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TODAY'S CLOSE UP - General Information
Series Premiere: May 28, 2016 Classification: Documentary Genre: Action | News | Talk-Show Network: NHK World Airs: Friday, Saturday at 11:30 pm Runtime: 30 Minutes
TODAY'S CLOSE UP - Season 0 -- 1 Episodes
0x0 -- Jul 31, 2020 --
TODAY'S CLOSE UP - Season 5 -- 1 Episodes
5x33 -- TBA
TODAY'S CLOSE UP - Season 6 -- 2 Episodes
6x13 -- TBA 6x17 -- TBA
TODAY'S CLOSE UP - Season 2016 -- 13 Episodes
2016x1 -- May 28, 2016 -- Obamas Visit to Hiroshima 2016x2 -- Jul 02, 2016 -- Interacting with Robot Avatars 2016x3 -- Jul 16, 2016 -- Artificial Intelligence: Creative or Copycat? 2016x4 -- Jul 23, 2016 -- Costly Drugs Draining Healthcare 2016x5 -- Jul 30, 2016 -- Rokusuke Ei: Remembering 'Sukiyaki' Lyricist 2016x6 -- Aug 06, 2016 -- Overdoing the Low-Carb Diet 2016x7 -- Sep 03, 2016 -- To Die in Peace 2016x8 -- Sep 10, 2016 -- Japan's Manufacturing Revolution 2016x9 -- Sep 17, 2016 -- Threat of Chinese 'Super Copies' 2016x10 -- Sep 24, 2016 -- Japan's 'New Approach' to Russia 2016x11 -- Oct 01, 2016 -- Tsukiji Relocation Chaos: Interview with Tokyo Governor 2016x12 -- Oct 08, 2016 -- Japan's Maverick Ohsumi Wins Nobel 2016x13 -- Oct 15, 2016 -- Facing Reality: Japan's Need for Foreign Workers
TODAY'S CLOSE UP - Season 2017 -- 42 Episodes
2017x1 -- Jan 14, 2017 -- Sapiens: Insights into Our Past and Future 2017x2 -- Jan 21, 2017 -- Foreign Workers Snared in Underground 2017x3 -- Jan 28, 2017 -- 'In This Corner of the World': A Universal Message for Peace 2017x4 -- Feb 04, 2017 -- Online Labor Pains 2017x5 -- Feb 11, 2017 -- Alternative World of Fake News 2017x6 -- Feb 18, 2017 -- Tackling the Problem of Fake News 2017x7 -- Feb 25, 2017 -- Rise of the Alt-Right: A New White Supremacism 2017x8 -- Mar 04, 2017 -- 19 Lives That Matter 2017x9 -- Mar 18, 2017 -- Bullying of Fukushima Evacuees: Victims Speak Out 2017x10 -- Apr 08, 2017 -- ID Security Tech: Blurring Privacy Boundaries 2017x11 -- Apr 15, 2017 -- Bank Card Loans on the Rise: Borrowers Fall into Debt Trap 2017x12 -- Apr 22, 2017 -- Ryuichi Sakamoto: Music for a Divided World 2017x13 -- Apr 29, 2017 -- 13 New Snowden Files: Japan under US Surveillance? 2017x14 -- May 13, 2017 -- 13 New Snowden Files: US Provided Japan with Spy Tool? 2017x15 -- May 20, 2017 -- "Male Menopause": Risks and Remedies 2017x16 -- May 27, 2017 -- Telomeres: A Key to Slowing Aging 2017x17 -- Jun 03, 2017 -- Stopping Killer Asteroids 2017x18 -- Jun 10, 2017 -- Terminating Life Support 2017x19 -- Jun 17, 2017 -- The "Widowed" Lifestyle: Searching for Happiness 2017x20 -- Jun 24, 2017 -- Slacking on Safety: Another Radiation Blunder 2017x21 -- Jul 01, 2017 -- Graduating from Motherhood 2017x22 -- Jul 08, 2017 -- Dhaka Attack: One Year on 2017x23 -- Jul 15, 2017 -- Banning Nuclear Arms: Ideal vs. Reality 2017x24 -- Jul 22, 2017 -- Subcontractor Squeeze 2017x25 -- Jul 29, 2017 -- 1,050 Career Wins! Hakuho Makes Sumo History 2017x26 -- Aug 05, 2017 -- Virtual Currency Bubble? 