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A new treatment for irregular heartbeats, pulsed field ablation, or PFA, reduces patient burden and offers high success rates. Also exploring a food component that may help prevent the condition.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

Explores a manufacturing facility in Sagamihara that produces the skewering machinery behind beloved Japanese dishes such as yakitori and oden.

Hagi, a World Heritage site often described as an open-air museum, is lined with merchant and samurai houses and retains much of its 17th-century townscape. Soak in the atmosphere, in time-lapse.

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Sumo highlights from a range of tournaments that have taken place across the globe. Sumo is one of the most traditional Japanese sports and boasts a history going back more than 1500 years.

Tachiai is an act of the initial charge when the Sumo wrestling starts that can have a big impact and ultimately decide the outcome of a match.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

The Japanese language is rich in words and expressions influenced by nature, history and culture. This episode looks at words related to theatre. Explore the unique culture behind them.

To say which of 2 options you prefer, say the name of your choice, and `no hoo ga ii desu'.

In a stand-up comedy club in Tokyo, people from all over the world try out bilingual jokes. For James from Australia, comedy has changed his life, helping him find a place where he feels he belongs.

We highlight shows promoting J-pop internationally: SCHOOL OF J-POP, which explores the genre's global success, and tiny desk concerts JAPAN.

Comprehensive coverage of events in Japan and Asia. It explains the day's developments and what is behind them.

Kosaka Kunpei holds multiple world records in spearfishing, a sport in which competitors hunt underwater and see who can catch the biggest fish. He talks about freediving and using a hand spear.

Participants of the Hyoge Festival clown around in fun, silly costumes. It originated as a sly way of thanking a local hero, who built reservoirs but was exiled in the 17th century.

We come across a tranquil, snow-covered Edo cityscape with the aroma of food in the air, both sweet and savoury, that helps the townspeople keep warm in the winter.

Forty-one years after a Japan Airlines crash that claimed 520 lives, questions continue to swirl. NHK looks at the conflict between fact-finding and pursuit of liability at the heart of the case.

In Japan, fruits that line storefronts remind people of the seasons. As the season changes from summer to autumn, every fruit bears a story. On a remote southern island, merchants gather at a fruit store enjoying a chat.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

A new treatment for irregular heartbeats, pulsed field ablation, or PFA, reduces patient burden and offers high success rates. Also exploring a food component that may help prevent the condition.

Hourly news updates featuring current affairs, business news, financial updates and global weather forecasts.

Osaka, a city that thrives on rivers, has faced countless floods. Find out about some of the latest measures protecting the city from typhoons, heavy rain and other natural disasters.

The entire planet is being affected by climate change, which is occurring at a greater speed and scale than ever before. Experts are using scientific data and the latest findings to raise awareness of its catastrophic impact.

Explores the harmony between Hagi's residents and the Sea of Japan through stunning time-lapse footage.