Is Documentary 360 coming back?
Documentary 360 (1999–present) on NHK World
The answer: Currently airing — last episode May 10, 2026.
23seasons
409episodes
About Documentary 360
Documentary 360 is currently between seasons on NHK World. Its most recent episode aired on March 15, 2026, and no new episodes have been announced yet.
This series is a documentary program that began in 1999, offering in-depth explorations of political, economic, and social issues affecting Japan and the world. Over the years, it has covered a wide range of topics, providing viewers with detailed insights into current affairs and global challenges.
Each episode has a runtime of approximately 53 minutes, making it a comprehensive and detailed series for viewers interested in global and Japanese issues.
Documentary 360 episode schedule
409 aired
Aired · 409
| Date | Ep. | Title |
|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2026 | S2026·E19 | K2 West Face: The Legacy of Two Climbers |
| May 9, 2026 | S2026·E18 | Missing Bitcoins: Inside the Mt. Gox Crypto Heist |
| April 26, 2026 | S2026·E17 | World War II in 8K Part 1: Fervor 1937-1940 |
| April 25, 2026 | S2026·E16 | Fukushima Nuclear Accident: The Secret Containment Mission |
| April 12, 2026 | S2026·E15 | Silenced Witness: Nagasaki in the eyes of a US combat artist |
| March 29, 2026 | S2026·E14 | MICHIKO |
| March 28, 2026 | S2026·E13 | Lighting the Future: The Asian University for Women |
| March 22, 2026 | S2026·E12 | Nosari: Gifts from the Mountain Gods |
| March 15, 2026 | S2026·E11 | Under Occupation: The Reality of Russification |
| March 14, 2026 | S2026·E10 | Fact-Checking America Inside PolitiFact |
| March 10, 2026 | S2026·E9 | The Wind Phone: From Japan to the World |
| February 22, 2026 | S2026·E8 | Unsolved Cases: The Beltracchi Scandal: The Master Forger Who Fooled the World |
| February 14, 2026 | S2026·E7 | Mahathir: Through the Winds of 100 Years |
| February 8, 2026 | S2026·E6 | The Truth Behind the "Bear Crisis" |
| January 31, 2026 | S2026·E5 | Inside the Los Angeles Wildfire Recovery |
| January 25, 2026 | S2026·E4 | Unsolved Cases: How Land Swindlers Deceived a Housing Giant |
| January 24, 2026 | S2026·E3 | An Israeli Village: Coexistence and Conflict |
| January 10, 2026 | S2026·E2 | Blind Spot: Unseen Neighbors |
| January 4, 2026 | S2026·E1 | Protecting Life and Hope Inside a Pediatric ICU |
| December 28, 2025 | S2025·E57 | NEO-JAPONISM: Senke Jusshoku: The Ten Craft Families of Tea Ceremony |
| December 27, 2025 | S2025·E56 | Reborn as AI: My Son's Story |
| December 21, 2025 | S2025·E55 | NEO-JAPONISM: Bon Odori: Rhythm and Connection |
| December 20, 2025 | S2025·E54 | In the Wake of Agent Orange: 50 Years After the Vietnam War |
| December 14, 2025 | S2025·E53 | Japan's Ongoing Challenges: The Long Path to Gender Equality |
| December 13, 2025 | S2025·E52 | Fading Homeland |
| December 7, 2025 | S2025·E51 | Japan's Ongoing Challenges: Hope at Life's End: From the Land of Longevity |
| December 6, 2025 | S2025·E50 | Elderly Cardboard Collectors: South Korea's Aging Society |
| November 30, 2025 | S2025·E49 | The Isolado Reemerge: Unknown Depths of the Amazon |
| November 29, 2025 | S2025·E48 | The Young Virtuosos: Inside the Chopin Competition |
| November 22, 2025 | S2025·E47 | The World Is Filled with Words: A Deaf Photographer's Journey |
