NHK World TV HD 00:00 - 00:30

NHK World-Japan's flagship hourly news programme delivers the latest world news, business and weather with a focus on Japan and the rest of Asia.

NHK World TV HD 00:30 - 01:00

Sheila Cliffe follows Japan's Silk Road from Tomioka to the port of Yokohama where she encounters architecture designed for silkworms, modernised reeling machinery, weavers and historians.