary

    Chef Nobuko, her cameraman husband Makoto and their cat Tama take the viewer on a tasty journey of local cuisine served with a side of seasonal scenery. This time, they focus on chestnuts.

    11/13/2023 4:00 pm

    NHK Newsline

    Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

    11/13/2023 4:15 pm

    Direct Talk

    For over 20 years, Nagamine Takashi has been working to protect the Okinawa rail, a bird species native to the Yambaru area of Okinawa. He talks about the importance of saving animals for the future.

    11/13/2023 4:30 pm

    Grand Sumo Highlights

    Highlights of the traditional Japanese sport of sumo, this time featuring all top-division bouts from 13 November, day two of the Grand Sumo Tournament held in Fukuoka, Kyushu Island.

    11/13/2023 4:57 pm

    Sumopedia

    Certain forbidden moves are strictly against the rules in sumo wrestling, and can result in disqualification.

    11/13/2023 5:00 pm

    NHK Newsline

    Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

    11/13/2023 5:15 pm

    Newsline in Depth

    Introducing a colourful variety of feature stories, including reports on daily life from locations throughout Japan, as well as other parts of Asia and around the world.

    11/13/2023 5:30 pm

    Learn Japanese from the News

    In October the island of Miyajima in Hiroshima Prefecture started charging tourists a 100 yen visitor tax. City officials expect this tax to generate 104 million yen in revenues by next March.

    11/13/2023 5:40 pm

    Easy Japanese

    To explain your plan, say a verb in the `ta' form followed by `ra', to indicate the circumstance, and then whatever your plan is.

    11/13/2023 5:45 pm

    Culture Crossroads

    We look at the special factors that enable NHK WORLD-JAPAN to provide accurate, up-to-date information whenever a disaster strikes, including emergency reporting drills conducted by the news floor.

    11/13/2023 5:55 pm

    Hello! NHK WORLD-JAPAN

    There are now 1.8 million foreigners working in Japan. NHK WORLD-JAPAN looks at how they struggle in the face of cultural differences, but bring about change in Japanese companies and society.

    11/13/2023 6:00 pm

    Newsroom Tokyo

    Comprehensive coverage of events in Japan and Asia. It explains the day's developments and what is behind them.

    11/13/2023 6:27 pm

    Newsline in Depth

    Introducing a colourful variety of feature stories, including reports on daily life from locations throughout Japan, as well as other parts of Asia and around the world.

    11/13/2023 6:40 pm

    Direct Talk

    During Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Japan-based Nataliya Gudziy has been supporting relief efforts through her music. She talks about her native Ukraine and the power of music and culture.

    11/13/2023 6:55 pm

    Ukiyoe Edo-Life

    The top three geisha idol celebrities in Edo: Tomimoto Toyohina, Takashima Ohisa, and Naniwaya Kita. See how Kitagawa Utamaro, the master of female beauty, has illustrated them so differently.

    11/13/2023 7:00 pm

    NHK Documentary

    A century after the Great Kanto Earthquake, previously unknown details have been extracted from newly 8K remastered and colourised footage, vividly demonstrating how Tokyo citizens faced the disaster.

    11/13/2023 7:50 pm

    Time-Lapse Japan

    Shimizu Daisuke presents the beauty of Noshima Island through time-lapse footage and explores the location's history.

    11/13/2023 7:55 pm

    Japan From Above: Up Close

    The filmmaker showcases the bird's-eye view of Sakurajima, one of the volcanic islands in Kyushu, and talks to Kotoe Sameshima, a children's book illustrator who loves telling stories of volcanoes and the local people.

    11/13/2023 8:00 pm

    NHK Newsline

    Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

    11/13/2023 8:18 pm

    Newsline Biz

    Reporting the latest business, finance and economic news, with added analysis from expert guests at the studio.

    11/13/2023 8:30 pm

    Medical Frontiers

    A depression treatment called rTMS, which uses magnetic fields to stimulate the brain, is showing promise. When it was administered to patients who didn't respond to antidepressants, about half showed improvement.

    11/13/2023 9:00 pm

    NHK Newsline

    Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

    11/13/2023 9:18 pm

    Newsline Biz

    Reporting the latest business, finance and economic news, with added analysis from expert guests at the studio.

    11/13/2023 9:30 pm

    Where We Call Home

    We visit cafe owner Kayla Afrin from Canada who organizes a festival in her adoptive Iizuna, Nagano, as well as English Tumi Grendel Markan, a guide at a Japanese sword museum in Setouchi, Okayama.

    11/13/2023 9:57 pm

    Nun's Cookbook

    The nuns of Otowasan Kannonji Temple are cooking up a storm, focusing on mushi-pan steamed cake. They invite the viewer inside their kitchen and show how to prepare tasty delicacies.