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| November 8, 2025 | S2025·E46 | Human-Elephant Conflict: Sri Lanka |
| November 2, 2025 | S2025·E45 | Unsolved Cases: The North Korean Abductions Part 2 |
| November 2, 2025 | S2025·E44 | Unsolved Cases: The North Korean Abductions Part 1 |
| October 25, 2025 | S2025·E43 | Living in the Grasslands |
| October 19, 2025 | S2025·E42 | One Man's Quest: Reviving Japan's Semiconductor Industry |
| October 18, 2025 | S2025·E41 | Hikikomori Pilgrimage |
| October 11, 2025 | S2025·E40 | Letters on Hiroshima: Americans Who Wrote of the Atomic Bomb |
| September 28, 2025 | S2025·E39 | Japan's Ongoing Challenges: A Testament to Japanese Diplomacy |
| September 27, 2025 | S2025·E38 | STATELESS: The Japanese Left Behind in the Philippines |
| September 21, 2025 | S2025·E37 | Japan's Ongoing Challenges: Inside the Bond Issue Team |
| September 20, 2025 | S2025·E36 | Searching for the Japanese Midwife who Delivered Me |
| September 13, 2025 | S2025·E35 | Picture Brides: Echoes from Beyond the Frontier |
| August 31, 2025 | S2025·E34 | Hiroshima Ground Zero: Eyewitness Accounts of 78 A-Bomb Survivors |
| August 30, 2025 | S2025·E33 | The Atomic Bomb on Trial |
| August 24, 2025 | S2025·E32 | Quantum Entanglement - Einstein's Final Mystery |
| August 18, 2025 | S2025·E31 | Dance from the Darkness |
| August 10, 2025 | S2025·E30 | Kamikaze: An untold History Part 2 |
| August 9, 2025 | S2025·E29 | Kamikaze: An untold History Part 1 |
| July 20, 2025 | S2025·E28 | NEO-JAPONISM: DESIGN: The Magic of Japanese Craftsmanship |
| July 13, 2025 | S2025·E27 | NEO-JAPONISM: FOOD: Globalized Japanese Cuisine |
| July 6, 2025 | S2025·E26 | NEO-JAPONISM: J-POP: Vocaloid Goes Global |
| July 5, 2025 | S2025·E25 | Shinobu: Somebody Hear My Voice |
| June 28, 2025 | S2025·E24 | Railway Journey Across the Taklamakan Desert |
| June 15, 2025 | S2025·E23 | Forging Links: A Story of Wajima Lacquerware Artisans |
| June 7, 2025 | S2025·E22 | Wings Over Walls: Tearing Down the 20% Barrier |
| May 25, 2025 | S2025·E21 | "Will we be ready?": Lessons from the Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake |
| May 24, 2025 | S2025·E20 | The Saga of Thalidomide Poisoning: The Lives of Thalidomiders: 60 Years On |
| May 3, 2025 | S2025·E19 | Witnesses to the Cambodian Genocide |
| April 27, 2025 | S2025·E18 | Kyiv Express: Ukraine's Everlasting Night Train |
| April 27, 2025 | S2025·E17 | ON THE EDGE: Daughters of Ukraine: Women on the Front Line |
| April 26, 2025 | S2025·E16 | Save and Be Saved: The Battle of Atomic Bomb Victims |
| April 20, 2025 | S2025·E15 | ON THE EDGE: The Deadly Escape Game of Refugees |
| April 19, 2025 | S2025·E14 | Lot 1000: The Place and the People |
| March 23, 2025 | S2025·E13 | Photographing the Edge: Life and Death at 8,000 Meters |
| March 22, 2025 | S2025·E12 | Raised in Hiroshima, Fought in Vietnam |
| March 16, 2025 | S2025·E11 | Flowers Still Bloom at Home: One Year after the Noto Earthquake |
| March 9, 2025 | S2025·E10 | 72 Crucial Hours: Responding to the Noto Earthquake |
| March 8, 2025 | S2025·E9 | Indictment: Survivors of Sexual Violence in Kosovo 25 Years Later |
| February 22, 2025 | S2025·E8 | My Grandfather's Story: A Japanese Holdout in Indonesia |
