Japan
A collection of programmes and clips relating to Japan
Shine Like Tokyo - Northern Soul Goes East!
DJ Annie Nightingale looks at how Northern Soul music has become popular in Japan.
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Land Of The Rising Sums
Alex Bellos visits Japan to discover why Asian cultures seem so much better at maths.
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Shinto—In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Japanese belief system of Shinto.
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Cult of Girls—Four Thought, Series 4
Sharon Kinsella explores the Japanese 'cult of girls'.
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Mastering the Art of the Kimono
Japan: Roland Buerk explores why the kimono industry in Japan is in steep decline.
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The Samurai—In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history and myth of the Samurai.
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Return to Japan
The BBC Philharmonic returns to Japan for an emotional tour for the first time since 2011.
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Japan, Fukushima and food—The Food Programme
Richard Johnson reports from Japan on the impact of the Fukushima disaster on food.
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Kakiemon elephants—A History of the World in 100 Objects, The First Global Economy (1450 - 1600 AD)
Neil MacGregor with porcelain white elephants from Japan.
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Minyo singers and Taiko drumming—World Routes, Japan - Tokyo and Okinawa
1/2. Paul Fisher is in Toyko to meet some of Japan's top folk musicians.
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Sadao China, Yoreko Genako, The Rinken Band—World Routes, Japan - Tokyo and Okinawa
2/2. Paul Fisher is in Okinawa, renowned for its rich musical heritage.
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Japan Gone Grey—In Business
Japan is ageing faster than anywhere else. Peter Day reports on how they are coping.
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Japan: Coping With Disaster
What does the response to last year's tsunami and meltdown tell us about modern Japan?
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08/08/2009—Excess Baggage
Sandi Toksvig explores the hinterland of Russia and searches for the Lotus Flower in Japan
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23/04/2010—The World Tonight
National and international news and analysis.
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Forced Confessions in Japan—Crossing Continents
Investigating forced confessions of suspects in the Japanese criminal justice system.
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Japanese bronze mirror—A History of the World in 100 Objects, Pilgrims, Raiders and Traders (900 - 1300 AD)
Neil MacGregor with a bronze mirror from a sacred pond in Japan.
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