A current affairs television programme produced by the Japanese public broadcaster NHK provides cutting-edge information and critical analysis on important issues confronting Japanese lives.
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| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 2016 | Episode 1 | Obamas Visit to Hiroshima | 2016-05-28 | 20 min |
| Season 2016 | Episode 2 | Interacting with Robot Avatars | 2016-07-02 | 20 min |
| Season 2016 | Episode 3 | Artificial Intelligence: Creative or Copycat? | 2016-07-16 | 20 min |
| Season 2016 | Episode 4 | Costly Drugs Draining Healthcare | 2016-07-23 | 20 min |
| Season 2016 | Episode 5 | Rokusuke Ei: Remembering 'Sukiyaki' Lyricist | 2016-07-30 | 20 min |
| Season 2016 | Episode 6 | Overdoing the Low-Carb Diet | 2016-08-06 | 20 min |
| Season 2016 | Episode 7 | To Die in Peace | 2016-09-03 | 20 min |
| Season 2016 | Episode 8 | Japan's Manufacturing Revolution | 2016-09-10 | 20 min |
| Season 2016 | Episode 9 | Threat of Chinese 'Super Copies' | 2016-09-17 | 20 min |
| Season 2016 | Episode 10 | Japan's 'New Approach' to Russia | 2016-09-24 | 20 min |
| Season 2016 | Episode 11 | Tsukiji Relocation Chaos: Interview with Tokyo Governor | 2016-10-01 | 20 min |
| Season 2016 | Episode 12 | Japan's Maverick Ohsumi Wins Nobel | 2016-10-08 | 20 min |
| Season 2016 | Episode 13 | Facing Reality: Japan's Need for Foreign Workers | 2016-10-15 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 1 | Sapiens: Insights into Our Past and Future | 2017-01-14 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 2 | Foreign Workers Snared in Underground | 2017-01-21 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 3 | 'In This Corner of the World': A Universal Message for Peace | 2017-01-28 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 4 | Online Labor Pains | 2017-02-04 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 5 | Alternative World of Fake News | 2017-02-11 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 6 | Tackling the Problem of Fake News | 2017-02-18 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 7 | Rise of the Alt-Right: A New White Supremacism | 2017-02-25 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 8 | 19 Lives That Matter | 2017-03-04 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 9 | Bullying of Fukushima Evacuees: Victims Speak Out | 2017-03-18 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 10 | ID Security Tech: Blurring Privacy Boundaries | 2017-04-08 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 11 | Bank Card Loans on the Rise: Borrowers Fall into Debt Trap | 2017-04-15 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 12 | Ryuichi Sakamoto: Music for a Divided World | 2017-04-22 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 13 | 13 New Snowden Files: Japan under US Surveillance? | 2017-04-29 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 14 | 13 New Snowden Files: US Provided Japan with Spy Tool? | 2017-05-13 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 15 | "Male Menopause": Risks and Remedies | 2017-05-20 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 16 | Telomeres: A Key to Slowing Aging | 2017-05-27 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 17 | Stopping Killer Asteroids | 2017-06-03 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 18 | Terminating Life Support | 2017-06-10 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 19 | The "Widowed" Lifestyle: Searching for Happiness | 2017-06-17 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 20 | Slacking on Safety: Another Radiation Blunder | 2017-06-24 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 21 | Graduating from Motherhood | 2017-07-01 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 22 | Dhaka Attack: One Year on | 2017-07-08 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 23 | Banning Nuclear Arms: Ideal vs. Reality | 2017-07-15 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 24 | Subcontractor Squeeze | 2017-07-22 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 25 | 1,050 Career Wins! Hakuho Makes Sumo History | 2017-07-29 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 26 | Virtual Currency Bubble? | 2017-08-05 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 27 | Unwanted Remains: Ashes or Trash? | 2017-09-02 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 28 | Contributing in Death: A Rise in Social Bequests | 2017-09-09 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 29 | The Real Risk of Fake Drugs | 2017-09-16 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 30 | Better Care for Incontinence | 2017-09-23 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 31 | Ethical Investing: A Rising Tide | 2017-09-30 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 32 | Rohingya Crisis: The Plight of Stateless Muslims | 2017-10-07 