| February 16, 2025 | S2025·E7 | INNOVATIVE INVESTIGATIONS: Blind Spots in Climate Measures |
| February 15, 2025 | S2025·E6 | Kalakasan: Empowering Filipino Women in Japan |
| February 9, 2025 | S2025·E5 | 58 Stolen Years: Two Siblings on the Road to Freedom |
| February 2, 2025 | S2025·E4 | Meals for One: Recipes to Soothe the Soul |
| January 26, 2025 | S2025·E3 | Discharged by Death: Dark Records from a Japanese Mental Hospital |
| January 19, 2025 | S2025·E2 | Seeds of Peace: Bright Young Minds on the Path to Nuclear Abolition |
| January 18, 2025 | S2025·E1 | Egg Farming Family |
| December 29, 2024 | S2024·E21 | Decoding the Chinese Document Leaks |
| December 22, 2024 | S2024·E20 | Hiroshima's Tower of Life |
| December 15, 2024 | S2024·E19 | Why Did My Husband Die?: Unsealing the Secrets of Radiation Exposure |
| November 24, 2024 | S2024·E18 | Amazing Story of a Frozen River |
| October 27, 2024 | S2024·E17 | "Until the last one is dead": Voices from the Battle of Saipan |
| October 20, 2024 | S2024·E16 | I Owe My Life to You, Doc: A Seaside Clinic Diary |
| September 29, 2024 | S2024·E15 | Sexual Exploitation of Minors Part 2: The International CSAM Trade |
| September 22, 2024 | S2024·E14 | Sexual Exploitation of Minors Part 1: Japan's Voyeurism Problem |
| September 8, 2024 | S2024·E13 | Kamila Valieva: Despair on the Ice - The Fate of Russian Athletes |
| August 18, 2024 | S2024·E12 | Chasing Perfection: Four Seasons with Japan's Master Gardeners |
| July 14, 2024 | S2024·E11 | The Missing: Lost Loved Ones with Dementia |
| June 30, 2024 | S2024·E10 | Decommissioning Fukushima 2024: Roadmap on the Brink |
| June 23, 2024 | S2024·E9 | The H3 Rocket: Flight After Failure |
| June 16, 2024 | S2024·E8 | Local Officials Speak Out: Remembering the Disaster |
| May 26, 2024 | S2024·E7 | This is Our Sea: Fukushima's Fishers after the Nuclear Accident |
| May 5, 2024 | S2024·E6 | Justice Redefined: Ukraine's Frontline Journalists |
| April 14, 2024 | S2024·E5 | Ukraine's Civilian Soldiers: The War Recorded on Smartphones |
| April 7, 2024 | S2024·E4 | New Era of J-POP and K-POP: Setting the World on Fire |
| March 31, 2024 | S2024·E3 | INNOVATIVE INVESTIGATIONS - North Korea's Black Box: Secret Missile Development |
| February 25, 2024 | S2024·E2 | INNOVATIVE INVESTIGATIONS: The Truth Behind China's Economic Stagnation |
| January 21, 2024 | S2024·E1 | Living as "2nd-Generation" of Religious Devotees |
| December 10, 2023 | S2023·E18 | Mystery Man of the A-Bomb |
| November 19, 2023 | S2023·E17 | The Great Kanto Earthquake - Three Days of Ruin in Tokyo: Part 2 |
| November 12, 2023 | S2023·E16 | The Great Kanto Earthquake - Three Days of Ruin in Tokyo: Part 1 |
| October 22, 2023 | S2023·E15 | Youth Falling into a Life of Crime |
| October 1, 2023 | S2023·E14 | The Devil's Gorge: Mapping No Man's Land in the Himalayas |
| August 13, 2023 | S2023·E13 | Reviving Japan's Economy: Breaking Free of 3 Decades of Stagnation |
| July 2, 2023 | S2023·E12 | Mapping the Recovery: Shoots of Hope in Japan's 2011 Disaster Zone |
| June 18, 2023 | S2023·E11 | A Hospital Once Stood by the Sea: 12 Years since the Tsunami |
| May 28, 2023 | S2023·E10 | Ukraine under Attack: 72 Hours in the Presidential Office Part 2 |
| May 21, 2023 | S2023·E9 | Ukraine under Attack: 72 Hours in the Presidential Office Part 1 |