2017x27 -- Sep 02, 2017 -- Unwanted Remains: Ashes or Trash? 2017x28 -- Sep 09, 2017 -- Contributing in Death: A Rise in Social Bequests 2017x29 -- Sep 16, 2017 -- The Real Risk of Fake Drugs 2017x30 -- Sep 23, 2017 -- Better Care for Incontinence 2017x31 -- Sep 30, 2017 -- Ethical Investing: A Rising Tide 2017x32 -- Oct 07, 2017 -- Rohingya Crisis: The Plight of Stateless Muslims 2017x33 -- Oct 14, 2017 -- ICAN Wins Nobel Peace Prize: Teams Up With A-bomb Survivors 2017x34 -- Oct 21, 2017 -- The Accelerating Shift to Electric Vehicles 2017x35 -- Oct 28, 2017 -- "Silent Change": Consumers Face Hidden Risks 2017x36 -- Nov 04, 2017 -- Japan's Plutonium Stockpile: The World Watches 2017x37 -- Nov 11, 2017 -- Educational Poverty: The Problem of Hidden Illiteracy 2017x38 -- Nov 18, 2017 -- Online Shaming: Everyone at Risk 2017x39 -- Nov 25, 2017 -- Thaler's Magic Nudge: Nobel Prize in Economics 2017x40 -- Dec 02, 2017 -- The Dark Side of Twitter: Interview with CEO Jack Dorsey 2017x41 -- Dec 09, 2017 -- Japan Bets Revival on Robots 2017x42 -- Dec 16, 2017 -- Abolishing Nuclear Weapons: Can Japan Bridge the Gap?
TODAY'S CLOSE UP - Season 2018 -- 40 Episodes
2018x1 -- Jan 13, 2018 -- Renewable Energy Shift: China Targets Japan 2018x2 -- Jan 20, 2018 -- Cash in Trash: A Surge in Lost Items 2018x3 -- Jan 27, 2018 -- Reducing Pet-culling: Is "No-Kill" the Answer 2018x4 -- Feb 03, 2018 -- Dash Cams: A Revolution in Road Safety 2018x5 -- Feb 10, 2018 -- $530 Million Gone: Reality Check for Cryptocurrencies 2018x6 -- Mar 03, 2018 -- Hackers vs. Hackers: Chasing Cryptocurrency Thieves 2018x7 -- Mar 10, 2018 -- Fukushima "Heroes" 7 Years On: Refusing Health Survey 2018x8 -- Apr 07, 2018 -- Drug Smugglers Target Japan 2018x9 -- Apr 14, 2018 -- "Chinalizing" Africa: Impact of the Belt & Road 2018x10 -- Apr 21, 2018 -- Manga Industry Threatened: Chasing Pirate Site Operators 2018x11 -- Apr 28, 2018 -- "Toilet Revolution": Japan's Technology Wows the World 2018x12 -- May 12, 2018 -- China's Waste Import Ban: Environmental Wake-up Call 2018x13 -- May 19, 2018 -- Trash Hoarding: A Working-Age Illness 2018x14 -- May 26, 2018 -- 'Shoplifters' Grabs 2018 Palme d'Or 2018x15 -- Jun 02, 2018 -- Living Factories: The Promise of Synthetic Biology 2018x16 -- Jun 09, 2018 -- 'Cutting-edge' Cancer Therapies: Hope or Hoax? 2018x17 -- Jun 16, 2018 -- Too Old To Drive? 2018x18 -- Jun 23, 2018 -- The Forgotten Generation at 40: A Looming Social Crisis 2018x19 -- Jun 30, 2018 -- DIY Biology: Hope or Hazard? 2018x20 -- Jul 07, 2018 -- Sons as Caregivers: Men Struggle with New Challenge 2018x21 -- Jul 10, 2018 -- Breaking Down Japan's Deadliest Rain Disaster in Decades 2018x22 -- Jul 14, 2018 -- Thai Cave Miracle: How the Mission Became Possible 2018x23 -- Jul 20, 2018 -- Millennial Sex: What's Goin' On? 2018x24 -- Jul 27, 2018 -- Aegis Ashore: Does Japan Really Need It? 2018x25 -- Aug 03, 2018 -- Final Letters of Aum Cult Members 2018x26 -- Aug 31, 2018 -- Pros & Cons of Digital Forensics 2018x27 -- Sep 07, 2018 -- Ad Fraud: The Dark Side of Digital