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NHK World Prime - Episode List

Episode Guide

Season 2024

Number#

Date

Name

Score

Status

8

Jul 12, 2024

An Icy Journey from Tibet's Sky Village

7

Mar 31, 2024

Aso Jinja: A Shinto Shrine Rises from the Rubble

6

Mar 30, 2024

The Japanese Dream: Nepali Students in Japan

5

Mar 24, 2024

A Fukushima Photo Album

4

Mar 3, 2024

The Rise and Fall of a Crypto Star

3

Feb 24, 2024

Home is Where the War is

2

Feb 3, 2024

The Unknown Master of Restoration Episode 3

1

Jan 27, 2024

Karl and Tina: Season's Greetings from a Wintry Village

Season 2023

Number#

Date

Name

Score

Status

25

Dec 23, 2023

Finding My Mirror

24

Dec 16, 2023

The Falconer's Legacy

23

Dec 9, 2023

22

Nov 11, 2023

The Day I Gave Up My Daughter

21

Oct 21, 2023

Walking a Tightrope: The Filmmaker Yang Yonghi

20

Sep 23, 2023

On the Frontlines of Myanmar's Civil War

19

Sep 9, 2023

Staging Shared Memories - Yu Miri and Young Fukushima Actors -

18

Aug 5, 2023

Ukraine's Nuclear Dilemma

17

Jun 17, 2023

The Unknown Master of Restoration Episode 2

16

Jun 10, 2023

Women on the Front Line: 15% of Japan's Politicians

15

Jun 3, 2023

Prayers of a Thousand Years

14

May 27, 2023

ISSEY MIYAKE: The Human Inside the Clothes

13

Apr 29, 2023

Return to an Abandoned Village: 50 Years in Tsubayama

12

Apr 22, 2023

A Director's War

11

Apr 22, 2023

Voices of Tohoku: What We Want From Reconstruction

10

Mar 26, 2023

Taiwan's Windy Frontline Islands

9

Mar 25, 2023

8

Mar 25, 2023

Steve Jobs and Japan

7

Mar 18, 2023

Blues from the Obscure

6

Mar 18, 2023

Raising a Family on Cat Island

5

Mar 5, 2023

End-of-Life Guardians

4

Feb 25, 2023

3

Feb 11, 2023

A Voice to the Voiceless

2

Feb 4, 2023

The Red Way: The Making of a Third Term

1

Jan 21, 2023

Where Will Divided America Go from Here? US Midterm Elections 2022

Season 2022

Number#

Date

Name

Score

Status

28

Dec 31, 2022

Danjuro: A Kabuki Star for Three Centuries

27

Dec 31, 2022

Stopping the Next Pandemic: The Virus Hunters' Mission - Part 2

26

Dec 24, 2022

Poet of the Piano Fuzjko Hemming: On a Journey to Chopin's Mallorca

25

Dec 24, 2022

Stopping the Next Pandemic: The Virus Hunters' Mission - Part 1

24

Dec 17, 2022

OKINAWA'S RETURN: 50 YEARS ON - Islands at Odds with Peace & Security -

23

Nov 19, 2022

Mountainous Traditions

22

Nov 12, 2022

JAPAN-NORTH KOREA SUMMIT: Behind the Curtain

21

Oct 29, 2022

Mississippi Revealed

20

Oct 22, 2022

Karl and Tina: Bountiful Autumn in the Village

19

Oct 8, 2022

Land of Rising Dreams?

18

Oct 1, 2022

Art is Our Voice

17

Aug 27, 2022

Art of the Inland Sea

16

Aug 13, 2022

Kyiv, the Resistance of Citizens

15

Aug 6, 2022

Daily Life in Times of War

14

Jun 25, 2022

Karl and Tina: Village Life in the Deep Snow

13

Jun 18, 2022

A Teacher's Life Lesson

12

Jun 11, 2022

11

May 28, 2022

Ukraine: Prelude to a Crisis

10

Apr 23, 2022

Fukushima: The Curse of Groundwater

9

Mar 12, 2022

Fukushima Monologue II

8

Mar 5, 2022

The Unknown Master of Restoration

7

Feb 26, 2022

Reviving Tezuma: Japan's Traditional Magic

6

Feb 19, 2022

Carbon Farming: A Climate Solution Under Our Feet

5

Feb 12, 2022

A Monk's Lessons: Living amid Death from COVID

4

Jan 29, 2022

FINDING SATOSHI

3

Jan 15, 2022

Emperor Showa Speaks: The Path to War - Part 2 (1937-1941)

2

Jan 15, 2022

Emperor Showa Speaks: The Path to War - Part 1 (1928-1937)

1

Jan 8, 2022

Heirs of the Red Gene: A Century of Chinese Communist Rule

Season 2021

Number#

Date

Name

Score

Status

26

Dec 18, 2021

War and Disease: A Vaccine Tragedy

25

Dec 11, 2021

War and Disease: Falling to Malaria

24

Dec 4, 2021

Finding Mr. Kondo: Tracing the Life of a Wartime Illustrator

23

Nov 27, 2021

My School of Many Colors

22

Nov 20, 2021

Sahel Rosa — A War Orphan's Journey

21

Oct 23, 2021

A Maiko's Coiffure: Beautiful Ties in Kyoto

20

Oct 16, 2021

We're Not "Gaijin"!