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 33 | ICAN Wins Nobel Peace Prize: Teams Up With A-bomb Survivors | 2017-10-14 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 34 | The Accelerating Shift to Electric Vehicles | 2017-10-21 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 35 | "Silent Change": Consumers Face Hidden Risks | 2017-10-28 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 36 | Japan's Plutonium Stockpile: The World Watches | 2017-11-04 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 37 | Educational Poverty: The Problem of Hidden Illiteracy | 2017-11-11 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 38 | Online Shaming: Everyone at Risk | 2017-11-18 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 39 | Thaler's Magic Nudge: Nobel Prize in Economics | 2017-11-25 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 40 | The Dark Side of Twitter: Interview with CEO Jack Dorsey | 2017-12-02 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 41 | Japan Bets Revival on Robots | 2017-12-09 | 20 min |
| Season 2017 | Episode 42 | Abolishing Nuclear Weapons: Can Japan Bridge the Gap? | 2017-12-16 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 1 | Renewable Energy Shift: China Targets Japan | 2018-01-13 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 2 | Cash in Trash: A Surge in Lost Items | 2018-01-20 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 3 | Reducing Pet-culling: Is "No-Kill" the Answer | 2018-01-27 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 4 | Dash Cams: A Revolution in Road Safety | 2018-02-03 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 5 | $530 Million Gone: Reality Check for Cryptocurrencies | 2018-02-10 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 6 | Hackers vs. Hackers: Chasing Cryptocurrency Thieves | 2018-03-03 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 7 | Fukushima "Heroes" 7 Years On: Refusing Health Survey | 2018-03-10 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 8 | Drug Smugglers Target Japan | 2018-04-07 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 9 | "Chinalizing" Africa: Impact of the Belt & Road | 2018-04-14 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 10 | Manga Industry Threatened: Chasing Pirate Site Operators | 2018-04-21 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 11 | "Toilet Revolution": Japan's Technology Wows the World | 2018-04-28 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 12 | China's Waste Import Ban: Environmental Wake-up Call | 2018-05-12 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 13 | Trash Hoarding: A Working-Age Illness | 2018-05-19 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 14 | 'Shoplifters' Grabs 2018 Palme d'Or | 2018-05-26 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 15 | Living Factories: The Promise of Synthetic Biology | 2018-06-02 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 16 | 'Cutting-edge' Cancer Therapies: Hope or Hoax? | 2018-06-09 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 17 | Too Old To Drive? | 2018-06-16 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 18 | The Forgotten Generation at 40: A Looming Social Crisis | 2018-06-23 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 19 | DIY Biology: Hope or Hazard? | 2018-06-30 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 20 | Sons as Caregivers: Men Struggle with New Challenge | 2018-07-07 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 21 | Breaking Down Japan's Deadliest Rain Disaster in Decades | 2018-07-10 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 22 | Thai Cave Miracle: How the Mission Became Possible | 2018-07-14 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 23 | Millennial Sex: What's Goin' On? | 2018-07-20 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 24 | Aegis Ashore: Does Japan Really Need It? | 2018-07-27 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 25 | Final Letters of Aum Cult Members | 2018-08-03 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 26 | Pros & Cons of Digital Forensics | 2018-08-31 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 27 | Ad Fraud: The Dark Side of Digital Advertising | 2018-09-07 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 28 | Typhoon Jebi: Scenes of Terror | 2018-09-14 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 29 | Fashion in Flames: Tackling Overproduction | 2018-09-21 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 30 | Words to Live By: Letters from Kirin Kiki | 2018-09-28 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 31 | "Honjo-ism": Interview with 2018 Nobel Winner | 2018-10-12 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 32 | Living with Breast Cancer | 2018-10-19 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 33 | Bottoms Up: How Japanese Whisky