Advertising 2018x28 -- Sep 14, 2018 -- Typhoon Jebi: Scenes of Terror 2018x29 -- Sep 21, 2018 -- Fashion in Flames: Tackling Overproduction 2018x30 -- Sep 28, 2018 -- Words to Live By: Letters from Kirin Kiki 2018x31 -- Oct 12, 2018 -- "Honjo-ism": Interview with 2018 Nobel Winner 2018x32 -- Oct 19, 2018 -- Living with Breast Cancer 2018x33 -- Oct 26, 2018 -- Bottoms Up: How Japanese Whisky Conquered the World 2018x34 -- Nov 02, 2018 -- Tasty High-Tech Rice: Japan's Farming Revolution 2018x35 -- Nov 09, 2018 -- Nowhere to Go: Dealing with Plastic Waste 2018x36 -- Nov 16, 2018 -- Toshiba Strives to Make a Comeback 2018x37 -- Nov 23, 2018 -- Ghosn's Arrest: How His Leadership Failed 2018x38 -- Nov 30, 2018 -- Developmental Disorders: No Longer a Workplace Barrier 2018x39 -- Dec 07, 2018 -- Surge in Foreign Workers: Japan Struggles to Live in Harmony 2018x40 -- Dec 14, 2018 -- Setting Up People with Dementia: How They Are Recruited by Criminals
TODAY'S CLOSE UP - Season 2019 -- 35 Episodes
2019x1 -- Jan 19, 2019 -- Evidence-based Care: A New Approach to Dementia 2019x2 -- Jan 26, 2019 -- One-Click Scam: Fake Ads on Social Media 2019x3 -- Feb 02, 2019 -- Ghosn Shock: Fate of Renault-Nissan Alliance 2019x4 -- Feb 09, 2019 -- China Shock? Impact of China's Slowdown 2019x5 -- Feb 16, 2019 -- Personal Scores: The New Era of Social Credit 2019x6 -- Feb 23, 2019 -- Scrolling the Brain Away: Dangers of Smartphone Dependence 2019x7 -- Mar 02, 2019 -- Part-Timers' Prank Videos: Ongoing Business Risk 2019x8 -- Mar 09, 2019 -- Stephen Hawking's Final Message 2019x9 -- Apr 13, 2019 -- Living Off Scraps: How to Reduce Food Waste 2019x10 -- Apr 20, 2019 -- Reflections on Natural Death: Myoyu Tamaoki, Buddhist Nurse 2019x11 -- Apr 26, 2019 -- Toxic Parenting: Breaking the Cycle 2019x12 -- May 17, 2019 -- Keeping Our Jobs in the AI Age 2019x13 -- May 24, 2019 -- Sexual Abuse but Not Guilty: Victims Call for Legal Changes 2019x14 -- Jun 01, 2019 -- Followers for Sale: The Dark Side of Web Marketing 2019x15 -- Jun 07, 2019 -- Nursing Home Abuse: What's Behind the Rise? 2019x16 -- Jun 22, 2019 -- Try Living Without Plastic 2019x17 -- Jun 28, 2019 -- Hong Kong's Mass Protests: Growing Fears of 'Chinaization' 2019x18 -- Jul 05, 2019 -- Tired and Disillusioned: Foreign Students in Japan 2019x19 -- Jul 19, 2019 -- Hayabusa2's Asteroid Mission: Behind the Scenes 2019x20 -- Jul 26, 2019 -- Japan's Ancient Burial Mounds: Mysteries of World Heritage Tombs 2019x21 -- Aug 02, 2019 -- A Safer Tokyo 2020: Beating the Heat and Gridlock 2019x22 -- Sep 06, 2019 -- The Gifted: Coping with Hidden Genius 2019x23 -- Sep 13, 2019 -- After Freedom of Expression - Art Exhibit Cancelled Under Threat 2019x24 -- Sep 20, 2019 -- Patients in Restraints: How Can We Avoid the Practice? 