This week, NHK WORLD-JAPAN highlights a selection of programs that delve into significant scientific and cultural subjects. The coverage includes an in-depth analysis of last year’s catastrophic earthquake in Japan, revealing new insights through video analysis. Additionally, there is a focus on the revival of a traditional Samurai Festival in Fukushima, an event deeply rooted in the region’s heritage but impacted by natural and nuclear disasters. Also featured is an exclusive interview with Professor Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University, a recent Nobel Prize laureate for his groundbreaking work on stem cells, offering potential revolutionary changes in medical care and biological science.
- Detailed scientific studies analyze last year’s catastrophic earthquake in Japan, using video footage to identify how seismic sources affected buildings.
- Fukushima’s annual Samurai Festival, a tradition over 1,000 years old, faces challenges in revival after being hit by the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis.
- Professor Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University discusses his Nobel Prize-winning work on stem cells, known as IPS cells, and its potential to transform medical care and biological science.
NHK WORLD-JAPAN is “the international service of Japan’s public media organization NHK.” NHK World-Japan is operated by Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK). The goal of NHK World-Japan is stated as “to promote a deeper international understanding of Japan, introducing the latest events in Japan through news and other programs.”
“Overall, we rate NHK World-Japan Left-Center biased based on story selection that slightly favors the left. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to a clean fact check record.”
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