Is NHK World Prime coming back?
NHK World Prime (2017–2024) on NHK World
The answer: Concluded March 31, 2024.
8seasons
172episodes
About NHK World Prime
NHK World Prime ended on March 31, 2024, on NHK World. The show last aired its final episode on that date, concluding its run after nearly seven years of broadcasting.
NHK World Prime was a documentary series that examined social issues through an exclusive selection of non-fiction films produced by NHK. The program showcased various people and events, providing viewers with insights into different aspects of society and culture. It first premiered in August 2017 and continued to deliver thought-provoking content until its conclusion in 2024.
The show had a typical runtime of 50 minutes per episode and covered a wide range of topics through its documentary format.
NHK World Prime episode schedule
172 aired
Aired · 172
| Date | Ep. | Title |
|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2024 | S2024·E7 | Aso Jinja: A Shinto Shrine Rises from the Rubble |
| March 30, 2024 | S2024·E6 | The Japanese Dream: Nepali Students in Japan |
| March 24, 2024 | S2024·E5 | A Fukushima Photo Album |
| March 3, 2024 | S2024·E4 | The Rise and Fall of a Crypto Star |
| February 24, 2024 | S2024·E3 | Home is Where the War is |
| February 3, 2024 | S2024·E2 | The Unknown Master of Restoration Episode 3 |
| January 27, 2024 | S2024·E1 | Karl and Tina: Season's Greetings from a Wintry Village |
| December 23, 2023 | S2023·E25 | Finding My Mirror |
| December 16, 2023 | S2023·E24 | The Falconer's Legacy |
| December 9, 2023 | S2023·E23 | Piano Girl |
| November 11, 2023 | S2023·E22 | The Day I Gave Up My Daughter |
| October 21, 2023 | S2023·E21 | Walking a Tightrope: The Filmmaker Yang Yonghi |
| September 23, 2023 | S2023·E20 | On the Frontlines of Myanmar's Civil War |
| September 9, 2023 | S2023·E19 | Staging Shared Memories - Yu Miri and Young Fukushima Actors - |
| August 5, 2023 | S2023·E18 | Ukraine's Nuclear Dilemma |
| June 17, 2023 | S2023·E17 | The Unknown Master of Restoration Episode 2 |
| June 10, 2023 | S2023·E16 | Women on the Front Line: 15% of Japan's Politicians |
| June 3, 2023 | S2023·E15 | Prayers of a Thousand Years |
| May 27, 2023 | S2023·E14 | ISSEY MIYAKE: The Human Inside the Clothes |
| April 29, 2023 | S2023·E13 | Return to an Abandoned Village: 50 Years in Tsubayama |
| April 22, 2023 | S2023·E12 | A Director's War |
| April 22, 2023 | S2023·E11 | Voices of Tohoku: What We Want From Reconstruction |
| March 26, 2023 | S2023·E10 | Taiwan's Windy Frontline Islands |
| March 25, 2023 | S2023·E9 | TOKYO SCANNING |
| March 25, 2023 | S2023·E8 | Steve Jobs and Japan |
| March 18, 2023 | S2023·E7 | Blues from the Obscure |
| March 18, 2023 | S2023·E6 | Raising a Family on Cat Island |
| March 5, 2023 | S2023·E5 | End-of-Life Guardians |
| February 25, 2023 | S2023·E4 | Why I'm at War |
| February 11, 2023 | S2023·E3 | A Voice to the Voiceless |
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| February 4, 2023 | S2023·E2 | The Red Way: The Making of a Third Term |
| January 21, 2023 | S2023·E1 | Where Will Divided America Go from Here? US Midterm Elections 2022 |
| December 31, 2022 | S2022·E28 | Danjuro: A Kabuki Star for Three Centuries |
| December 31, 2022 | S2022·E27 | Stopping the Next Pandemic: The Virus Hunters' Mission - Part 2 |
