NHK Documentary
1999-2024, documentary
57 minutes
Hard-hitting documentary series that takes an in-depth look at some of the political, economic, and social challenges that Japan and our world is facing.
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Unit 731: Elite Doctors and Human Experimentation
2018-01-14
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With Ayumi
2018-01-21
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Kuroshio: Wondrous Current of Life
2018-02-04
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Home Gadgets at Risk
2018-02-18
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Research Misconduct: Japanese Science in Question
2018-02-25
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Wrongful Conviction: 20 Lost Years
2018-03-04
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Lives Shaped by Loss: 23 Years After the Kobe Earthquake
2018-03-11
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China's Westward March
2018-03-18
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River Tsunami: Lessons Seven Years Later
2018-04-15
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Radioactive Forest 2018: Cycle of Contamination
2018-04-29
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Disaster Trauma: Mother-Child Dialogue
2018-05-06
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Meltdown: Cooling Water Crisis
2018-05-27
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Ghost Blood Vessels
2018-06-03
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Cryptocurrency War
2018-07-01
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Shrinking Japan: Tackling a Worker Shortage
2018-07-22
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Missing Workers
2018-07-29
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THE BODY: Our Remarkable Inner Network
2018-09-02
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THE BODY: Kidneys - Keys to Health and Longevity
2018-09-09
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My Grandfather's War: Battle of Luzon
2018-09-16
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THE BODY: Fat and Muscle - Powerful Allies for Health
2018-10-07
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THE BODY: Bones - Fountain of Youth and Power
2018-10-14
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THE BODY: Gut - Key to a Healthy Immune System
2018-10-21
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Nebuta 2018: Love and Rivalry
2018-10-28
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A Big Circus Family
2018-11-04
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THE BODY: Brain - Mechanisms of Inspiration and Memory
2018-11-11
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THE BODY: The Beginnings of Life - Prenatal Chats of Mother and Baby
2018-11-18
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THE BODY: Longevity - Secrets of Aging Well
2018-11-25
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Sperm Crisis
2018-12-02
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Finding Einstein's Brain
2018-12-09
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Hiroshima: Solving the Genetic Puzzle
2018-12-16
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AI: Shaping the Future
2018-12-23
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Roots of TOKYO: Edo, City of Water
2018-12-29
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Roots of TOKYO: Edo, City of Fire
2018-12-30
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