| April 23, 2023 | S2023·E8 | UN Security Council: Battlefield of Words |
| April 16, 2023 | S2023·E7 | A Nation Built on Trade: Japan in a Deglobalizing World |
| March 26, 2023 | S2023·E6 | My Mom Has Dementia: A Neuroscientist's Care Diary |
| March 12, 2023 | S2023·E5 | Humans vs. Wildfires |
| March 5, 2023 | S2023·E4 | Shining Lives: Living with Developmental Disabilities |
| February 19, 2023 | S2023·E3 | North Korea: Kim Jong Un's Deepening Radicalism |
| January 29, 2023 | S2023·E2 | OSO18 - In Pursuit of a Deadly Bear |
| January 22, 2023 | S2023·E1 | Hong Kong's Changing Tides: Freedom and Democracy in High Water |
| November 27, 2022 | S2022·E11 | Will to Survive: 900 Days in the COVID Ward |
| November 6, 2022 | S2022·E10 | 8000 Stolen Futures: The Children at the Center of the A-Bomb |
| October 30, 2022 | S2022·E9 | Tamahagane: Miracle Steel of Japanese Swords |
| October 16, 2022 | S2022·E8 | Conveying the Horrors of War: Ukraine's Frontline Journalists |
| September 11, 2022 | S2022·E7 | Tracking China's Mystery Ships: The Race for Seabed Supremacy |
| August 28, 2022 | S2022·E6 | From Foe to Fortune: Living with Nuisance Wildlife |
| July 17, 2022 | S2022·E5 | Young Carers: A Silent Cry for Help |
| June 19, 2022 | S2022·E4 | Myanmar Conflict: No End in Sight |
| May 22, 2022 | S2022·E3 | Diary of a Nun's Abundant Kitchen |
| March 13, 2022 | S2022·E2 | Resurgence of the Seas: Natural Spectacles in Northern Waters |
| January 23, 2022 | S2022·E1 | The Impact of the EV Shift: Japan's Carmakers at a Crossroads |
| December 19, 2021 | S2021·E27 | The Pride of Yokozuna: Hakuho's Lone Battle |
| November 14, 2021 | S2021·E26 | The Dementia Mentors: Lessons from my Senior Peers |
| October 31, 2021 | S2021·E25 | Prayers for the Pandemic: 1,300 Years of Ritual at Todaiji |
| October 10, 2021 | S2021·E24 | Who Will Protect You?: Global Warming Unleashes Torrential Rain |
| October 3, 2021 | S2021·E23 | 2030 At a Crossroads to the Future: AI Warfare - The Dark Abyss of Autonomous Weapons |
| September 19, 2021 | S2021·E22 | Myanmar in Turmoil: The Inside Story on the Military Crackdown |
| September 11, 2021 | S2021·E21 | Vision Hackers: Updated Takes on Saving the World |
| September 5, 2021 | S2021·E20 | TOKYO REBORN: Shibuya - Transforming a "Monster" |
| August 22, 2021 | S2021·E19 | Choose Life: Helping Young People at Risk |
| August 8, 2021 | S2021·E18 | TOKYO REBORN: The Metropolitan Expressway - The City's Artery |
| July 26, 2021 | S2021·E17 | 2030 At a Crossroads to the Future: Playing God - Editing the Building Blocks of Life |
| June 27, 2021 | S2021·E16 | 2030 At a Crossroads to the Future: Plastic Pollution - The Toxic Cost of Mass Consumption |
| June 20, 2021 | S2021·E15 | Unknown Stories Revealed by Fixed-Point Cameras |
| May 30, 2021 | S2021·E14 | Decommissioning Fukushima 2021: Ten Years on from the Nuclear Accident |
| May 23, 2021 | S2021·E13 | Inasa: Whispers on the Wind |
| May 9, 2021 | S2021·E12 | Voices of the Children: 10 Years After the Disaster |
| May 2, 2021 | S2021·E11 | 2030 At a Crossroads to the Future: Hunger Pandemic - The Catastrophic Cost of Excess |
| April 25, 2021 | S2021·E10 | Myanmar Coup: Digital Resistance |
| April 18, 2021 | S2021·E9 | Origins of the Pandemic: Part 2 Uncontrolled Spread |