    11/13/2023 10:00 pm

    NHK Newsline

    Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

    11/13/2023 10:18 pm

    Newsline Biz

    Reporting the latest business, finance and economic news, with added analysis from expert guests at the studio.

    11/13/2023 10:30 pm

    Learn Japanese from the News

    In October the island of Miyajima in Hiroshima Prefecture started charging tourists a 100 yen visitor tax. City officials expect this tax to generate 104 million yen in revenues by next March.

    11/13/2023 10:40 pm

    Easy Japanese

    To explain your plan, say a verb in the `ta' form followed by `ra', to indicate the circumstance, and then whatever your plan is.

    11/13/2023 10:45 pm

    Culture Crossroads

    We look at the special factors that enable NHK WORLD-JAPAN to provide accurate, up-to-date information whenever a disaster strikes, including emergency reporting drills conducted by the news floor.

    11/13/2023 10:55 pm

    Hello! NHK WORLD-JAPAN

    There are now 1.8 million foreigners working in Japan. NHK WORLD-JAPAN looks at how they struggle in the face of cultural differences, but bring about change in Japanese companies and society.

    11/13/2023 11:00 pm

    NHK Newsline

    Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

    11/13/2023 11:15 pm

    Ukiyoe Edo-Life

    The top three geisha idol celebrities in Edo: Tomimoto Toyohina, Takashima Ohisa, and Naniwaya Kita. See how Kitagawa Utamaro, the master of female beauty, has illustrated them so differently.

    11/13/2023 11:20 pm

    Time-Lapse Japan

    Explores the history of the Murakami Kaizoku, sailors and fighters in the Seto Inland Sea, with footage of the Kurushima Straits.

    11/13/2023 11:25 pm

    Japan From Above: Up Close

    The filmmaker showcases the bird's-eye view of Sakurajima, one of the volcanic islands in Kyushu, and talks to Kotoe Sameshima, a children's book illustrator who loves telling stories of volcanoes and the local people.

    11/13/2023 11:30 pm

    Grand Sumo Highlights

    Highlights of the traditional Japanese sport of sumo, this time featuring all top-division bouts from 13 November, day two of the Grand Sumo Tournament held in Fukuoka, Kyushu Island.

    11/13/2023 11:57 pm

    Sumopedia

    Certain forbidden moves are strictly against the rules in sumo wrestling, and can result in disqualification.

    11/14/2023 12:00 am

    NHK Newsline

    Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

    11/14/2023 12:15 am

    Newsline in Depth

    Introducing a colourful variety of feature stories, including reports on daily life from locations throughout Japan, as well as other parts of Asia and around the world.

    11/14/2023 12:30 am

    Journeys in Japan

    Peter Skov travels up the Osugidani valley and explores the scenery along the Miyagawa River, as well as trying ayu, or sweetfish, in various dishes.

    11/14/2023 1:00 am

    NHK Newsline

    Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

    11/14/2023 1:15 am

    Direct Talk

    Furuta Takayuki co-developed an intelligent mobility robot that won a prestigious international design award in 2021. He shares his passion for creating robots that help people.

    11/14/2023 1:30 am

    Dining with the Chef

    Rika has a delicious and easy recipe for making teriyaki sauce from scratch. Together with Patrick, we learn a classic Japanese dish, Fish Teriyaki.

    11/14/2023 2:00 am

    NHK Newsline

    Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

    11/14/2023 2:15 am

    Newsline in Depth

    Introducing a colourful variety of feature stories, including reports on daily life from locations throughout Japan, as well as other parts of Asia and around the world.

    11/14/2023 2:30 am

    Document 72 Hours

    Spends 72 hours at locations including shops, markets, parks, fishing ponds and shrines in Japan that serve as a window into the lives of ordinary people across the country's islands.

    11/14/2023 3:00 am

    NHK Newsline

    Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

    11/14/2023 3:15 am

    Newsline in Depth

    Introducing a colourful variety of feature stories, including reports on daily life from locations throughout Japan, as well as other parts of Asia and around the world.

    11/14/2023 3:30 am

    Medical Frontiers

    A depression treatment called rTMS, which uses magnetic fields to stimulate the brain, is showing promise. When it was administered to patients who didn't respond to antidepressants, about half showed improvement.

    11/14/2023 4:00 am

    NHK Newsline

    Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

    11/14/2023 4:15 am

    Newsline in Depth

    Introducing a colourful variety of feature stories, including reports on daily life from locations throughout Japan, as well as other parts of Asia and around the world.

    11/14/2023 4:30 am

    Grand Sumo Highlights

    Highlights of the traditional Japanese sport of sumo, this time featuring all top-division bouts from 13 November, day two of the Grand Sumo Tournament held in Fukuoka, Kyushu Island.

    NHK World Europe

    Available schedules: 03/26/2022 - 12/28/2024 Time zone: Central European Time (CET) UTC +1 Country: United States Language: English

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