| December 24, 2022 | S2022·E26 | Poet of the Piano Fuzjko Hemming: On a Journey to Chopin's Mallorca |
| December 24, 2022 | S2022·E25 | Stopping the Next Pandemic: The Virus Hunters' Mission - Part 1 |
| December 17, 2022 | S2022·E24 | OKINAWA'S RETURN: 50 YEARS ON - Islands at Odds with Peace & Security - |
| November 19, 2022 | S2022·E23 | Mountainous Traditions |
| November 12, 2022 | S2022·E22 | JAPAN-NORTH KOREA SUMMIT: Behind the Curtain |
| October 29, 2022 | S2022·E21 | Mississippi Revealed |
| October 22, 2022 | S2022·E20 | Karl and Tina: Bountiful Autumn in the Village |
| October 8, 2022 | S2022·E19 | Land of Rising Dreams? |
| October 1, 2022 | S2022·E18 | Art is Our Voice |
| August 27, 2022 | S2022·E17 | Art of the Inland Sea |
| August 13, 2022 | S2022·E16 | Kyiv, the Resistance of Citizens |
| August 6, 2022 | S2022·E15 | Daily Life in Times of War |
| June 25, 2022 | S2022·E14 | Karl and Tina: Village Life in the Deep Snow |
| June 18, 2022 | S2022·E13 | A Teacher's Life Lesson |
| June 11, 2022 | S2022·E12 | Rainbow Family |
| May 28, 2022 | S2022·E11 | Ukraine: Prelude to a Crisis |
| April 23, 2022 | S2022·E10 | Fukushima: The Curse of Groundwater |
| March 12, 2022 | S2022·E9 | Fukushima Monologue II |
| March 5, 2022 | S2022·E8 | The Unknown Master of Restoration |
| February 26, 2022 | S2022·E7 | Reviving Tezuma: Japan's Traditional Magic |
| February 19, 2022 | S2022·E6 | Carbon Farming: A Climate Solution Under Our Feet |
| February 12, 2022 | S2022·E5 | A Monk's Lessons: Living amid Death from COVID |
| January 29, 2022 | S2022·E4 | FINDING SATOSHI |
| January 15, 2022 | S2022·E3 | Emperor Showa Speaks: The Path to War - Part 2 (1937-1941) |
| January 15, 2022 | S2022·E2 | Emperor Showa Speaks: The Path to War - Part 1 (1928-1937) |
| January 8, 2022 | S2022·E1 | Heirs of the Red Gene: A Century of Chinese Communist Rule |
| December 18, 2021 | S2021·E26 | War and Disease: A Vaccine Tragedy |
| December 11, 2021 | S2021·E25 | War and Disease: Falling to Malaria |
| December 4, 2021 | S2021·E24 | Finding Mr. Kondo: Tracing the Life of a Wartime Illustrator |
| November 27, 2021 | S2021·E23 | My School of Many Colors |
| November 20, 2021 | S2021·E22 | Sahel Rosa — A War Orphan's Journey |
| October 23, 2021 | S2021·E21 | A Maiko's Coiffure: Beautiful Ties in Kyoto |
| October 16, 2021 | S2021·E20 | We're Not "Gaijin"! |
| September 11, 2021 | S2021·E19 | Empty Homes, Shattered Dreams: China's "Ghost Castles" |
| August 28, 2021 | S2021·E18 | A Man Who Aligned Japan with the Nazis |
| August 21, 2021 | S2021·E17 | Karl and Tina: Embracing Village Life in Japan |
| July 31, 2021 | S2021·E16 | The Lifesaving Fuel Train |
| July 17, 2021 | S2021·E15 | Seek Nothing, Just Sit |
| June 26, 2021 | S2021·E14 | Eyes in a Crisis |
| May 29, 2021 | S2021·E13 | Social Media and the Tides of Democracy |
| May 15, 2021 | S2021·E12 | Hearing the Voice of Nakamura Tetsu |
| May 8, 2021 | S2021·E11 | Recovery in 300,000 Pictures |
| April 17, 2021 | S2021·E10 | "War Victims Die Twice" |
| April 10, 2021 | S2021·E9 | Enku: The Enigma of a Wandering Sculptor Monk |
| April 3, 2021 | S2021·E8 | Fukushima Monologue |
| March 27, 2021 | S2021·E7 | Generation 3.11: A Decade Journey |
| March 13, 2021 | S2021·E6 | Global Commons Stewardship |
| March 6, 2021 | S2021·E5 | KEN WATANABE - A Compassionate View: The decade since the Great East Japan Earthquake |
| February 27, 2021 | S2021·E4 | Gifts from a Parent's Deathbed |