Conquered the World | 2018-10-26 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 34 | Tasty High-Tech Rice: Japan's Farming Revolution | 2018-11-02 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 35 | Nowhere to Go: Dealing with Plastic Waste | 2018-11-09 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 36 | Toshiba Strives to Make a Comeback | 2018-11-16 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 37 | Ghosn's Arrest: How His Leadership Failed | 2018-11-23 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 38 | Developmental Disorders: No Longer a Workplace Barrier | 2018-11-30 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 39 | Surge in Foreign Workers: Japan Struggles to Live in Harmony | 2018-12-07 | 20 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 40 | Setting Up People with Dementia: How They Are Recruited by Criminals | 2018-12-14 | 20 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 1 | Evidence-based Care: A New Approach to Dementia | 2019-01-19 | 20 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 2 | One-Click Scam: Fake Ads on Social Media | 2019-01-26 | 20 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 3 | Ghosn Shock: Fate of Renault-Nissan Alliance | 2019-02-02 | 20 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 4 | China Shock? Impact of China's Slowdown | 2019-02-09 | 20 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 5 | Personal Scores: The New Era of Social Credit | 2019-02-16 | 20 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 6 | Scrolling the Brain Away: Dangers of Smartphone Dependence | 2019-02-23 | 20 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 7 | Part-Timers' Prank Videos: Ongoing Business Risk | 2019-03-02 | 20 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 8 | Stephen Hawking's Final Message | 2019-03-09 | 20 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 9 | Living Off Scraps: How to Reduce Food Waste | 2019-04-13 | 20 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 10 | Reflections on Natural Death: Myoyu Tamaoki, Buddhist Nurse | 2019-04-20 | 20 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 11 | Toxic Parenting: Breaking the Cycle | 2019-04-26 | 20 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 12 | Keeping Our Jobs in the AI Age | 2019-05-17 | 20 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 13 | Sexual Abuse but Not Guilty: Victims Call for Legal Changes | 2019-05-24 | 20 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 14 | Followers for Sale: The Dark Side of Web Marketing | 2019-06-01 | 20 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 15 | Nursing Home Abuse: What's Behind the Rise? | 2019-06-07 | 20 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 16 | Try Living Without Plastic | 2019-06-22 | 20 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 17 | Hong Kong's Mass Protests: Growing Fears of 'Chinaization' | 2019-06-28 | 20 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 18 | Tired and Disillusioned: Foreign Students in Japan | 2019-07-05 | 20 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 19 | Hayabusa2's Asteroid Mission: Behind the Scenes | 2019-07-19 | 20 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 20 | Japan's Ancient Burial Mounds: Mysteries of World Heritage Tombs | 2019-07-26 | 20 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 21 | A Safer Tokyo 2020: Beating the Heat and Gridlock | 2019-08-02 | 30 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 22 | The Gifted: Coping with Hidden Genius | 2019-09-06 | 30 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 23 | After Freedom of Expression - Art Exhibit Cancelled Under Threat | 2019-09-13 | 30 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 24 | Patients in Restraints: How Can We Avoid the Practice? | 2019-09-20 | 30 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 25 | TEPCO Exec Trial: Revelations on what led to Fukushima | 2019-09-27 | 30 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 26 | On the Hunt for Fake Reviews | 2019-10-04 | 30 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 27 | Fat: The Sixth Sense of Taste | 2019-10-11 | 30 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 28 | Interview with Akira Yoshino: 2019 Nobel Chemistry Prize Winner | 2019-10-18 | 30 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 29 | AI Recruitment: Benefits and Challenges | 2019-11-01 | 30 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 30 | Over-medicated: The Dangers of Polypharmacy | 2019-11-08 | 30 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 31 | Myopia Crisis: Shining a Light on Hidden Health Risks | 2019-11-15 | 30 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 32 | New Sake Revolution | 2019-11-22 | 30 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 33 | Cancer at a Working Age: Coping with the Initial