Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchIndia's Growth: Top economist poses an alternative path
Youth unemployment is shaping up as a major obstacle in India’s efforts to maintain one of the world's fastest growing economies. NHK World spoke wit…
1 year, 2 months ago
US investment strategist: Trump agenda raises inflation risk
George Bory is the chief investment strategist for the fixed income team at Allspring Global Investments. He recently visited Tokyo and spoke with NH…
1 year, 2 months ago
Japan climbers who perished on K2 win Piolet d'Or
Japanese mountaineers Hiraide Kazuya and Nakajima Kenro have posthumously received 2024's Piolet d'Or for the unprecedented feat of ascending the nor…
1 year, 2 months ago
Thai border clinic offers hope as Myanmar conflict intensifies
A doctor from Myanmar has been caring for displaced people at her clinic in Thailand for three decades. She says since her native country’s 2021 mili…
1 year, 2 months ago
Shattered but not broken: the fight to rebuild Suzu
A little over a year ago, Japan's Noto Peninsula was shaken by a powerful earthquake. About nine months later, when many people were finding their fo…
1 year, 2 months ago
Japan coastal city aims to ride digital nomad wave
The weak yen is luring record numbers of visitors to Japan, and the tourism industry is now turning its attention to travelers who can deliver a bigg…
1 year, 2 months ago
Quake-stricken Noto residents rally to rebuild heart of community
A year after a powerful earthquake ravaged Japan's Noto Peninsula, residents of one historic neighborhood are banding together to expedite repairs to…
1 year, 2 months ago
Polish wrestlers find true spirit of Japanese sumo
A remote island in western Japan is a spiritual home for sumo wrestling. For hundreds of years, a competition in Shimane Prefecture's Okinoshima town…
1 year, 2 months ago
Muhammad Yunus outlines vision for new Bangladesh
Nobel Peace Prize-winning economist Muhammad Yunus has a new challenge: The political novice took the helm of an interim Bangladeshi government after…
1 year, 2 months ago
In harmony: How retro Japanese pop strikes a chord in South Korea
South Korean pop star group New Jeans surprised fans at its Tokyo concert with a cover of a beloved Japanese '80s hit, sparking a viral buzz back hom…
1 year, 2 months ago