2019x25 -- Sep 27, 2019 -- TEPCO Exec Trial: Revelations on what led to Fukushima 2019x26 -- Oct 04, 2019 -- On the Hunt for Fake Reviews 2019x27 -- Oct 11, 2019 -- Fat: The Sixth Sense of Taste 2019x28 -- Oct 18, 2019 -- Interview with Akira Yoshino: 2019 Nobel Chemistry Prize Winner 2019x29 -- Nov 01, 2019 -- AI Recruitment: Benefits and Challenges 2019x30 -- Nov 08, 2019 -- Over-medicated: The Dangers of Polypharmacy 2019x31 -- Nov 15, 2019 -- Myopia Crisis: Shining a Light on Hidden Health Risks 2019x32 -- Nov 22, 2019 -- New Sake Revolution 2019x33 -- Nov 29, 2019 -- Cancer at a Working Age: Coping with the Initial Anxiety 2019x34 -- Dec 06, 2019 -- Is Physical Restraint Necessary? Medical Workers Weigh In 2019x35 -- Dec 13, 2019 -- Child Abuse: Parents Making a New Start
TODAY'S CLOSE UP - Season 2020 -- 50 Episodes
2020x1 -- Jan 17, 2020 -- Death on a Live Stream: Why One Man Climbed Mt. Fuji in Winter 2020x2 -- Jan 24, 2020 -- Digital Money Revolution 2020x3 -- Jan 31, 2020 -- App Empowers Groping Victims 2020x4 -- Feb 07, 2020 -- Surviving Cancer and Having a Baby 2020x5 -- Feb 21, 2020 -- Japanese Chocolates Take on the World 2020x6 -- Feb 28, 2020 -- New Coronavirus Threatens Global Economy 2020x7 -- Mar 06, 2020 -- Fight Against COVID-19: Report From Japan's Frontline 2020x8 -- Mar 13, 2020 -- 9 Years on: Fukushima Evacuees Still Feeling Pain 2020x9 -- Apr 03, 2020 -- COVID-19: Can Tokyo Avoid a Lockdown? 2020x10 -- Apr 09, 2020 -- COVID-19: Hospitals Pushed to the Limit 2020x11 -- Apr 10, 2020 -- Tokyo 2020 Postponed: Athletes Left in Limbo 2020x12 -- Apr 17, 2020 -- COVID-19: Doctors Fight to Save Lives 2020x13 -- Apr 24, 2020 -- Spot Report: A Famous Shopping Street's Unsettling Spring 2020x14 -- Apr 25, 2020 -- Fighting the Coronavirus with Big Data 2020x15 -- Apr 28, 2020 -- Freelancing During the Pandemic 2020x16 -- May 05, 2020 -- Cultural Crisis as Virus Kills off Events 2020x17 -- May 06, 2020 -- Coronavirus Layoffs: A Bus Company's Struggle for Survival 2020x18 -- May 08, 2020 -- Coronavirus Crisis: Nursing Care on the Brink 2020x19 -- May 15, 2020 -- Managing Stress During Pandemic 2020x20 -- May 16, 2020 -- COVID-19: Japan Struggles to Provide Tests 2020x21 -- May 21, 2020 -- COVID-19: Threat of Sudden Health Decline 2020x22 -- May 23, 2020 -- Road to Recovery: Tourism in a Post-Pandemic World 2020x23 -- May 29, 2020 -- COVID-19: Families Open Up About Silent Grief 2020x24 -- May 30, 2020 -- Coronavirus Crisis: Changes to Japan's Food Supply 2020x25 -- Jun 05, 2020 -- Coronavirus Housing Crisis 2020x26 -- Jun 10, 2020 -- The Fight Against Cyber-Bullying: Reality Star's Death Sparks Debate 2020x27 -- Jun 12, 2020 -- Shop Owners' Struggle: Surviving the State of Emergency 2020x28 -- Jun 17, 2020 -- Coronavirus Crisis: Overcoming Stigma and Abuse 2020x29 -- Jun 19, 2020 -- Antibody Testing: Bracing for the Second Wave of COVID-19 2020x30 -- Jun 26, 2020 -- Life After the Virus: Former Patients Speak Out 2020x31 -- Jul 03, 2020 -- COVID-19: Untold Stories of Life and Death 2020x32 -- Jul 10, 2020 -- Predicting the Virus with Big Data 2020x33 -- Jul 17, 2020 -- Pandemic Increases Online Shopping Pitfalls 2020x34 -- Jul 24, 2020 -- Frontline Response to Resurgent Virus 2020x35 -- Jul 31, 2020 -- Supporting "Hikikomori": Social Isolation