| April 11, 2021 | S2021·E8 | Origins of the Pandemic: Part 1 The Beginning |
| March 21, 2021 | S2021·E7 | 2030 At a Crossroads to the Future: Climate in Crisis - Realizing a Net Zero World |
| February 28, 2021 | S2021·E6 | Tsuneta Daiki: Creation through Destruction |
| February 14, 2021 | S2021·E5 | Miracle Body: Breaking Limits with Hyper-Adaptability |
| February 8, 2021 | S2021·E4 | COVID-19: AI Decodes the Research |
| January 31, 2021 | S2021·E3 | Women's Livelihoods in Crisis: Bearing the Brunt of the Pandemic |
| January 18, 2021 | S2021·E2 | Dying Out of Sight: Hikikomori in an Aging Japan |
| January 4, 2021 | S2021·E1 | Digital vs. Real: Digital Twin - The End of Privacy? |
| December 27, 2020 | S2020·E38 | Digital vs. Real: Infodemic - The Onslaught of Fake News |
| December 7, 2020 | S2020·E37 | Inferno: Letters from Auschwitz |
| November 30, 2020 | S2020·E36 | Hong Kong in Turmoil: A Crisis of Identity |
| November 22, 2020 | S2020·E35 | Tokyo Miracle City: Shinise - Tokyo's Time-Honored Businesses |
| November 15, 2020 | S2020·E34 | COVID-19 Pandemic: Transforming the Way We Work |
| November 1, 2020 | S2020·E33 | The Battle of Okinawa |
| October 18, 2020 | S2020·E32 | Tokyo Miracle City: Anime - Captivating the World Frame by Frame |
| October 11, 2020 | S2020·E31 | Leaving No One Behind |
| October 4, 2020 | S2020·E30 | Tokyo Miracle City: Gargantuan Rail Network - The Passionate Pursuit of Punctuality |
| September 27, 2020 | S2020·E29 | Civilians in the Crossfire: The Battle of Okinawa |
| September 19, 2020 | S2020·E28 | COVID-19 Pandemic: 132 Critical Days (Part 2) |
| September 14, 2020 | S2020·E27 | COVID-19 Pandemic: 132 Critical Days (Part 1) |
| September 7, 2020 | S2020·E26 | Abe Shinzo Resigns: What Next for Japan? |
| August 31, 2020 | S2020·E25 | Tokyo Miracle City: Gourmet Capital - Keeping Alive the Spirit of Tsukiji |
| July 27, 2020 | S2020·E24 | Battling the Virus: On the Front Lines of Medical Care |
| July 20, 2020 | S2020·E23 | Deadly Rain: Finding the "Switch" to Save Lives |
| July 13, 2020 | S2020·E22 | Bearman of Hokkaido |
| July 6, 2020 | S2020·E21 | COVID-19: The Next Wave |
| June 29, 2020 | S2020·E20 | A Fight on Two Fronts: Floods and the Coronavirus |
| June 14, 2020 | S2020·E19 | The Iron Road |
| June 6, 2020 | S2020·E18 | We're In This Together: Life with the pandemic |
| June 1, 2020 | S2020·E17 | The Path Forward: Surviving the "With Corona" Era |
| May 25, 2020 | S2020·E16 | COVID-19: Big Data Battles the Virus |
| May 16, 2020 | S2020·E15 | Coronavirus: Exit Which Way? |
| May 9, 2020 | S2020·E14 | COVID-19: Battle on the Cruise Ship |
| May 2, 2020 | S2020·E13 | The Coronavirus State of Emergency: Medical and Economic Prospects |
| April 25, 2020 | S2020·E12 | COVID-19: Japan Under a State of Emergency |
| April 18, 2020 | S2020·E11 | Battle on the Brink: The Coronavirus Crisis |
| April 12, 2020 | S2020·E10 | COVID-19: Preventing an Explosive Surge of Infections |
| April 4, 2020 | S2020·E9 | The Mystery of the 40-Meter Tsunami: The Great East Japan Disaster |
| April 3, 2020 | S2020·E8 | The Corona Shock: Can We Avoid an Economic Crisis? |
| March 28, 2020 | S2020·E7 | Invisible Homeless: People Living in Cars |
| March 26, 2020 | S2020·E6 | COVID-19: Fighting a Pandemic |
| March 21, 2020 | S2020·E5 | The Huawei Shock |
