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家族になろうよ

釣りびと万歳

Shiroi Dakuryu

Kazuki Yoshinami is a pharmaceutical researcher at a university. His friend Wataru Kashiwagi is also a pharmaceutical researcher at the same university. They are rivals, but talk to each other about their dreams. One day, Kazuki Yoshinami has a groundbreaking discovery. This leads to Kazuki Yoshinami and Wataru Kashiwagi becoming involved in a competition among companies over patents. Newspaper reporter Tomoko Kawahara, who is Kazuki Yoshinami’s childhood friend, becomes aware of this.

Tokkouhei no Koufuku Shokudou

The journey of a manga artist finishing one of his works.

千三百年 祈り続ける～お水取り・東大寺修二会～

いいZooだね。～岩合光昭の動物園歩き～

歌える!J-POP黄金のベストアルバム30M

世界サブカルチャー史 欲望の系譜

A captivating historical entertainment documentary delving into 20th-century subcultures from America, Europe, and Japan. These subcultures serve as more than just pockets of rebellion; they act as microcosms that mirror the spirit of their times, encouraging viewers to contemplate our world today and its future.

Meikyō Shisui: Bu no KAMIWAZA

Top-class martial artists gather together to showcase their fiery talks and demonstrate secret techniques.

So Close! Detective Oshii 2

The case files of a most unfortunate detective Detective Oshii is brilliant. His flair for seeing through the mystery is unequaled. And yet… at the very last minute, his finger points to the wrong culprit! Always so close to the truth, and yet so far—. While the credit goes to everyone else but him, there never seems to be a shortage of cases for the "great" Detective Oshii!

Reach Beyond the Blue Sky

Shibusawa Eiichi was born in 1840 to a farmer’s family. He grew up helping his family with work, which was to manufacture and sell indigo production and also silk farming. He left his hometown at the age of 23 and began working for the government. He later traveled to Paris and learned about banking. Upon his return to Japan, he helped build up the first modern bank in Japan. He eventually became a founder or supporter to about 500 companies and was involved with about 600 public services, including education for women.

The Company

About a salaryman who is about to be retrenched and to make things worse, his family walks out on him. He is given a chance to reverse his fortune when he is sent to help a struggling ballet company financed by his company so that their year-end performance "Swan Lake" can be a success despite knowing nothing about ballet.

陶王子 2万年の旅

Utsubyou Kudan

Sengaki Manabu (Yasuda Ken) is a popular professional shogi player who holds the highest rank of 9-dan. In July 2017, he was in the middle of a game that would determine his rank when his brain suddenly froze. He could not focus on the shogi board and images of death swirled in his mind. As the person in charge of the shogi association’s public relations, he was busy responding to scandals that had shaken up the shogi world. At the same time, he was also a supervising director for a movie on shogi. He had no rest as he would play shogi in the intervals between. His older brother Akira (Takahashi Katsumi) who is a psychiatrist, diagnoses his condition as depression and recommends immediate hospitalisation. The doctor in charge orders Sengaki to take a long rest and stop playing shogi in the meantime. Shogi would only hamper his medical treatment as it entails extreme concentration.

決戦！

Meiji Kaika Shinjuurou Tanteichou

Set during the early Meiji era, Private Detective Shinjuro Yuki returns to Japan from abroad. He is trusted by Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Strange cases take place. Private Detective Shinjuro Yuki attempts to solve the cases. Meanwhile, Rie is the daughter of a powerful business man. She becomes attracted to Shinjuro Yuki.

日本夜景めぐり

Densetsu no Concert

Legendary concert footage from Japan's leading artists, as well as rare program footage that remains on NHK, will be presented in high-definition and high-resolution images remastered with the latest technology!

The Mysteries of Ukiyo-e

In the Edo period, an era without photographs, ukiyo-e prints served as precious 'visual records of Edo,' conveying the lifestyle, customs, and culture of that time. This show aims to reconstruct life in Edo period through decrypting of the ukiyo-e prints.

One Hundred Million Yen's Goodbye

Teppei has been living an ordinary and humble life, but soon he learns that his wife, Natsuyo, has inherited 4.8 billion yen. Why did she hide it from him? Scarred by the battle at his company, can Teppei turn the tables in the second half of his life?