Anxiety | 2019-11-29 | 30 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 34 | Is Physical Restraint Necessary? Medical Workers Weigh In | 2019-12-06 | 30 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 35 | Child Abuse: Parents Making a New Start | 2019-12-13 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 1 | Death on a Live Stream: Why One Man Climbed Mt. Fuji in Winter | 2020-01-17 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 2 | Digital Money Revolution | 2020-01-24 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 3 | App Empowers Groping Victims | 2020-01-31 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 4 | Surviving Cancer and Having a Baby | 2020-02-07 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 5 | Japanese Chocolates Take on the World | 2020-02-21 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 6 | New Coronavirus Threatens Global Economy | 2020-02-28 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 7 | Fight Against COVID-19: Report From Japan's Frontline | 2020-03-06 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 8 | 9 Years on: Fukushima Evacuees Still Feeling Pain | 2020-03-13 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 9 | COVID-19: Can Tokyo Avoid a Lockdown? | 2020-04-03 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 10 | COVID-19: Hospitals Pushed to the Limit | 2020-04-09 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 11 | Tokyo 2020 Postponed: Athletes Left in Limbo | 2020-04-10 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 12 | COVID-19: Doctors Fight to Save Lives | 2020-04-17 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 13 | Spot Report: A Famous Shopping Street's Unsettling Spring | 2020-04-24 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 14 | Fighting the Coronavirus with Big Data | 2020-04-25 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 15 | Freelancing During the Pandemic | 2020-04-28 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 16 | Cultural Crisis as Virus Kills off Events | 2020-05-05 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 17 | Coronavirus Layoffs: A Bus Company's Struggle for Survival | 2020-05-06 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 18 | Coronavirus Crisis: Nursing Care on the Brink | 2020-05-08 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 19 | Managing Stress During Pandemic | 2020-05-15 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 20 | COVID-19: Japan Struggles to Provide Tests | 2020-05-16 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 21 | COVID-19: Threat of Sudden Health Decline | 2020-05-21 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 22 | Road to Recovery: Tourism in a Post-Pandemic World | 2020-05-23 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 23 | COVID-19: Families Open Up About Silent Grief | 2020-05-29 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 24 | Coronavirus Crisis: Changes to Japan's Food Supply | 2020-05-30 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 25 | Coronavirus Housing Crisis | 2020-06-05 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 26 | The Fight Against Cyber-Bullying: Reality Star's Death Sparks Debate | 2020-06-10 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 27 | Shop Owners' Struggle: Surviving the State of Emergency | 2020-06-12 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 28 | Coronavirus Crisis: Overcoming Stigma and Abuse | 2020-06-17 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 29 | Antibody Testing: Bracing for the Second Wave of COVID-19 | 2020-06-19 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 30 | Life After the Virus: Former Patients Speak Out | 2020-06-26 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 31 | COVID-19: Untold Stories of Life and Death | 2020-07-03 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 32 | Predicting the Virus with Big Data | 2020-07-10 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 33 | Pandemic Increases Online Shopping Pitfalls | 2020-07-17 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 34 | Frontline Response to Resurgent Virus | 2020-07-24 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 35 | Supporting "Hikikomori": Social Isolation Amid a Pandemic | 2020-07-31 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 36 | Lest We Forget: The Struggle to Pass on War Memories | 2020-08-07 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 37 | COVID-19: Frontline Battle with "Second Wave" | 2020-09-04 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 38 | Pandemic Spawns New Kind of Loan Shark | 2020-09-11 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 39 | Batten Down the Hatches: Life in the Super Typhoon Era | 2020-09-18 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 40 | Kurosawa Kiyoshi in the Limelight: Venice Award - Winner