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  • NHK WORLD-JAPAN

NHK WORLD PRIME

  • 2017 – 2024
  • Ended
  • Documentary
  • ~50m / ep
  • 8 seasons
  • 9.0/10

NHK WORLD PRIME brings you a world of mainly documentaries, and more. Tune in to see special select programs on all sorts of topics and genres.

Latest: Season 8 · 2024

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  1. E1. Karl and Tina: Season's Greetings from a Wintry Village

    Jan 27, 2024 · 49m

    As snow blankets their remote mountain community with its traditional Japanese houses, Karl and Tina Bengs gather with neighbors to celebrate the season, and look forward to the arrival of spring.

  2. E2. The Unknown Master of Restoration Episode 3

    Feb 3, 2024 · 49m

    Mayuyama Koji is an art restorer tasked by antique dealers and museums with returning broken works to their former glory. His previously unrevealed techniques earned him the nickname "God Hand."

  3. E3. Home Is Where the War Is

    Feb 24, 2024 · 50m

    Returning home after five years, a Ukrainian journalist living in Japan confronted the harsh realities of war. She created an intimate documentary, showing how life has been upended.

  4. E4. The Rise and Fall of a Crypto Star

    Mar 3, 2024 · 49m

    Sam Bankman-Fried was a young billionaire before his cryptocurrency exchange collapsed and he was convicted of fraud. Was he a visionary or scammer? We explore the wild and disruptive world of crypto.

  5. E5. A Fukushima Photo Album

    Mar 24, 2024 · 50m

    In Fukushima, an "Abukuma Romantic Road" photo contest was held in 2010, the year before the nuclear accident. We seek out the people behind the photos and discover how life has changed for them.

  6. E6. The Japanese Dream: Nepali Students in Japan

    Mar 30, 2024 · 49m

    An increasing number of Nepali youths are traveling to Japan to study, hoping to repay their migration debts and make lives for themselves, but they face the harsh realities of Japanese society.

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