Friday, September 26th TV listings for NGN4 (NHK World)
NHK Newsline New
Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news and global weather forecasts.
Spiritual Explorers Miyadaiku - Woodworking for the Divine
Miyadaiku artisans, who specialize in shrines and temples, explore the spirit and wisdom that have been passed down through the centuries in their woodworking techniques.
Mice Media: Lessons in Internet Literacy Is That Picture Real?
Father Mouse panics after seeing an online post about escaped cats. His daughter explains that it is an elaborate hoax and warns about the dangers of manipulated images.
NHK Newsline New
Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news and global weather forecasts.
Design X Stories New
The hosts explore diverse designs across Japan and learn about the designers's values and stories behind their creations.
NHK Newsline New
Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news and global weather forecasts.
Asia Insight Rice Heritage Revival: North Borneo, Malaysia
New efforts to preserve Malaysian rice farming through sustainable methods.
NHK Newsline New
Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news and global weather forecasts.
Grand Sumo Preview September Tournament
A look at the summer provincial tours, where top wrestlers train hard and entertain sumo wrestling fans.
NHK Newsline New
Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news and global weather forecasts.
Issues facing Japanese society, domestically and internationally.
Newsroom Tokyo New
NHK World's newest program provides comprehensive coverage of events in Japan and Asia.
Direct Talk Japanese Ballet's Global Challenge
Yoshida Miyako, a principal dancer with the Royal Ballet, explains the challenges Japanese ballet faces on the international stage.
A selection of acclaimed programs from NHK's domestic catalogue of channels dubbed into English.
Ukiyoe Edo-Life New
The filmmakers take a look at a famous painting of a tree at Kameido Umeyashiki, which is known for captivating Van Gogh.
Medical Frontiers Life-Saving Weight Loss Tips
Research shows that losing three percent of body weight in three months can reduce disease risk; weight loss tips.
Spiritual Explorers Miyadaiku - Woodworking for the Divine
Miyadaiku artisans, who specialize in shrines and temples, explore the spirit and wisdom that have been passed down through the centuries in their woodworking techniques.
Mice Media: Lessons in Internet Literacy Is That Picture Real?
Father Mouse panics after seeing an online post about escaped cats. His daughter explains that it is an elaborate hoax and warns about the dangers of manipulated images.
NHK Newsline New
Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news and global weather forecasts.
The hosts explore diverse designs across Japan and learn about the designers's values and stories behind their creations.
NHK Newsline New
Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news and global weather forecasts.
Asia Insight Living Among the Sinking Islands: The Maldives
An in-depth portrait of Asia today, covering its dynamism as a center of growth.
NHK Newsline New
Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news and global weather forecasts.
NHK Newsline New
Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news and global weather forecasts.
A Brazilian couple share their journey of moving to Shiga Prefecture, Japan, and teaching taekwondo to local children.
Japan's Top Inventions Lotion Tissues
Reporter Ishii Terumi examines the story behind a renowned Japanese product, lotion tissues. She also meets with Taniguchi Kenji, an expert who is involved with the development of lotion tissues.
Sumo is one of the most traditional Japanese sports, boasting a history of more than 1500 years. See how powerful wrestlers with an average weight of more than 160 kilos clash in the sacred ring.
Sumopedia Kinjite: Forbidden Moves
Certain forbidden moves are strictly against the rules in sumo wrestling, and can result in disqualification.
NHK Newsline New
Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news and global weather forecasts.
Documentary 360 New
The filmmakers shed light on facts and information on various topics, including politics, economics, social trends and the environment from Japan and around the world.
NHK Newsline New
Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news and global weather forecasts.
IMPACTS:Climates Change the World New
Experts use scientific data and the latest discoveries to analyze the impact of global warming and explore potential solutions.
NHK Newsline New
Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news and global weather forecasts.
The Professionals Connecting the Heart to Hope: Yamamoto Takumi, Reconstructive Supermicrosurgeon New
Successful professionals from various fields discuss how they overcame obstacles.
Dining with the Chef Mini Rice Gratin with White Miso Sauce New
Chef Rika demonstrates how to make rice gratin with white miso sauce from scratch and shares her tips and tricks.
NHK Newsline New
Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news and global weather forecasts.
