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After decades of peace, Japan is now confronting the possibility of war. With concerns over a resurgent Russia, North Korea and a more powerful China in the region, Japan is embarking on its biggest military spend since WW2.

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The Fukushima Disaster

Japan | 2023

There has been endless hand-wringing and finger-pointing following the 2011 Fukushima Nuclear Disaster. But the full effects of the disaster are still shrouded in secrecy, and both TEPCO and the Japanese Government have limited any meaningful analysis of the disaster’s impact on health and the environment. Featuring interviews with scientists and whistle-blowers, this unwavering documentary revea…

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Japan's Taken Children

Japan | 2022

In Japan, married parents share the parental rights of a child - but after divorce, only one parent can be granted these rights. As a result, some parents are resorting to abducting their children.

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Salaryman

Japan | 2022

Tokyo work culture's most compelling and complex protagonist; the Salaryman. A nameless, voiceless, over-worked and under-valued cog in the labour pool, expected to compromise home and social lives. Late nights and intense drinking sessions leave many of them passed out in the city streets. This slick, incisive documentary raises questions around the ethics of our global working practices in a ca…

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Flying Solo

Japan | 2022

Around the world more and more people are opting for the single life but in Japan, loneliness has become an epidemic. Marriage and childbirth rates are falling, as more and more young Japanese choose to stay single and childless. Relationships are too difficult, they say. In the country's last Fertility Survey, figures showed that a quarter of women in their 30s were single, and half of those wer…

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Son of Fukushima

Japan | 2021

A delicate portrait of a family profoundly impacted by two unthinkable nuclear tragedies; Hiroshima and Fukushima. This heart-rending story chronicles their struggle through displacement to begin anew, with an ancestral home contaminated and a time-honoured tradition of farming destroyed. A sensitive exploration of the inevitabilities of aging, the sacrifices made for loved ones, and the relation…

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Cat Nation

Japan | 2020

Cat fanatics everywhere rejoice! Cat Nation takes viewers on a journey into the unique world of Japanese cat culture. Follow British YouTube personality Chris Broad as he treks across the land of the rising sun, documenting numerous unusual cat-centric activities such as cat-themed cafes, bars, temples, and even entire cat islands! Discover cats with human jobs, explore cat friendly businesses, a…

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Japan: The Age of Social Withdrawal

Japan | 2020

As the coronavirus pandemic plunged the world into lockdown, for many in Japan the social isolation that was imposed was nothing out of the ordinary. Why have so many in Japan become socially withdrawn - even before the pandemic?

The Japanese Frontline

Japan | 2023

The Fukushima Disaster

Japan | 2023

Japan's Taken Children

Japan | 2022

Salaryman

Japan | 2022

Flying Solo

Japan | 2022

Son of Fukushima

Japan | 2021

Cat Nation

Japan | 2020

Japan: The Age of Social Withdrawal

Japan | 2020