Episodes
1. Karl and Tina: Season's Greetings from a Wintry Village
27 Jan 2024 · 49 min
As snow blankets their remote mountain community with its traditional Japanese houses, Karl and Tina Bengs gather with neighbors to celebrate the season, and look forward to the arrival of spring.
2. The Unknown Master of Restoration Episode 3
3 Feb 2024 · 49 min
Mayuyama Koji is an art restorer tasked by antique dealers and museums with returning broken works to their former glory. His previously unrevealed techniques earned him the nickname "God Hand."
3. Home Is Where the War Is
24 Feb 2024 · 50 min
Returning home after five years, a Ukrainian journalist living in Japan confronted the harsh realities of war. She created an intimate documentary, showing how life has been upended.
4. The Rise and Fall of a Crypto Star
3 Mar 2024 · 49 min
Sam Bankman-Fried was a young billionaire before his cryptocurrency exchange collapsed and he was convicted of fraud. Was he a visionary or scammer? We explore the wild and disruptive world of crypto.
5. A Fukushima Photo Album
24 Mar 2024 · 50 min
In Fukushima, an "Abukuma Romantic Road" photo contest was held in 2010, the year before the nuclear accident. We seek out the people behind the photos and discover how life has changed for them.
6. The Japanese Dream: Nepali Students in Japan
30 Mar 2024 · 49 min
An increasing number of Nepali youths are traveling to Japan to study, hoping to repay their migration debts and make lives for themselves, but they face the harsh realities of Japanese society.
7. Aso Jinja: A Shinto Shrine Rises from the Rubble
31 Mar 2024 · 49 min
This shrine in Kumamoto Pref. was razed in the 2016 earthquake. The seven-year restoration fused traditional craftsmanship with the latest technology.
NHK WORLD PRIME Season 8: quick answers
How many episodes are in NHK WORLD PRIME Season 8?
Season 8 of NHK WORLD PRIME has 7 episodes, about 6 hours in total.
When did NHK WORLD PRIME Season 8 come out?
Season 8 premiered on 27 Jan 2024.