Japan in Focus

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  • Premiered: Apr 2024
  • Episodes: 6
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Season 1
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Into the Gray: Redemption of an Ex-Yakuza
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 12, 2024
Morohashi Yoshitomo is a criminal defense lawyer based in downtown Tokyo. But he was once a yakuza. He believes second chances start in the space between black and white, between right and wrong.
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Jane Birkin: A Japan Love Story
Episode overview
Air date
May 10, 2024
Artist and style icon Jane Birkin was devoted to empowering the survivors of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Even after her passing in 2023, her legacy lives on in their hearts.
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Small Steps, Big Leaps
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 21, 2024
In Japan, preschools are diversifying with more kids from international backgrounds or with complex needs, yet most daycare emphasizes the group over the individual. We see a space that is changing all that.
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A Final Lesson: Atomic Bomb Survivor Kajiya Fumiaki
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Air date
Aug 02, 2024
What if this was the final lesson you would ever teach? Atomic bomb survivor and former teacher Kajiya Fumiaki, age 85, prepares one last lesson for the children of an Osaka elementary school.
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Never Too Old to Work
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 21, 2024
A Tokyo shutter manufacturer employs the elderly, which make up 30% of its staff. We take a closer look at this workplace where seniors thrive.
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Kintsugi: Repairing a Post-Quake Community
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Air date
Jan 10, 2025
Kintsugi mends broken pottery with gold. An artist is restoring earthenware damaged by the Noto earthquake, helping residents put the pieces of their lives back together too.

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