Starting in January and broadcast weekly for an entire year, taiga period dramas (“taiga” literally meaning “big river”) are the crown jewels of public broadcaster NHK’s programming lineup and a ...

TOKYO — Pubcaster NHK announced a draft for its next five-year plan on Friday, while soliciting viewers’ opinions on its website for the final version. Details, however, were in short supply. NHK said ...

Shikamo basu wa hashitteiku was the first full-fledged TV drama using films produced in 1959, which heralded the beginning of film-drama making at NHK. It was a tough transition because all we had ...

Since 1961, NHK’s daily 15-minute morning dramas (asadora) have featured culturally important stories focusing on the lives of women. The latest installment, The Tiger and Her Wings (Tora ni tsubasa), ...

NHK, which was forced to suspend production on projects due to Japan’s state of emergency in response to COVID-19, has created a trio of drama stories via telework. Among the three stories is one ...