E1 - Karl and Tina: Season's Greetings from a Wintry Village

Aired: January 27, 2024

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.

E2 - The Unknown Master of Restoration Episode 3

Aired: February 03, 2024

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."

E3 - Home Is Where the War Is

Aired: February 24, 2024

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.

E4 - The Rise and Fall of a Crypto Star

Aired: March 03, 2024

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.

E5 - A Fukushima Photo Album

Aired: March 24, 2024

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.

E6 - The Japanese Dream: Nepali Students in Japan

Aired: March 30, 2024

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.

E7 - Aso Jinja: A Shinto Shrine Rises from the Rubble

Aired: March 31, 2024

This shrine in Kumamoto Pref. was razed in the 2016 earthquake. The seven-year restoration fused traditional craftsmanship with the latest technology.