Talks Film | 2020-10-02 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 41 | Growing Uncertainty over US Presidential Race | 2020-10-09 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 42 | Inside the "Click Fraud" Industry | 2020-10-16 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 43 | Life in a Post-Pandemic World: Women Lead Push for Sustainability | 2020-10-23 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 44 | Traditional Culture at Risk: Pandemic Hits Historic Businesses | 2020-10-30 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 45 | Small Scale Farming: A Lifestyle for the Post-Pandemic World | 2020-11-13 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 46 | How Will Japan Change Without "Hanko"? | 2020-11-20 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 47 | Are the Tokyo Games Possible? - Int'l Gymnastics Meet Held as Test | 2020-11-27 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 48 | A Workplace Where Women Can Shine: Overcoming Innate Gender Bias | 2020-12-04 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 49 | In Search of the Stolen Pigs: The Plight of Vietnamese Technical Trainees | 2020-12-11 | 30 min |
| Season 2020 | Episode 50 | Hayabusa2: Secrets of Japan's Asteroid Mission | 2020-12-18 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 1 | How to Prevent Worst-Case COVID-19 Surge: Latest Findings Provide the Key | 2021-01-15 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 2 | Frontline of COVID-19 Fight: An Escalating Medical Crisis | 2021-01-22 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 3 | Goodbye, Izakaya? Japanese Pubs at Crossroads | 2021-01-29 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 4 | Mobile Finance Revolution Driven by Pandemic | 2021-02-05 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 5 | Pandemic Hits Troubled Teens | 2021-02-19 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 6 | Myanmar Coup: Future of the Protests | 2021-02-26 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 7 | Storytelling Bus Tour: 2011 Tsunami Survivors Keep Memories Alive | 2021-03-05 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 8 | Diving for a Missing Daughter: Ten Years After 3.11 Tsunami | 2021-03-19 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 9 | Live Streaming E-commerce: Sales Booming During the Pandemic | 2021-04-09 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 10 | Lost Education: "Voluntarily Absent" During the Pandemic | 2021-04-16 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 11 | Living with Family, but All Alone: Solitary Deaths in Japan | 2021-04-23 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 12 | Coronavirus Variants Changing the Stakes | 2021-05-14 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 13 | Sustainable Fashion: Clothes for a Better Future | 2021-05-21 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 14 | Braving the Storm: Novice Nurses During the Pandemic | 2021-05-28 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 15 | Kariko and Yamanaka: Pioneering Scientists Discuss Covid Vaccines | 2021-06-04 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 16 | The Battle Between Variants and Vaccines | 2021-06-17 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 17 | Bidding Goodbye to Companies: Lifestyle Shift in an Era of Longevity | 2021-06-25 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 18 | Corona-Driven "Easy Money": Will the Party Continue? | 2021-07-02 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 19 | Halting Virus Variants: Infection Paths and Preventive Strategies | 2021-07-09 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 20 | "Put Yourself in Someone Else's Shoes": How to Bridge the Gender Gap | 2021-07-16 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 21 | Dying in Japan: Foreign Residents Struggle to Find Graves | 2021-09-10 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 22 | Hoping to Conceive: Sperm Donation in the Social Media Age | 2021-09-17 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 23 | Bidding Farewell Without Regret: Changing Trends in the Way We Mourn | 2021-10-01 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 24 | "No More Dropouts" — High School as a Safety Net | 2021-10-08 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 25 | Social Prescribing: Tackling Isolation in the COVID Era | 2021-10-15 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 26 | Timeless Legacy of "Golgo 13": Artist Saito Takao Drawing on Human Nature | 2021-10-22 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 27 | "Stigmatized Properties" — Dark Truth of Japanese Society | 2021-10-29 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 28 | General Election in Japan: Voters Look Beyond Pandemic | 2021-11-05 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 29 | "Social