Design X Stories EXPO 2025 Part 1:Designing the Future
One of the most striking aspects of EXPO 2025, Osaka, Kansai, is the cutting-edge architectural thinking on display. The filmmakers focus on both the visual elements and the deeper message behind some of the works.
Fit with the Doctor's Cyborg Today's Mission is Long Jump! New
Fizz Edward is a super cyborg whose inventor forgot to program him with fitness skills. Consequently, he has to earn "Improvement Points" to keep himself in shape.
Design Ah! neo New
As different colors, blue and yellow can make green by getting together, similarly different lives can coexist by helping each other. This is a program to develop the mind of living together.
NHK Newsline New
Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news and global weather forecasts.
Trails to Oishii Tokyo Mini Wasabi New
The filmmakers explore wasabi, Japan's fiery root, from a number of perspectives, including a visit to a culturally significant paddy field and a lesson on the complex history of wasabi's cultivation.
The Seasons of Yamato Autumnal Equinox /Whispers of water New
The filmmaker presents poetic videos in collaboration with Mine Kawakami, a renowned pianist, to make one experience the seasons of Yamato, a former province in Japan.
Ukiyoe Edo-Life Doodles or Ukiyoe New
The filmmakers investigate what kind of artistic statement Utagawa Kuniyoshi tries to make in his series of doodles depicting the kabuki actors of the day.
Sumo is one of the most traditional Japanese sports, boasting a history of more than 1500 years. See how powerful wrestlers with an average weight of more than 160 kilos clash in the sacred ring.
Sumopedia Kinjite: Forbidden Moves
Certain forbidden moves are strictly against the rules in sumo wrestling, and can result in disqualification.
NHK Newsline New
Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news and global weather forecasts.
NHK World-Japan Special Program New
News, current affairs, and documentaries focusing on Japan and Asia.
BOSAI: Science That Can Save Your Life Large-Scale Blackouts New
The hosts explore technologies and systems that help detect and reduce the impact of natural disasters.
Design Museum Japan Carving the Spirit of Fishermen New
Takeya Takayuki, a model maker, learns about the uniquely carved and decorated fishing boats used in the herring industry before the 1950s.
NHK Newsline New
Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news and global weather forecasts.
The filmmakers shed light on facts and information on various topics, including politics, economics, social trends and the environment from Japan and around the world.
NHK Newsline New
Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news and global weather forecasts.
IMPACTS:Climates Change the World
Experts use scientific data and the latest discoveries to analyze the impact of global warming and explore potential solutions.
NHK Newsline New
Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news and global weather forecasts.
Live: Grand Sumo Wrestling
NHK Newsline New
Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news and global weather forecasts.
Design X Stories EXPO 2025 Part 1:Designing the Future
One of the most striking aspects of EXPO 2025, Osaka, Kansai, is the cutting-edge architectural thinking on display. The filmmakers focus on both the visual elements and the deeper message behind some of the works.
Fit with the Doctor's Cyborg Today's Mission is Long Jump!
Fizz Edward is a super cyborg whose inventor forgot to program him with fitness skills. Consequently, he has to earn "Improvement Points" to keep himself in shape.
As different colors, blue and yellow can make green by getting together, similarly different lives can coexist by helping each other. This is a program to develop the mind of living together.
NHK Newsline New
Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news and global weather forecasts.
The Professionals Connecting the Heart to Hope: Yamamoto Takumi, Reconstructive Supermicrosurgeon
Successful professionals from various fields discuss how they overcame obstacles.
Dining with the Chef Mini Rice Gratin with White Miso Sauce
Chef Rika demonstrates how to make rice gratin with white miso sauce from scratch and shares her tips and tricks.
NHK Newsline New
Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news and global weather forecasts.
NHK World-Japan Special Program
News, current affairs, and documentaries focusing on Japan and Asia.
BOSAI: Science That Can Save Your Life Large-Scale Blackouts
The hosts explore technologies and systems that help detect and reduce the impact of natural disasters.
Design Museum Japan Carving the Spirit of Fishermen
Takeya Takayuki, a model maker, learns about the uniquely carved and decorated fishing boats used in the herring industry before the 1950s.
NHK Newsline New
Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news and global weather forecasts.
The filmmakers shed light on facts and information on various topics, including politics, economics, social trends and the environment from Japan and around the world.