NHK WORLD-JAPAN presents a sumo highlights program for fans around the globe. Today the show features all top-division bouts from March 21, Day 14 of the Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka.

NHK WORLD-JAPAN presents a sumo highlights program for fans around the globe. Today the show features all top-division bouts from Day 13 of the Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka.

NHK WORLD-JAPAN presents a sumo highlights program for fans around the globe. Today the show features all top-division bouts from Day 1 of the Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka.

March 2026 marks 15 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake. Throughout the month, NHK WORLD-JAPAN will show programs looking at the present and future of the disaster-hit areas.

Jomon people lived in settlements while hunting and gathering nature's bounty. These sites show the lifestyle they led for 10 ...

NHK WORLD-JAPAN presents a sumo highlights program for fans around the globe. Today the show features all top-division bouts from March 15, Day 8 of the Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka.

Traditional Kyoto machiya townhouses have narrow entrances, and are long and deep. At the back lie small tsubo-niwa gardens, enclosed on all sides. Originally serving to light and ventilate the house, ...

A bright blue lapis lazuli gemstone that was found for the first time in Japan is on show at a museum in Niigata Prefecture.

It has been 84 years since US President Franklin Roosevelt signed an order that led to the incarceration of more than 125,000 people due to their Japanese ancestry. NHK World’s Komiya Lisa shows how ...