19

Sep 11, 2021

Empty Homes, Shattered Dreams: China's "Ghost Castles"

18

Aug 28, 2021

A Man Who Aligned Japan with the Nazis

17

Aug 21, 2021

Karl and Tina: Embracing Village Life in Japan

16

Jul 31, 2021

The Lifesaving Fuel Train

15

Jul 17, 2021

Seek Nothing, Just Sit

14

Jun 26, 2021

Eyes in a Crisis

13

May 29, 2021

Social Media and the Tides of Democracy

12

May 15, 2021

Hearing the Voice of Nakamura Tetsu

11

May 8, 2021

Recovery in 300,000 Pictures

S

May 2, 2021

What You Taught Me About My Son

10

Apr 17, 2021

"War Victims Die Twice"

9

Apr 10, 2021

Enku: The Enigma of a Wandering Sculptor Monk

8

Apr 3, 2021

Fukushima Monologue

7

Mar 27, 2021

Generation 3.11: A Decade Journey

6

Mar 13, 2021

Global Commons Stewardship

5

Mar 6, 2021

KEN WATANABE - A Compassionate View: The decade since the Great East Japan Earthquake

4

Feb 27, 2021

Gifts from a Parent's Deathbed

3

Jan 23, 2021

Great Race: You'll Never Run Alone

2

Jan 16, 2021

3/11 - The Tsunami: The First Year

1

Jan 9, 2021

3/11 - The Tsunami: The First 3 Days

Season 2020

Number#

Date

Name

Score

Status

26

Dec 26, 2020

Untold Stories of the Battle of Okinawa: Women and Teens on the Frontline

25

Nov 28, 2020

Koza, Okinawa: Base Town Blues

24

Nov 21, 2020

Faces the Special - Voices of Hope for an Inclusive Future -

23

Nov 14, 2020

Poisonous Secrets: What did Japan and the US bury?

22

Nov 7, 2020

The Lost Textile of Ryukyu

21

Oct 29, 2020

AI vs Pandemic: Part 2

20

Oct 16, 2020

AI vs Pandemic: Part 1

19

Oct 2, 2020

The Shape of Sound: A Piano Paints the Seasons of Nara

18

Sep 18, 2020

Exposing the Coronavirus: Our Invisible Enemy in 3DCG

17

Sep 11, 2020

Tsuruko's Tea Journey in Germany

16

Aug 21, 2020

Pandemic Diaries: How the Emergency Declaration Affected Us

15

Jul 24, 2020

Peace and Justice: The Spirit of Japan's Postwar Constitution

14

Jun 20, 2020

Oswald and JFK Unsolved Cases Part 2: The Chessmaster

13

Jun 13, 2020

Oswald and JFK Unsolved Cases Part 1: The Pawn

12

May 29, 2020

OKINA Dance of Life

11

May 15, 2020

Journalism of Hope

10

May 8, 2020

10 Years and Beyond: iPS Cells and Kyoto University's CiRA

9

Apr 24, 2020

Digital Detectives

8

Apr 3, 2020

Dignity for All: The Legacy of Sadako Ogata

7

Feb 28, 2020

Refugee Heroes: The Road to Tokyo

6

Feb 21, 2020

Stumbling Toward the Precipice

5

Feb 7, 2020

All That Remains

4

Jan 31, 2020

8K Documentary: The Microscopic World of iPS Cells

3

Jan 17, 2020

MIYAKO, The Last Dance

2

Jan 10, 2020

Repatriation: Resettling in North Korea

1

Jan 3, 2020

Season 2019

Number#

Date

Name

Score

Status

26

Dec 27, 2019

No More Plastic: In Search of a Sustainable Future - Part 2: Frontlines of Global Business

25

Dec 21, 2019

No More Plastic: In Search of a Sustainable Future - Part 1: Clearing Plastic from the Ocean

24

Dec 13, 2019

Digging the Untold History

23

Nov 15, 2019

Henoko: Living with an American Base

22

Nov 8, 2019

Chinese Internet Celebrities: Influencing the Huge Online Market

21

Oct 18, 2019

1971 - Japanese Rugby Takes On England, And The World

20

Oct 11, 2019

The Lives of Japanese War Brides in America: Part 2

19

Oct 4, 2019

The Lives of Japanese War Brides in America: Part 1

18

Sep 27, 2019

The United Red Army: A Troubled Legacy

17

Sep 20, 2019

Helping Hands - The Lives of Atomic Bomb Orphans

16

Sep 13, 2019

MATAGI - Worshipping Bears

15

Sep 6, 2019

The Spirit of Kendo: The Path of No Regret

14

Aug 23, 2019

Hope in the Dark

13

Aug 16, 2019

I too was a Child of Camp.

