Fresh Eyes on Japan

Reporter Batlet Milanzi introduces Oki-gusuri, a unique medicine system of Japan where people "use now, pay later." In order to dig deeper into the folklore and the birthplace of Oki-gusuri, she visits Toyama Prefecture. Subsequently, Milanzi introduces a novel initiative taken by a young Japanese pharmacist who has rolled out the system of Oki-gusuri in Milanzi's home country Tanzania, and how it has already started affecting the lives of people living in villages in Tanzania.

The story of a faithful Akita-inu "Hachi" is well-known in Japan. While in Russia, there is a similar story called "White Bim Black Ear." Russian reporter Anastasia Monakova got interested in the similarity of the 2 stories and she visited Odate City, the hometown of Akita-inu. People still remember that President Putin and a gold medal figure skater Alina Zagitova were presented with them. In the program, she visited a place where visitors can meet Akita-inu. Finally, she visited one of their breeders.

There are 100 million karate lovers around the world, and it will be introduced at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics. Karate is also popular in Brazil, and it was introduced there by the immigrants from Okinawa Prefecture. Brazilian reporter Monique Souza presents the attractions of karate in Portuguese from its birthplace Okinawa, which karate lovers long to see. She meets a karate practitioner from Brazil in Naha City's karate dojo. There she touches the spirit of karate.