| March 14, 2020 | S2020·E4 | The Children of the Earthquake |
| February 22, 2020 | S2020·E3 | Living Dementia |
| January 25, 2020 | S2020·E2 | My Notebooks: Seven Years of Tiny Great Adventures |
| January 18, 2020 | S2020·E1 | The Leonardo da Vinci Enigma: Unraveling the Secrets of Genius |
| December 21, 2019 | S2019·E26 | The Supreme Imperial Collection: The Shosoin Treasures and the Birth of Japan |
| December 14, 2019 | S2019·E25 | The Words of Emperor Showa: Records of Imperial Audiences |
| November 30, 2019 | S2019·E24 | "Death Doulas" for Businesses: End-of-Life Care for Dying Companies |
| November 9, 2019 | S2019·E23 | The Great Metropolitan Blackout: Preparing for Crisis |
| October 12, 2019 | S2019·E22 | The Fall of Freedom - How a newspaper led Japan to war |
| October 5, 2019 | S2019·E21 | The People and Their Emperor |
| September 28, 2019 | S2019·E20 | A New Peace Memorial Museum: Passing on Hiroshima's Message |
| September 21, 2019 | S2019·E19 | Hyakumikai: A Rare Glimpse into Kyoto's Inner Parlors |
| September 14, 2019 | S2019·E18 | Han-gure: An Emerging Threat to Society |
| August 31, 2019 | S2019·E17 | Death of a Dream: Vietnamese Workers in Japan |
| August 24, 2019 | S2019·E16 | A Right to the End |
| August 17, 2019 | S2019·E15 | Who Will Protect You? Global Warming Unleashes Torrential Rain |
| July 20, 2019 | S2019·E14 | From Despair to Recovery: The Era of Regenerative Medicine |
| July 6, 2019 | S2019·E13 | US-China Tech War |
| June 29, 2019 | S2019·E12 | AI Robots: Friend or Foe? |
| June 22, 2019 | S2019·E11 | New Roles in a Changing World: The Japan Self-Defense Forces |
| June 15, 2019 | S2019·E10 | Yui and Bailey the Therapy Dog |
| May 25, 2019 | S2019·E9 | Nobel Laureate Salaryman: Staying Ahead in Science and Technology |
| May 18, 2019 | S2019·E8 | Decommissioning Fukushima Daiichi: Tackling Nuclear Fuel Debris |
| April 21, 2019 | S2019·E7 | Aurá: Last Survivor of An Unknown Tribe |
| April 14, 2019 | S2019·E6 | Black Tsunami |
| March 30, 2019 | S2019·E5 | Rescue Triage: Learning from Disasters |
| February 24, 2019 | S2019·E4 | Tokyo's Lost Islands: Sofugan |
| February 17, 2019 | S2019·E3 | Tokyo's Lost Islands: Minami Iwo-to |
| January 27, 2019 | S2019·E2 | The Choshi River: Seeing the Unseeable |
| January 20, 2019 | S2019·E1 | Orcas: Mysterious Gathering at Shiretoko |
| December 30, 2018 | S2018·E35 | Roots of TOKYO: Edo, City of Fire |
| December 29, 2018 | S2018·E34 | Roots of TOKYO: Edo, City of Water |
| December 23, 2018 | S2018·E33 | AI: Shaping the Future |
| December 16, 2018 | S2018·E32 | Hiroshima: Solving the Genetic Puzzle |
| December 9, 2018 | S2018·E31 | Finding Einstein's Brain |
| December 2, 2018 | S2018·E30 | Sperm Crisis |
| November 25, 2018 | S2018·E29 | THE BODY: Longevity - Secrets of Aging Well |
| November 18, 2018 | S2018·E28 | THE BODY: The Beginnings of Life - Prenatal Chats of Mother and Baby |
| November 11, 2018 | S2018·E27 | THE BODY: Brain - Mechanisms of Inspiration and Memory |
| November 4, 2018 | S2018·E26 | A Big Circus Family |
| October 28, 2018 | S2018·E25 | Nebuta 2018: Love and Rivalry |
| October 21, 2018 | S2018·E24 | THE BODY: Gut - Key to a Healthy Immune System |
| October 14, 2018 | S2018·E23 | THE BODY: Bones - Fountain of Youth and Power |
…and 179 earlier episodes not shown. Long-running show.