Turning disaster into direction

Turning disaster into direction

A man who survived the M7.3 Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995 now lives in Iwate Prefecture, an area devastated by the 20...

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Tasty bits of Osaka

Tasty bits of Osaka

Osaka has a plethora of new souvenir foods it hopes will keep people coming back.

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Thermos flies to space

Thermos flies to space

JAXA taps home goods company Tiger to make a canister that can bring delicate materials from the International Space Sta...

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Revisiting Japan themed ballet

Revisiting Japan themed ballet

Fabrice Bourgeois choreographs the redux of a Japan-themed ballet in Kyoto more than 100 years after its debut.

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Perfect sunset on Engetsu Island

Perfect sunset on Engetsu Island

One man spend months waiting to photograph the perfect sunset on Engetsu Island off the coast of Wakayama Prefecture.

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150 years of lighthouses in Japan

150 years of lighthouses in Japan

Nippon TV takes a look at lighthouses in Japan 150 years after the first one was lit in 1869.

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New uses for tuna skin

New uses for tuna skin

Kindai University works with businesses to find new uses for the skin of its farmed tuna.

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Creative hotels in Osaka

Creative hotels in Osaka

Hotel owners in Osaka try new designs and services to attract customers, including the 10 million foreign tourists that ...

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Danjiri Kishiwada festival

Danjiri Kishiwada festival

Nippon TV takes a behind-the-scenes look at Osaka's high-speed Kishiwada Danjiri Festival.

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Extreme heat advisories hit all prefectures

Extreme heat advisories hit all prefectures

Geisha, monkeys and Tokyoites try to stay cool as Japan Meteorological Agency issues extreme heat advisories to all pref...

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