12

Jul 19, 2019

Bettering Tibet

11

Jul 5, 2019

A Journey through Genders

9

May 24, 2019

Split-Screen Documentary: Nuclear Ghost Town - After 8 Years

8

May 17, 2019

Battling a Radiation Emergency: The Doctors at Fukushima Part 2

7

May 10, 2019

Battling a Radiation Emergency: The Doctors at Fukushima Part 1

6

Mar 30, 2019

Vessel of Friendship: An Untold Story

5

Mar 16, 2019

A Vanished Dream: Wartime Story of My Japanese Grandfather

4

Feb 16, 2019

Class Struggle: Changes to China's Education System

3

Feb 9, 2019

Reviving Kumamoto Castle

2

Jan 19, 2019

Epic Challenge: A Race Across the Japanese Alps

1

Jan 12, 2019

A Doctor Beside the Deathbed

Season 2018

Number#

Date

Name

Score

Status

27

Dec 29, 2018

Manzanar Revealed

26

Nov 24, 2018

The Pianist in the Rubble

25

Nov 17, 2018

An 18-Year-Old's Departure

24

Oct 27, 2018

China's Largest Relocation Policy: Part 2

23

Oct 20, 2018

China's Largest Relocation Policy: Part 1

22

Oct 13, 2018

Life at the Bottom of China's Labor Market

21

Sep 29, 2018

A World of Boisterous Silence

20

Sep 22, 2018

Hearing the Voices of Nagasaki Survivors

19

Aug 18, 2018

Mt. Ishizuchi: Mountain of the Gods

18

Aug 11, 2018

Houses for Peace: Exploring the Legacy of Floyd Schmoe

17

Jul 28, 2018

A Life with Flowers

16

Jul 14, 2018

Nike's Backstory: Unknown Bonds with Japan

15

Jun 30, 2018

I Was a Caged Bird: Psychiatric Hospitalization in Japan

14

Jun 23, 2018

Survivor Trees: Hiroshima Revealed

12

Jun 9, 2018

Lives Overshadowed by Crime: The Wakayama Curry Poisoning Incident

11

Jun 2, 2018

Lives Overshadowed by Crime: The Underground Website Murder

10

Apr 21, 2018

The Changing Face of Greed: A Power of Darkness Awakens - Part 2

9

Apr 14, 2018

The Changing Face of Greed: A Power of Darkness Awakens - Part 1

8

Mar 31, 2018

Tsuruko's Tea Journey

7

Mar 17, 2018

Setsuko Thurlow's Quest: A World Without Nuclear Weapons

6

Mar 10, 2018

The Fisherman and the Forest

5

Feb 24, 2018

Chasing the Father's Shadow: Vietnamese Children of Japanese Soldiers

4

Feb 3, 2018

Valens's Return Home: A Rwandan Genocide Offender 22 Years On

3

Jan 27, 2018

Strategy Gone Awry: Revisiting the US Air Raids on Japan

2

Jan 13, 2018

Between Two Homes: A 102-Year Old Japanese Woman in South Korea

1

Jan 6, 2018

One Last Vision: A Photographer's Final Journey

Season 2017

Number#

Date

Name

Score

Status

9

Aug 19, 2017

Rescuing the Lost Battalion - The Story behind the "Heroes"

8

Dec 16, 2017

Fukushima Mothers

7

Dec 9, 2017

An Honest Death - A Palliative Care Doctor's Final Days

6

Dec 2, 2017

5

Nov 18, 2017

Legendary Giant Tree of Yakushima

4

Oct 28, 2017

Miatari Finders

3

Oct 21, 2017

A Single Pen: The World of Artist Manabu Ikeda

2

Oct 14, 2017

Detroit Revealed - My Grandfather John Hersey and America

1

Oct 7, 2017

Painting with Soul

Specials

Number#

Date

Name

Score

Status

S

Jun 8, 2019

*RERUN A Life with Flowers

S

Jun 23, 2018

*RERUN A Single Pen: The World of Artist Manabu Ikeda

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