| January 23, 2021 | S2021·E3 | Great Race: You'll Never Run Alone |
| January 16, 2021 | S2021·E2 | 3/11 - The Tsunami: The First Year |
| January 9, 2021 | S2021·E1 | 3/11 - The Tsunami: The First 3 Days |
| December 26, 2020 | S2020·E26 | Untold Stories of the Battle of Okinawa: Women and Teens on the Frontline |
| November 28, 2020 | S2020·E25 | Koza, Okinawa: Base Town Blues |
| November 21, 2020 | S2020·E24 | Faces the Special - Voices of Hope for an Inclusive Future - |
| November 14, 2020 | S2020·E23 | Poisonous Secrets: What did Japan and the US bury? |
| November 7, 2020 | S2020·E22 | The Lost Textile of Ryukyu |
| October 29, 2020 | S2020·E21 | AI vs Pandemic: Part 2 |
| October 16, 2020 | S2020·E20 | AI vs Pandemic: Part 1 |
| October 2, 2020 | S2020·E19 | The Shape of Sound: A Piano Paints the Seasons of Nara |
| September 18, 2020 | S2020·E18 | Exposing the Coronavirus: Our Invisible Enemy in 3DCG |
| September 11, 2020 | S2020·E17 | Tsuruko's Tea Journey in Germany |
| August 21, 2020 | S2020·E16 | Pandemic Diaries: How the Emergency Declaration Affected Us |
| July 24, 2020 | S2020·E15 | Peace and Justice: The Spirit of Japan's Postwar Constitution |
| June 20, 2020 | S2020·E14 | Oswald and JFK Unsolved Cases Part 2: The Chessmaster |
| June 13, 2020 | S2020·E13 | Oswald and JFK Unsolved Cases Part 1: The Pawn |
| May 29, 2020 | S2020·E12 | OKINA Dance of Life |
| May 15, 2020 | S2020·E11 | Journalism of Hope |
| May 8, 2020 | S2020·E10 | 10 Years and Beyond: iPS Cells and Kyoto University's CiRA |
| April 24, 2020 | S2020·E9 | Digital Detectives |
| April 3, 2020 | S2020·E8 | Dignity for All: The Legacy of Sadako Ogata |
| February 28, 2020 | S2020·E7 | Refugee Heroes: The Road to Tokyo |
| February 21, 2020 | S2020·E6 | Stumbling Toward the Precipice |
| February 7, 2020 | S2020·E5 | All That Remains |
| January 31, 2020 | S2020·E4 | 8K Documentary: The Microscopic World of iPS Cells |
| January 17, 2020 | S2020·E3 | MIYAKO, The Last Dance |
| January 10, 2020 | S2020·E2 | Repatriation: Resettling in North Korea |
| January 3, 2020 | S2020·E1 | SAMURAI WALL |
| December 27, 2019 | S2019·E26 | No More Plastic: In Search of a Sustainable Future - Part 2: Frontlines of Global Business |
| December 21, 2019 | S2019·E25 | No More Plastic: In Search of a Sustainable Future - Part 1: Clearing Plastic from the Ocean |
| December 13, 2019 | S2019·E24 | Digging the Untold History |
| November 15, 2019 | S2019·E23 | Henoko: Living with an American Base |
| November 8, 2019 | S2019·E22 | Chinese Internet Celebrities: Influencing the Huge Online Market |
| October 18, 2019 | S2019·E21 | 1971 - Japanese Rugby Takes On England, And The World |
| October 11, 2019 | S2019·E20 | The Lives of Japanese War Brides in America: Part 2 |
| October 4, 2019 | S2019·E19 | The Lives of Japanese War Brides in America: Part 1 |
| September 27, 2019 | S2019·E18 | The United Red Army: A Troubled Legacy |
| September 20, 2019 | S2019·E17 | Helping Hands - The Lives of Atomic Bomb Orphans |
| September 13, 2019 | S2019·E16 | MATAGI - Worshipping Bears |
| September 6, 2019 | S2019·E15 | The Spirit of Kendo: The Path of No Regret |
| August 23, 2019 | S2019·E14 | Hope in the Dark |
| August 16, 2019 | S2019·E13 | I too was a Child of Camp. |
| July 19, 2019 | S2019·E12 | Bettering Tibet |
| July 5, 2019 | S2019·E11 | A Journey through Genders |