Amid a Pandemic 2020x36 -- Aug 07, 2020 -- Lest We Forget: The Struggle to Pass on War Memories 2020x37 -- Sep 04, 2020 -- COVID-19: Frontline Battle with "Second Wave" 2020x38 -- Sep 11, 2020 -- Pandemic Spawns New Kind of Loan Shark 2020x39 -- Sep 18, 2020 -- Batten Down the Hatches: Life in the Super Typhoon Era 2020x40 -- Oct 02, 2020 -- Kurosawa Kiyoshi in the Limelight: Venice Award - Winner Talks Film 2020x41 -- Oct 09, 2020 -- Growing Uncertainty over US Presidential Race 2020x42 -- Oct 16, 2020 -- Inside the "Click Fraud" Industry 2020x43 -- Oct 23, 2020 -- Life in a Post-Pandemic World: Women Lead Push for Sustainability 2020x44 -- Oct 30, 2020 -- Traditional Culture at Risk: Pandemic Hits Historic Businesses 2020x45 -- Nov 13, 2020 -- Small Scale Farming: A Lifestyle for the Post-Pandemic World 2020x46 -- Nov 20, 2020 -- How Will Japan Change Without "Hanko"? 2020x47 -- Nov 27, 2020 -- Are the Tokyo Games Possible? - Int'l Gymnastics Meet Held as Test 2020x48 -- Dec 04, 2020 -- A Workplace Where Women Can Shine: Overcoming Innate Gender Bias 2020x49 -- Dec 11, 2020 -- In Search of the Stolen Pigs: The Plight of Vietnamese Technical Trainees 2020x50 -- Dec 18, 2020 -- Hayabusa2: Secrets of Japan's Asteroid Mission
TODAY'S CLOSE UP - Season 2021 -- 33 Episodes
2021x1 -- Jan 15, 2021 -- How to Prevent Worst-Case COVID-19 Surge: Latest Findings Provide the Key 2021x2 -- Jan 22, 2021 -- Frontline of COVID-19 Fight: An Escalating Medical Crisis 2021x3 -- Jan 29, 2021 -- Goodbye, Izakaya? Japanese Pubs at Crossroads 2021x4 -- Feb 05, 2021 -- Mobile Finance Revolution Driven by Pandemic 2021x5 -- Feb 19, 2021 -- Pandemic Hits Troubled Teens 2021x6 -- Feb 26, 2021 -- Myanmar Coup: Future of the Protests 2021x7 -- Mar 05, 2021 -- Storytelling Bus Tour: 2011 Tsunami Survivors Keep Memories Alive 2021x8 -- Mar 19, 2021 -- Diving for a Missing Daughter: Ten Years After 3.11 Tsunami 2021x9 -- Apr 09, 2021 -- Live Streaming E-commerce: Sales Booming During the Pandemic 2021x10 -- Apr 16, 2021 -- Lost Education: "Voluntarily Absent" During the Pandemic 2021x11 -- Apr 23, 2021 -- Living with Family, but All Alone: Solitary Deaths in Japan 2021x12 -- May 14, 2021 -- Coronavirus Variants Changing the Stakes 2021x13 -- May 21, 2021 -- Sustainable Fashion: Clothes for a Better Future 2021x14 -- May 28, 2021 -- Braving the Storm: Novice Nurses During the Pandemic 2021x15 -- Jun 04, 2021 -- Kariko and Yamanaka: Pioneering Scientists Discuss Covid Vaccines 2021x16 -- Jun 17, 2021 -- The Battle Between Variants and Vaccines 2021x17 -- Jun 25, 2021 -- Bidding Goodbye to Companies: Lifestyle Shift in an Era of Longevity 2021x18 -- Jul 02, 2021 -- Corona-Driven "Easy Money": Will the Party Continue? 