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In-depth News Features | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

NHK WORLD-JAPAN

Feature stories with video and in-depth analysis on the latest news from Japan, Asia and beyond, produced by Japanese public media.

news & politics

All Episodes

09:05

Sexual violence survivors in Ukraine plead for justice

In-depth News Features | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News ·

2025/04/18

An increasing number of male and female victims of sex crimes committed by Russian forces in Ukraine are coming forward to share their harrowing experiences. Their stories paint a horrible picture of life in occupied territory ― and as US-Russia ceasefire talks get underway, survivors fear their abusers may never be brought to justice.*This report contains references to sexual violence and trauma that may be distressing for some readers.

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05:53

Rice prices soar amid ongoing shortage

In-depth News Features | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News ·

2025/04/18

The cost of putting a bowl of rice on the table in Japan continues to soar, despite the release of more than 200,000 tons from the national stockpile. Imported rice is playing an important role to meet demand as Japan looks for a long-term solution to the current shortage.

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05:20

Jane Birkin's lasting mark on Japan

In-depth News Features | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News ·

2025/04/18

Singer, actor, and global style icon Jane Birkin's death at 76 on July 16 was a particularly sad passing for many in Japan. She was most widely known for her personal and artistic relationship with late songwriter Serge Gainsbourg and the iconic Hermès Birkin handbag, but her work to support survivors of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami earned her a special place in the hearts of Japanese.

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07:22

China's migrant workers face desperate times

In-depth News Features | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News ·

2025/04/18

The long decline of China’s once-booming property development industry is being felt nationwide, especially among workers who provide labor-for-hire. People who have left poor farming villages for jobs in urban areas are being hit hard.

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05:47

Rice prices soar amid ongoing shortage

In-depth News Features | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News ·

2025/04/18

The cost of putting a bowl of rice on the table in Japan continues to soar, despite the release of more than 200,000 tons from the national stockpile. Imported rice is playing an important role to meet demand as Japan looks for a long-term solution to the current shortage.

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04:23

Hiroshima piano with tragic backstory takes center stage

In-depth News Features | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News ·

2025/04/18

A piano that was exposed to the blast and radiation from the atomic bombing of Hiroshima 80 years ago has made it on stage. A German playwright who was inspired by the instrument’s tragic story to write the piece in which the piano takes center stage has finally been able to see it for himself.

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05:05

Jane Birkin's lasting mark on Japan

In-depth News Features | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News ·

2025/04/17

Singer, actor, and global style icon Jane Birkin's death at 76 on July 16 was a particularly sad passing for many in Japan. She was most widely known for her personal and artistic relationship with late songwriter Serge Gainsbourg and the iconic Hermès Birkin handbag, but her work to support survivors of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami earned her a special place in the hearts of Japanese.

en

05:05

Jane Birkin's lasting mark on Japan

In-depth News Features | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News ·

2025/04/17

Singer, actor, and global style icon Jane Birkin's death at 76 on July 16 was a particularly sad passing for many in Japan. She was most widely known for her personal and artistic relationship with late songwriter Serge Gainsbourg and the iconic Hermès Birkin handbag, but her work to support survivors of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami earned her a special place in the hearts of Japanese.

en

09:05

Sexual violence survivors in Ukraine plead for justice

In-depth News Features | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News ·

2025/04/17

An increasing number of male and female victims of sex crimes committed by Russian forces in Ukraine are coming forward to share their harrowing experiences. Their stories paint a horrible picture of life in occupied territory ― and as US-Russia ceasefire talks get underway, survivors fear their abusers may never be brought to justice.*This report contains references to sexual violence and trauma that may be distressing for some readers.

en

08:53

US Navy chief says maritime forces are in "a high...

In-depth News Features | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News ·

2025/04/16

"It's our duty to be ready and to have a force that's capable of prevailing, but our focus is on deterring that conflict from ever happening." The United States Navy chief shares an update on the increasingly tense situations in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea in an interview with NHK World's Washington Bureau Chief Takagi Masaru.

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08:53

US Navy chief says maritime forces are in "a high...

In-depth News Features | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News ·

2025/04/16

"It's our duty to be ready and to have a force that's capable of prevailing, but our focus is on deterring that conflict from ever happening." The United States Navy chief shares an update on the increasingly tense situations in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea in an interview with NHK World's Washington Bureau Chief Takagi Masaru.

en

08:53

US Navy chief says maritime forces are in "a high...

In-depth News Features | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News ·

2025/04/16

"It's our duty to be ready and to have a force that's capable of prevailing, but our focus is on deterring that conflict from ever happening." The United States Navy chief shares an update on the increasingly tense situations in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea in an interview with NHK World's Washington Bureau Chief Takagi Masaru.

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11:35

The party is over ― Oren Cass makes the case for US...

In-depth News Features | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News ·

2025/04/15

Oren Cass, the founder and chief economist of conservative think tank American Compass, believes that "making things matters" ― and that tariffs play a crucial role in rebuilding American industry. The 41-year-old is not part of the Trump administration, but is closely aligned with key figures like Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. In late March, Cass visited Japan for the first time at the invitation of the Japan Foundation. He sat down with NHK deputy chief

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07:22

China's migrant workers face desperate times

In-depth News Features | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News ·

2025/04/15

The long decline of China’s once-booming property development industry is being felt nationwide, especially among workers who provide labor-for-hire. People who have left poor farming villages for jobs in urban areas are being hit hard.

en

04:33

Compassion amid horror: Exploring the legacy of the...

In-depth News Features | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News ·

2025/04/11

Stories of the aftermath of the bombing of Hiroshima usually focus on the devastation and the horrors, but amid the chaos were moments of humanity and surprising compassion. Reporter Aji Rokhadi uncovers some of those stories involving students from his native Indonesia.

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04:28

Compassion amid horror: Exploring the legacy of the...

In-depth News Features | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News ·

2025/04/10

Stories of the aftermath of the bombing of Hiroshima usually focus on the devastation and the horrors, but amid the chaos were moments of humanity and surprising compassion. Reporter Aji Rokhadi uncovers some of those stories involving students from his native Indonesia.

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04:33

Compassion amid horror: Exploring the legacy of the...

In-depth News Features | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News ·

2025/04/09

Stories of the aftermath of the bombing of Hiroshima usually focus on the devastation and the horrors, but amid the chaos were moments of humanity and surprising compassion. Reporter Aji Rokhadi uncovers some of those stories involving students from his native Indonesia.

en

04:33

Compassion amid horror: Exploring the legacy of the...

In-depth News Features | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News ·

2025/04/09

Stories of the aftermath of the bombing of Hiroshima usually focus on the devastation and the horrors, but amid the chaos were moments of humanity and surprising compassion. Reporter Aji Rokhadi uncovers some of those stories involving students from his native Indonesia.

en

06:14

Retired US immigration judge sounds a warning

In-depth News Features | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News ·

2025/04/08

Immigration judges in the United States play a crucial role in hearing the cases of non-citizens and deciding their future. But as dozens get fired by the Trump administration, a retired court official – himself a third-generation Japanese American – is sounding a warning that people's rights are under threat.

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06:21

Chinese graduates turn to stable public-service jobs

In-depth News Features | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News ·

2025/04/07

The slowing Chinese economy is fueling employment concerns especially among young people. University graduates are struggling to find work and many have set their sights on jobs with the government or at state-owned companies.The best and brightest want stability — and that means they are set to become cogs in the wheel of the powerful one-party Communist system.

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