Tipping" — Fans Fall into Livestreaming Pitfall | 2021-11-12 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 30 | "Never Give Up" — Atomic Bomb Survivor's Final Message | 2021-11-19 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 31 | Peter 2.0: Living as a Cyborg | 2021-12-03 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 32 | Cage-Free Eggs Highlight Animal Welfare | 2021-12-10 | 30 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 33 | New Space Age: Private Companies Take on Final Frontier | 2021-12-17 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 1 | New Year, New Society? — Key Figures Share their Thoughts | 2022-01-14 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 2 | Young Survivors Find Their Voice: 27 Years since Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake | 2022-01-21 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 3 | Cybercrime Thriving in Pandemic: Japan a Major Target | 2022-01-28 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 4 | Japan's Elderly Care Going Digital | 2022-02-04 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 5 | Confessions of an Ex-Radical: Fifty Years after the Asama Sanso Incident | 2022-03-04 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 6 | 11 Years After Great East Japan Earthquake: Young Survivors Open Up to Families | 2022-03-11 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 7 | 11 Years After Great East Japan Earthquake: School Ruins Reconnect Survivors | 2022-03-18 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 8 | Information War in Ukraine: The Battle for Truth | 2022-04-15 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 9 | North Korea Ramps up Missile Program: Global Divisions Fuel Urge to Arm | 2022-04-22 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 10 | From Kids' Comics to Black Comedy: The Life of Fujiko Fujio (A) | 2022-04-29 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 11 | Changing Gender Stereotypes via Education | 2022-05-13 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 12 | The Murky World of "No. 1" Rankings: How Marketing Misleads Consumers | 2022-05-20 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 13 | 50 Years Since Okinawa's Reversion to Japan: Bridging History with the Future | 2022-05-29 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 14 | Japan's Fried Chicken Craze: What's Behind the 'Karaage' Business Boom? | 2022-06-10 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 15 | Ant Attack: Fight Against Invasive Species | 2022-06-17 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 16 | Secret Power of Bacteria: How Gut Health Shapes Our Well-being | 2022-06-24 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 17 | Ukraine Cyberwar: Battlefield With No Borders | 2022-07-08 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 18 | Waste Not, Want Not: Unused Fish Find Favor at Dinner Table | 2022-07-15 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 19 | Heatstroke Misconceptions: Beat the Heat with the Right Knowledge | 2022-07-22 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 20 | Ties Revealed: Former Unification Church and Japan's Politicians | 2022-09-09 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 21 | A New Generation of Idols: How Tech is Bridging the Gap with Fans | 2022-09-16 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 22 | Spousal Organ Transplants: New Option Leads to New Challenges | 2022-09-23 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 23 | 20 Years after Japan-North Korea Summit: Can Lessons Help Bring Home All Abductees? | 2022-10-07 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 24 | Vacant House Investment: Finding Value in Abandoned Homes | 2022-10-14 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 25 | Russia Turns to Africa: New Ties in Face of Global Isolation | 2022-10-21 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 26 | Authentic Chinese Cuisine Arrives in Japan: A Sign of a New Age in Bilateral Ties? | 2022-11-04 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 27 | Are We as Eco-friendly as We Think? — The True Cost of Going Green | 2022-11-11 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 28 | Is Free Delivery Truly "Free"? — Truckers Struggle with Long Hours, Low Pay | 2022-11-18 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 29 | Anatomy of a Flawed Investigation: Machine Maker Snared in Export Control Net | 2022-12-02 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 30 | Digging for Answers: The Growing Threat to Japan's Onsen | 2022-12-09 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 31 | Turning Back to Nuclear Power? ― Debate Over Japan's Energy Mix | 2022-12-16 | 30 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 32 | Anime Director Makoto Shinkai: Depicting Disasters Through Storytelling | 2022-12-23 