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After decades of peace, Japan is now confronting the possibility of war. With concerns over a resurgent Russia, North Korea and a more powerful China in the region, Japan is embarking on its biggest military spend since WW2.
In 2015, Taiki Masuda found his career under threat when Osaka police initiated a crackdown on tattoo artists. Now he’s fighting the government in court to defend his livelihood.
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Cats – hundreds and hundreds of them – define the quiet island of Tashirojima. They have just a handful of elderly human residents for company, who maintain a life steeped in fading but beautiful Japanese culture. This heart-warming and evocative documentary explores how a tight-knit community of ever more wizened pensioners find joy in their unique island identity, and affection from their felin…
On the 11th of March last year Japan's worst ever natural disaster killed almost 20,000 people. This report reveals the controversy surrounding it and the pain of rebuilding under the fear of radioactivity.
Incredible footage of an 80 year-old grandmother and her 16 year-old grandson, as they are pulled from the rubble nine days after the devastation began. An exclusive first hand account of their story.
From camping out in the Park, to capsule hotels and cyber cafes, we dive into the weird and wonderful world of the homeless in Japan. Their cardboard houses may be painted in technicolour, but the shame of the former day labourers still runs deep.
At the time of year when our concern for the elderly is particularly strong, we travel to Japan, the world's oldest nation, to discover the secret to dealing with advancing age. But have they got the answers?
Child pornography, along with prostitution and drugs, allows the Yakuza to rake in 50 billion dollars a year. We shine a light on this deadly criminal network.
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