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Price Rises and NHK Online: Changes Affecting People’s Lives in Japan from October 2025INSIGHT | Oct 6, 2025
“Asadora”: Japan’s Dramas Providing Morning InspirationCULTURE | Sep 30, 2024
“Taiga” Drama: Stories from Japanese History on Prime-Time TVCULTURE | Mar 28, 2024
The Real-Life Fairytale of Kadono Eiko Captured in New DocumentaryCULTURE | Mar 13, 2024
“Aiyu” Jelly: Taiwanese “Soul Dessert” Making Inroads with Japanese FoodiesCULTURE | Jan 25, 2024
Kuroyanagi Tetsuko Pens Sequel to World Record “Totto-chan” MemoirCULTURE | Jan 5, 2024
Rediscovering Japan’s Age of Boogie: How Kasagi Shizuko and Hattori Ryōichi Transformed EntertainmentCULTURE | Oct 18, 2023
Technology Lends a Hand to TV Historical DramaCULTURE | Sep 20, 2023
Tax Changes from October in Japan: Regular Beer Cheaper, “Third Beer” More ExpensiveINSIGHT | Oct 6, 2020
Akutagawa Ryūnosuke’s Shanghai Journal Brought to Life in New NHK DramaINSIGHT | Dec 27, 2019
Between Consenting Adults: Japan’s Incongruous Celebrity Sex ScandalsINSIGHT | Apr 22, 2016
Japan’s Radio CalisthenicsJAPAN LIFE | Feb 3, 2016
The Birth of Culinary Experts and the Evolving Needs of Japanese HousewivesINSIGHT | Oct 22, 2015
A Revisionist History of Postwar PopINSIGHT | Aug 13, 2015
When Will the “Postwar” End? Japanese Youth in Search of a FutureINSIGHT | Feb 10, 2015
Will TV Be Dethroned as Japan’s Entertainment King?INSIGHT | Jan 28, 2015
How NHK Lost Its WayINSIGHT | Jul 23, 2014
The Best-Loved Canadian Tale in JapanCULTURE | Jun 22, 2014