NHK WORLD programme highlights April

NHK WORLD’s programme line-up for April has the following highlights:

Globe-trotting wildlife photographer and filmmaker, Iwago Mitsuaki, offers the best of a vast collection of cat footage he took in Japan. On this unique trip around the country, discover the lesser-known charms and customs of regions through the eyes of cats! 

Kawate Haruo knew that his father, Masao, a second-generation Japanese American, returned to Japan after World War II. That, however, was about all he knew of it. After Masao’s death, Haruo found a letter to an American attorney, Wayne Collins, seeking restoration of his American citizenship.

Haruo met with Collins’ son and with a Japanese American whose father chose to stay in the U.S. He discovered that Masao had suffered especially harsh treatment during the war, leading him to renounce his American citizenship. Follow along as Haruo pieces together the facts of his father’s life, eighty years after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Journeys in Japan

Tuesdays 

0:30 / 5:30 / 10:30 / 15:30 / 21:30

Explore a different side of Japan. Meet the locals and discover traditions and cultures not usually found in guidebooks!

Hori Hiroshi: A Puppet Master Rises from the Embers

April 9th

0:10 / 6:10 / 12:10 / 18:10

Celebrated puppet master Hori Hiroshi created ningyo-mai, a performance art fusing dolls and actors. After his wife and artistic partner passes away, Hori turns to his craft to work through his grief.

[Source: NHK WORLD press release]