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SERIES Japan Sketches | Just the Two of Us – Memoirs Written in the Blink of an Eye –

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にっぽん点描 | ただ二人 まばたきでつづる手記 [NHK]

|Length : 44min. |Year : 1996

A debilitating illness gradually left Kikuko Doi virtually unable to move. Using a special word processor that responds to blinking, she corresponds with others suffering from the same disease. Her courage, and that of her caretaker husband, is truly inspiring.

SERIES Japan Sketches | Back to the Wild – Tancho Cranes A Journal –

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にっぽん点描 | 野性にもどれ ケンタとチヅル 岡山・タンチョウ飼育日誌 [NHK]

|Length : 44min. |Year : 1996

-Okayama Prefecture-

With the population of tacho cranes dwindling, more are being bred in captivity. Follow the heart-warming tale of two such cranes, who regard their human keeper as their "father" and so must make a radical adjustment to life in the wild.

SERIES Japan in Focus | A Father, Two Sons & A Factory – Ota, Tokyo –

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新日本探訪 | 父と子の町工場 東京大田区 [NHK]

|Length : 24min. |Year : 2000

More than 6000 factories crowd the cityscape of Ota in downtown Tokyo. Most of these factories were built at the height of Japan's postwar economic boom, from the mid 1950s to the mid 1960s, and many are still family-run. Today, they are facing difficult times trying to pass on both their skills and their management know-how. This program examines the struggles and challenges facing the factories of downtown Tokyo at a critical time by profiling Masaru Fukunaga, his two sons and his metal parts factory which has been run by him for over 40 years...

SERIES Japan in Focus | Trumpets Echo in the Mountains – Kitakata, Miyazaki –

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新日本探訪 | 山に響けトランペット 宮崎県北方町 [NHK]

|Length : 24min. |Year : 1999

Nestled deep in the mountains of Kyushu is the small community of Shimo-Shishigawa, in the municipality of Kitakata, Miyazaki Prefecture at the southwestern tip of Japan. There are only 10 pupils in the elementary school, three who come from urban areas, but all are members of the school's trumpet band. Local children originally formed the band, and their skills were boosted as city students joined. This heart-warming program portrays children whose friendship grows out of making music together, and the adults who keep a watchful eye over them.

SERIES Japan in Focus | The Streetcars are Still Running – Hiroshima –

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新日本探訪 | 路面電車走り続けて 広島市 [NHK]

|Length : 24min. |Year : 1999

In most parts of the country, as cars have come to dominate the roads, streetcars have become extinct. But in Hiroshima, the old transportation system still survives, carrying 120,000 passengers a day, more than anywhere else in Japan. Cost-cutting measures, including recycling discarded trams, have enabled Hiroshima to keep its 220 streetcars running. This program follows a driver with over 30 years of experience and a young recruit training for the job that will fulfill his childhood dream.

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