| May 24, 2019 | S2019·E9 | Split-Screen Documentary: Nuclear Ghost Town - After 8 Years |
| May 17, 2019 | S2019·E8 | Battling a Radiation Emergency: The Doctors at Fukushima Part 2 |
| May 10, 2019 | S2019·E7 | Battling a Radiation Emergency: The Doctors at Fukushima Part 1 |
| March 30, 2019 | S2019·E6 | Vessel of Friendship: An Untold Story |
| March 16, 2019 | S2019·E5 | A Vanished Dream: Wartime Story of My Japanese Grandfather |
| February 16, 2019 | S2019·E4 | Class Struggle: Changes to China's Education System |
| February 9, 2019 | S2019·E3 | Reviving Kumamoto Castle |
| January 19, 2019 | S2019·E2 | Epic Challenge: A Race Across the Japanese Alps |
| January 12, 2019 | S2019·E1 | A Doctor Beside the Deathbed |
| December 29, 2018 | S2018·E27 | Manzanar Revealed |
| November 24, 2018 | S2018·E26 | The Pianist in the Rubble |
| November 17, 2018 | S2018·E25 | An 18-Year-Old's Departure |
| October 27, 2018 | S2018·E24 | China's Largest Relocation Policy: Part 2 |
| October 20, 2018 | S2018·E23 | China's Largest Relocation Policy: Part 1 |
| October 13, 2018 | S2018·E22 | Life at the Bottom of China's Labor Market |
| September 29, 2018 | S2018·E21 | A World of Boisterous Silence |
| September 22, 2018 | S2018·E20 | Hearing the Voices of Nagasaki Survivors |
| August 18, 2018 | S2018·E19 | Mt. Ishizuchi: Mountain of the Gods |
| August 11, 2018 | S2018·E18 | Houses for Peace: Exploring the Legacy of Floyd Schmoe |
| July 28, 2018 | S2018·E17 | A Life with Flowers |
| July 14, 2018 | S2018·E16 | Nike's Backstory: Unknown Bonds with Japan |
| June 30, 2018 | S2018·E15 | I Was a Caged Bird: Psychiatric Hospitalization in Japan |
| June 23, 2018 | S2018·E14 | Survivor Trees: Hiroshima Revealed |
| June 9, 2018 | S2018·E12 | Lives Overshadowed by Crime: The Wakayama Curry Poisoning Incident |
| June 2, 2018 | S2018·E11 | Lives Overshadowed by Crime: The Underground Website Murder |
| April 21, 2018 | S2018·E10 | The Changing Face of Greed: A Power of Darkness Awakens - Part 2 |
| April 14, 2018 | S2018·E9 | The Changing Face of Greed: A Power of Darkness Awakens - Part 1 |
| March 31, 2018 | S2018·E8 | Tsuruko's Tea Journey |
| March 17, 2018 | S2018·E7 | Setsuko Thurlow's Quest: A World Without Nuclear Weapons |
| March 10, 2018 | S2018·E6 | The Fisherman and the Forest |
| February 24, 2018 | S2018·E5 | Chasing the Father's Shadow: Vietnamese Children of Japanese Soldiers |
| February 3, 2018 | S2018·E4 | Valens's Return Home: A Rwandan Genocide Offender 22 Years On |
| January 27, 2018 | S2018·E3 | Strategy Gone Awry: Revisiting the US Air Raids on Japan |
| January 13, 2018 | S2018·E2 | Between Two Homes: A 102-Year Old Japanese Woman in South Korea |
| January 6, 2018 | S2018·E1 | One Last Vision: A Photographer's Final Journey |
| December 16, 2017 | S2017·E8 | Fukushima Mothers |
| December 9, 2017 | S2017·E7 | An Honest Death - A Palliative Care Doctor's Final Days |
| December 2, 2017 | S2017·E6 | Boxing Woman |
| November 18, 2017 | S2017·E5 | Legendary Giant Tree of Yakushima |
| October 28, 2017 | S2017·E4 | Miatari Finders |
| October 21, 2017 | S2017·E3 | A Single Pen: The World of Artist Manabu Ikeda |
| October 14, 2017 | S2017·E2 | Detroit Revealed - My Grandfather John Hersey and America |
| October 7, 2017 | S2017·E1 | Painting with Soul |
| August 19, 2017 | S2017·E9 | Rescuing the Lost Battalion - The Story behind the "Heroes" |