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While most people would kick off their Japan adventures in Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka – let’s fast forward you to Japan’s most underrated OG gem: Niigata!
Nature-esk Insta-spots…tempting food, drink…
traditional culture… What is Sakeology?
all of this after a 2 hours train ride from Tokyo!
Your J...
A completely new quiz show where the contestants don’t have to answer the question!
In this information society where you can find everything online, we will ask hard questions that cannot be easily answered by searching on the internet or on your smart phones!
Use your network of connections of...
Tokyo. The Akatsuki Special District. This newly created special economic zone was fully controlled by the gigantic Sakishima Holdings conglomerate. Attempts by rival corporations to take advantage of the tax advantages and other regulatory benefits within the zone lead to the massive “Akatsuki Conf...
An infamous yakuza sets out to master the Way of the Househusband!“The Immortal Dragon”—an infamous and feared yakuza who has left behind countless legends in the underworld—has decided to wash his hands of his dark past and become...a “househusband”! Under the watchful eye of the neighborhood, the ...
Mitsutaka Oji is an attractive hard-working manager, admired by both his superiors and subordinates. Well-mannered, gentlemanly, and stylish to boot, he’s popular among women. However, this man has a secret... He absolutely loves cute things! Mitsutaka can’t resist cuteness, and he’s head over heels...
35 years have elapsed since the greatest unsolved crime in the postwar era, an incident that involved a threatening phone call captured on tape that featured the “voice of a child.” So where is that child today? The story follows one man who accidentally stumbles upon an old tape recording and disco...
The Sonata of Atonement - The Lawyer in Hell
Corruption, outrageous fees, and absolute victory in the courtroom.
The devil’s courtroom drama begins now.
Laid off from her temp job, Yoko Kusakabe is now unemployed. She’s introduced to a clerical position through a public employment agency, so she arrives at the doorstep of a law firm for h...
Koichi Asakura struggles with the limitations of his own talent but still hangs on to the dream of one day becoming a “somebody.” Meanwhile, Eren Yamagishi is a tremendously gifted artist who must deal with the pain and loneliness that comes from being a genius. These two have a fateful encounter in...
Innocence, Fight Against False Charges
Handling the most difficult cases with a 100% chance of a guilty verdict, he tries to reverse the wrong convictions.
No one is safe from the terrifying prospect of being falsely accused. You know you are innocent, but you are treated like a criminal. There are countless people just living quite liv...
Your Home is My Business! -2nd Attack-
Her biggest rival emerges!
It was the summer of 2016 when legendary real estate agent Machi Sangenya suddenly appeared out of the blue and sold tons of homes in ways that were at times heartwarming and at times shocking.
Two years after she disappeared, Machi resurfaces and takes her act to th...
Is there someone you want to kill right now?
From work, friends, romance to family, we find ourselves in all sorts of relationships. It is almost certain there are some phrases everybody has said at least once. "I just want to kill that person!" "I wish that person would just die!"
But what if y...
Woman with a dark past struggling to find a bright future.
Man with success falling down to the darkness.
Love suspense story with affection, incrimination, and insanity.
Heroine Hikari's brother had been arrested for murder that made her give up any happiness. Making a living as a cocktail...
The long-awaited new film by Director Mamoru Hosoda! Journeys through time from a small yard – a story about family and life that connects the past and the future.
A small house with a small tree in a small yard in the corner of a city somewhere.
Kun, a spoiled little boy, has a new baby sister. E...
The show covers closely on a big project in which “Onchan,” the mascot for HTB, brings snow from Hokkaido to Taiwan and Thailand respectively, together with a student from each country. The student from Taiwan made a snowman for the first time ever for her mother at home. With the help of a professi...
The first ever Japanese remake of BBC’s award-winning drama series ‘Orphan Black’. The Korean star, Ji-Young to act 7 different characters!
Sara Aoyama, a broke and desperate single mother who wishes to live with her daughter Moe in peace, witnesses the shocking suicide of a woman who looks just...
Generation gap Tour in Okinawa (Temporary titled)
What will happen if you leave your travel to other’s hand?