2021x19 -- Jul 09, 2021 -- Halting Virus Variants: Infection Paths and Preventive Strategies 2021x20 -- Jul 16, 2021 -- "Put Yourself in Someone Else's Shoes": How to Bridge the Gender Gap 2021x21 -- Sep 10, 2021 -- Dying in Japan: Foreign Residents Struggle to Find Graves 2021x22 -- Sep 17, 2021 -- Hoping to Conceive: Sperm Donation in the Social Media Age 2021x23 -- Oct 01, 2021 -- Bidding Farewell Without Regret: Changing Trends in the Way We Mourn 2021x24 -- Oct 08, 2021 -- "No More Dropouts" — High School as a Safety Net 2021x25 -- Oct 15, 2021 -- Social Prescribing: Tackling Isolation in the COVID Era 2021x26 -- Oct 22, 2021 -- Timeless Legacy of "Golgo 13": Artist Saito Takao Drawing on Human Nature 2021x27 -- Oct 29, 2021 -- "Stigmatized Properties" — Dark Truth of Japanese Society 2021x28 -- Nov 05, 2021 -- General Election in Japan: Voters Look Beyond Pandemic 2021x29 -- Nov 12, 2021 -- "Social Tipping" — Fans Fall into Livestreaming Pitfall 2021x30 -- Nov 19, 2021 -- "Never Give Up" — Atomic Bomb Survivor's Final Message 2021x31 -- Dec 03, 2021 -- Peter 2.0: Living as a Cyborg 2021x32 -- Dec 10, 2021 -- Cage-Free Eggs Highlight Animal Welfare 2021x33 -- Dec 17, 2021 -- New Space Age: Private Companies Take on Final Frontier
TODAY'S CLOSE UP - Season 2022 -- 32 Episodes
2022x1 -- Jan 14, 2022 -- New Year, New Society? — Key Figures Share their Thoughts 2022x2 -- Jan 21, 2022 -- Young Survivors Find Their Voice: 27 Years since Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake 2022x3 -- Jan 28, 2022 -- Cybercrime Thriving in Pandemic: Japan a Major Target 2022x4 -- Feb 04, 2022 -- Japan's Elderly Care Going Digital 2022x5 -- Mar 04, 2022 -- Confessions of an Ex-Radical: Fifty Years after the Asama Sanso Incident 2022x6 -- Mar 11, 2022 -- 11 Years After Great East Japan Earthquake: Young Survivors Open Up to Families 2022x7 -- Mar 18, 2022 -- 11 Years After Great East Japan Earthquake: School Ruins Reconnect Survivors 2022x8 -- Apr 15, 2022 -- Information War in Ukraine: The Battle for Truth 2022x9 -- Apr 22, 2022 -- North Korea Ramps up Missile Program: Global Divisions Fuel Urge to Arm 2022x10 -- Apr 29, 2022 -- From Kids' Comics to Black Comedy: The Life of Fujiko Fujio (A) 2022x11 -- May 13, 2022 -- Changing Gender Stereotypes via Education 2022x12 -- May 20, 2022 -- The Murky World of "No. 1" Rankings: How Marketing Misleads Consumers 2022x13 -- May 29, 2022 -- 50 Years Since Okinawa's Reversion to Japan: Bridging History with the Future 2022x14 -- Jun 10, 2022 -- Japan's Fried Chicken Craze: What's Behind the 'Karaage' Business Boom? 2022x15 -- Jun 17, 2022 -- Ant Attack: Fight Against Invasive Species 2022x16 -- Jun 24, 2022 -- Secret Power of Bacteria: How Gut Health Shapes Our Well-being 2022x17 -- Jul 08, 2022 -- Ukraine Cyberwar: Battlefield With No Borders 2022x18 -- Jul 15, 2022 -- Waste Not, Want Not: Unused Fish Find Favor at Dinner Table 2022x19 -- Jul 22, 2022 -- Heatstroke Misconceptions: Beat the Heat with the Right Knowledge 2022x20 -- Sep 09, 2022 -- Ties Revealed: Former Unification Church and Japan's Politicians 2022x21 -- Sep 16, 2022 -- A New Generation of Idols: How Tech is Bridging the Gap with Fans 2022x22 -- Sep 23, 2022 -- Spousal Organ Transplants: New Option Leads to New Challenges 2022x23 -- Oct 07, 2022 -- 20 Years after Japan-North Korea Summit: Can Lessons Help Bring Home All Abductees? 