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Season 2025:
Ended on December 11, 2025
Watched: 0%
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Season: 2025
# Air Date Episode Name Watched?
E1 Jan 17, 2025 From Survivors to Victims: Disaster-Related Deaths After Noto Earthquake
E2 Jan 24, 2025 Japanese Elections in 2024: The Impact of Social Media
E3 Jan 31, 2025 Fakes, Frauds and Forgeries: The Dark Side of Art and Collectibles
E4 Feb 14, 2025 30 Years Since Hanshin-Awaji Quake: Challenge of Preserving Memories
E5 Feb 17, 2025 Unusual Flu Season: What's Behind Record Wave of Infections
E6 Feb 21, 2025 Plastics in Our Bodies: Emerging Health Risk
E7 Feb 24, 2025 Recipes for Survival: How To Save Japan's Disappearing Ramen Shops
E8 Feb 28, 2025 'Deathonomics': How Russia is Enjoying Growth
E9 Mar 03, 2025 Behind Closed Doors: Supporting Families With Mental Illness
E10 Apr 10, 2025 Cashing in on Spare Time: How "Spot Work" is Changing Japan
E11 Apr 11, 2025 30 Years in Darkness: Children of the Cult After the Tokyo Sarin Attack
E12 Apr 17, 2025 "Why I Really Quit": Taking on Workplace Sexual Harassment
E13 Apr 18, 2025 E-scooter Accidents on the Rise: How to Balance Safety and Convenience?
E14 Apr 24, 2025 When Devices Explode: The Hidden Risks of Lithium-Ion Batteries
E15 Apr 25, 2025 Japan's Logistics Crisis: Challenges From Working Hour Reform
E16 May 15, 2025 Japan's COVID Vaccine Woes: Slow Relief, Hard Lessons
E17 May 16, 2025 Home-Visit Care Crisis: Emerging Barriers To Aging in Place
E18 May 22, 2025 Learning to Say How You Feel: Emotional Literacy Helps Prevent Violence, Crime
E19 May 23, 2025 Protection vs. Freedom: Children's Social Media Use
E20 Jun 05, 2025 Management: Promotion or Punishment? — How Japan is Rethinking Leadership Roles
E21 Jun 06, 2025 Loneliness Claims Young Lives: The Truth Behind Solitary Deaths
E22 Jun 12, 2025 Broken Trust: When Attorneys Exploit Fraud Victims
E23 Jun 13, 2025 Your Account Could Be Next: Japanese Trading Sites Under Attack
E24 Jun 19, 2025 Drinking to a Better Life: Non-Alcoholic Beverages Are Transforming Japan
E25 Jun 20, 2025 Aging Hospitals, Rising Costs: Japan's Urban Medical System in Crisis
E26 Jul 03, 2025 Seeking a Partner Later in Life
E27 Jul 04, 2025 Tokyo's 'Baby Hatch': Lifeline for Newborns and Their Mothers
E28 Jul 10, 2025 "We Want You!": The Heated Tug of War Over Foreign Workers
E29 Jul 11, 2025 Living With Cancer: Patients Burdened by Costs
E30 Jul 17, 2025 "Last Letter": Changing Views of Death in Japan
E31 Jul 18, 2025 Japan's Space Ambitions: From Moonshots to Market Strategy
E32 Jul 24, 2025 Car Theft on the Rise: Who Steals Them, Where Do They Go?
E33 Jul 25, 2025 Find Your 'Just Right': Home Cooking That Lets You Be Free
E34 Sep 04, 2025 Our Diet in the Age of Extreme Heat
E35 Sep 05, 2025 Brain Drain in Trump's America: Global Hunt for Talent
E36 Sep 11, 2025 Don't Sweat It! - New Solutions for Perspiration Problems
E37 Sep 12, 2025 AI Accelerates Drug Repositioning: Unlocking New Potential of Existing Medicines
E38 Sep 18, 2025 Rethinking Retrials: Saving the Innocent in Japan's Courts
E39 Sep 19, 2025 The Hidden Threat Below: Japan's Aging Sewer System
E40 Oct 02, 2025 Seaweed Power: Harnessing the Ocean's Hidden Potential
E41 Oct 03, 2025 Redefining Life With Dementia: New Opportunities in the Workplace
E42 Oct 09, 2025 Bear Attacks in Japan Residential Areas Face Growing Threat
E43 Oct 10, 2025 The Midlife Crisis : How to Find Your Way Out
E44 Oct 16, 2025 Rebuilding in the Midst of Conflict : New Developments in Ukraine
E45 Oct 17, 2025 Predicting Bands of Heavy Rain : Scientists Fight for Higher Accuracy
E46 Oct 23, 2025 iPS Cell Therapy: Transforming the Future of Medicine
E47 Oct 24, 2025 A Tick Bite Can Be Deadly: Doctors Warn as Infection Spreads in Japan
E48 Nov 06, 2025 Unusual Boom in Property Market: What's Driving Housing Price Surge in Japan
E49 Nov 07, 2025 More Than Books: Libraries as Community Hubs
E50 Nov 13, 2025 Japan's Fermented Food Crisis: Challenges Amid Global Boom
E51 Nov 14, 2025 Fighting the Yips: The Life-Eroding Disorder
E52 Nov 20, 2025 AI Robot Revolution: Impact on Caregiving
E53 Nov 21, 2025 Inside the 'Black Box' Hospital: Hidden Crisis in Japan's Psychiatric Care
E54 Dec 04, 2025 Amazon on the Brink: Global Impact of Deforestation
E55 Dec 05, 2025 Japan's "Foreigner Anxiety": How Misinformation and Complaints Fuel Unease
E56 Dec 11, 2025 Japan's Bear Threat Continues: What's Pushing Them Into Human Habitats?
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Network:
NHK
Seasons:
10
Years:
2016 - 2025
Genre:
News, Documentary
Country:
Japan
Language:
English
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