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 1 | #RegrettingMotherhood: Japanese Women Reflect on Experience | 2023-01-20 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 2 | Tokyo Makeover: The Megalopolis Transforms for the Future | 2023-01-27 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 3 | Another Giant Leap for Mankind: New Space Race for Settlement on the Moon | 2023-02-03 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 4 | Better Off Abroad: Young People Leaving 'Cheap Japan' | 2023-02-17 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 5 | More Than a Game: Japan's Trading Card Bubble | 2023-02-24 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 6 | Playing to Understand the World: New Video Games Open up Real-life Experiences | 2023-03-03 | 27 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 7 | Russia's Transfer of Ukrainian Children: Abduction or Protection? | 2023-04-14 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 8 | ChatGPT: Learning to Live with the Revolutionary AI | 2023-04-21 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 9 | Japanese Prime Minister Attacked: Looking into the Security and Motives | 2023-04-28 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 10 | Investigating Ukraine's Missing Children | 2023-05-13 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 11 | The "Air Mobility Revolution": How will Flying Cars Change our Lives? | 2023-05-19 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 12 | Over-tourism: Handling the Post-COVID Rebound | 2023-05-26 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 13 | G7 Hiroshima Summit: Were the Voices of the People Heard? | 2023-06-02 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 14 | Japan's Architectural Legacy at Crossroads | 2023-06-09 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 15 | Designing Out Waste: Circular Fashion Shifts Consumer Choices | 2023-06-16 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 16 | "Who Am I?" ― Left in Dark by Donor Insemination | 2023-06-30 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 17 | Not a Single Minute to Waste: How to Make the Most of Your Time | 2023-07-07 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 18 | One Year after Abe's Fatal Shooting: Have Former Unification Church and Politicians Changed? | 2023-07-14 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 19 | Hunt for the Missing $620 Million: North Korea's Hidden Source of Money | 2023-07-21 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 20 | Fukushima Daiichi Treated and Diluted Water Release: How to Spread Understanding | 2023-09-08 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 21 | What if it Happened? — Simulating Nuclear War | 2023-09-15 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 22 | Japanese Agriculture Endangered: Going Organic to Protect Farms | 2023-09-22 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 23 | Away from the Tourist Trail: Japan's Hidden Gems See Rise in Numbers | 2023-10-06 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 24 | Power to the People: Home Solar Panels Tackle Rising Bills | 2023-10-13 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 25 | Shingles on the Rise: New Risks as Virus Hits 1 in 3 in Japan | 2023-10-20 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 26 | Fujii Sota's Eight Crowns: How the King of Shogi Beat the Odds | 2023-11-03 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 27 | Alternative Eats: Can Food Tech Feed the Future? | 2023-11-10 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 28 | Gendered Innovations: Improving Healthcare for All | 2023-11-17 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 29 | Japanese Fish Going Global: Export Battles in a Booming Market | 2023-12-01 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 30 | The Global Boiling Era: Part 1 "Climate Refugees" | 2023-12-08 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 31 | The Global Boiling Era: Part 2 The Fight to Save Forests | 2023-12-16 | 30 min |
| Season 2024 | Episode 1 | Tokyo Haneda Airport Collision: Critical Decisions that Saved Lives | 2024-01-19 | 30 min |
| Season 2024 | Episode 2 | "I will decide how I am" — Message from Author Nishi Kanako | 2024-01-27 | 27 min |
| Season 2024 | Episode 3 | Generative AI: Copyright Thief or Creative Genius? | 2024-02-02 | 30 min |
| Season 2024 | Episode 4 | Noto Peninsula Earthquake: Wajima Vows to Rebuild Historic Market | 2024-02-17 | 30 min |
| Season 2024 | Episode 5 | Five-star Gold Rush: Impact of Foreign-operated Hotels on Japanese Society | 2024-02-23 | 30 min |
| Season 2024 | Episode 6 | Japan's Booming Stock Market: Another Bubble or Real Growth? | 2024-03-01 | 30 min |
| Season 2024 | Episode 7 | What's Holding up Reconstruction in Noto?: Quake Victims Tell of Financial Struggle | 2024-04-19 | 30 min |