2022x24 -- Oct 14, 2022 -- Vacant House Investment: Finding Value in Abandoned Homes 2022x25 -- Oct 21, 2022 -- Russia Turns to Africa: New Ties in Face of Global Isolation 2022x26 -- Nov 04, 2022 -- Authentic Chinese Cuisine Arrives in Japan: A Sign of a New Age in Bilateral Ties? 2022x27 -- Nov 11, 2022 -- Are We as Eco-friendly as We Think? — The True Cost of Going Green 2022x28 -- Nov 18, 2022 -- Is Free Delivery Truly "Free"? — Truckers Struggle with Long Hours, Low Pay 2022x29 -- Dec 02, 2022 -- Anatomy of a Flawed Investigation: Machine Maker Snared in Export Control Net 2022x30 -- Dec 09, 2022 -- Digging for Answers: The Growing Threat to Japan's Onsen 2022x31 -- Dec 16, 2022 -- Turning Back to Nuclear Power? ― Debate Over Japan's Energy Mix 2022x32 -- Dec 23, 2022 -- Anime Director Makoto Shinkai: Depicting Disasters Through Storytelling
TODAY'S CLOSE UP - Season 2023 -- 24 Episodes
2023x1 -- Jan 20, 2023 -- #RegrettingMotherhood: Japanese Women Reflect on Experience 2023x2 -- Jan 27, 2023 -- Tokyo Makeover: The Megalopolis Transforms for the Future 2023x3 -- Feb 03, 2023 -- Another Giant Leap for Mankind: New Space Race for Settlement on the Moon 2023x4 -- Feb 17, 2023 -- Better Off Abroad: Young People Leaving 'Cheap Japan' 2023x5 -- Feb 24, 2023 -- More Than a Game: Japan's Trading Card Bubble 2023x6 -- Mar 03, 2023 -- Playing to Understand the World: New Video Games Open up Real-life Experiences 2023x7 -- Apr 14, 2023 -- Russia's Transfer of Ukrainian Children: Abduction or Protection? 2023x8 -- Apr 21, 2023 -- ChatGPT: Learning to Live with the Revolutionary AI 2023x9 -- Apr 28, 2023 -- Japanese Prime Minister Attacked: Looking into the Security and Motives 2023x10 -- May 13, 2023 -- Investigating Ukraine's Missing Children 2023x11 -- May 19, 2023 -- The "Air Mobility Revolution": How will Flying Cars Change our Lives? 2023x12 -- May 26, 2023 -- Over-tourism: Handling the Post-COVID Rebound 2023x13 -- Jun 02, 2023 -- G7 Hiroshima Summit: Were the Voices of the People Heard? 2023x14 -- Jun 09, 2023 -- Japan's Architectural Legacy at Crossroads 2023x15 -- Jun 16, 2023 -- Designing Out Waste: Circular Fashion Shifts Consumer Choices 2023x16 -- Jun 30, 2023 -- "Who Am I?" ― Left in Dark by Donor Insemination 2023x17 -- Jul 07, 2023 -- Not a Single Minute to Waste: How to Make the Most of Your Time 2023x18 -- Jul 14, 2023 -- One Year after Abe's Fatal Shooting: Have Former Unification Church and Politicians Changed? 2023x19 -- Jul 21, 2023 -- Hunt for the Missing $620 Million: North Korea's Hidden Source of Money 2023x20 -- Sep 08, 2023 -- Fukushima Daiichi Treated and Diluted Water Release: How to Spread Understanding 2023x21 -- Sep 15, 2023 -- What if it Happened? — Simulating Nuclear War 2023x22 -- Sep 22, 2023 -- Japanese Agriculture Endangered: Going Organic to Protect Farms 2023x23 -- Oct 06, 2023 -- Away from the Tourist Trail: Japan's Hidden Gems See Rise in Numbers 2023x24 -- Oct 13, 2023 -- Power to the People: Home Solar Panels Tackle Rising Bills