Each has his own preference in Travel plan and it reflects your thought, perspective and even view of life. So, following other’s travel plan can give you a new way to enjoy trip that you have never come up with!
There are four people of d...
Dramatization based on the novel “RIKUOH” by Jun Ikeido. Koichi Miyazawa is the CEO of the longstanding company which manufacture tabi(traditional Japanese socks). Due to a decrease of demand for tabi thesedays, the Company, Kohazeya, has fallen upon hard times. For the company's survival, Miyazawa ...
Splinter - Haruyuki Kuranaga strikes back
Life doesn’t go as you want it to be, but everybody survives a regular life anyway. Life is full of thorns, same as the mind of human. We often fall into difficulties. Those difficulties make us feel worried, anxious and fear. We also swarm around and run away to save themselves Finally we stop figh...
People in Yamagata take great pride in the craftsmanship that has been handed down for generations. From the perspective of traditional time-tested techniques, restoration technology, and state-of-the-art technology, we approach the essence of people's enthusiasm and skill.
Introduced in the progra...
Japan takes great pride in her food culture. Japan, blessed with four distinct seasons, cultivates seasonal food unique to each area of Japan. And at the core of her food culture lies her “food wisdom”.
There is a wide variety of food wisdom across the country that is handed down from generation to...
Introducing the best nature, culture, food and lifestyles of the northernmost island of Japan, Hokkaido. Every week our hosts explore the colorful towns and cities of Hokkaido, to discover their diverse lifestyles and seasonal delights. From deep powder snow to bright flower fields, cherry blossoms ...
From stunning scenery changing with the seasons to local cuisine using local produce to the countless hot springs --- Japan is a land of such variety that even many Japanese do not realize the full extent of its richness. Our program introduces viewers to beautiful yet largely unknown locates throug...
This is an educational documentary where the viewer can encounter the charms of rural Japan through the culture of food. Each week a different local TV station produces the show, and introduces their homeland through traditional cuisine, specialties, and new experiments by local chefs and growers. T...
"Even if this way is a thorny path, this is my choice. I’ll regret nothing.”
Kiyoko Ranman is a story about a lady who keeps acting with pride as a daughter of Samurai family and her faithful love with her childhood friend.
It’s 1895 and Japan is riding high on the country’s recent victory in the ...
TV Champion is a game show in which people of various skills compete with each other and a champion is selected from among them, Experts in particular skills, including chefs, craftsmen and artists, compete in many different ways, such as eating contents, crane games and hobby-related skills, lendin...
"What's daddy"! 你是我的英雄 世界で働くお父さん
There are some Japanese fathers who are working overseas, away from their families, sometimes only able to visit a few times a year. These fathers are often surprised at how quickly their children grow while they are away. On this show we will follow along with some of these children as they surpris...
MOTHER-IN-LAW VS. DAUGHTER-IN-LAW (the 2nd series)
The showdown between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law at a traditional Japanese inn continues in this series. But this time, “the spirit of good service” bypasses international boundaries as some of the main characters venture to Taiwan.
As wife to the oldest son of the family that owns a traditio...
The coastlines of the Japanese archipelago stretch for a total of 34,000 kilometers. From icy waters to coral reefs and 10,000-meter deep waters, the diverse marine environment can be seen along these coasts. This episode captures the various animals, fish, and birds living along the coasts of the J...
National Family Challenge 100萬到我家 ミリオン家族
National Family Challenge is an interactive game show in which any family can participate. The family members battle against crazy challenges posed by the presenter, to win $10,000. Hide and Seek Battle is popular segment of the show.
For instance, In Hide and Seek Battle, the three presenters v...
Japan is known as a paradise for its world famous hot springs. The number of renowned and unrevealed hot springs found throughout Japan is seemingly countless.
This program is divided into two sections, with each section introducing one hot spring inn. The owner of the inn explains the aspects th...
This is the longest-running cooking program of TV Asahi reaching its 40th anniversary soon. Masaru Doi, the legendary cook and the father of the current host Yoshiharu Doi, used to say “Love is the best ingredient in homemade cooking”. Yoshiharu inherits this spirit and continues his search for home...