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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 Why have so many in Japan become socially withdrawn - even before the pandemic?
As robotic engineering advances, more and more definitively human functions are being replicated. This episode of SBS Dateline takes us to Japan, to glimpse the future of anthropomorphic robotics.
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Cats – hundreds and hundreds of them – define the quiet island of Tashirojima. They have just a handful of elderly human residents for company, who maintain a life steeped in fading but beautiful Japanese culture. This heart-warming and evocative documentary explores how a tight-knit community of ever more wizened pensioners find joy in their unique island identity, and affection from their felin…
On March 11th 2011 Japan woke up to a new and very frightening world. Through the eyes of the bright, smart young children who managed to survive the terrible disaster we see the pain-tinged environment in which they have to forge their futures. From the child who has forgotten how to speak to the eight-year-old who wants to become a radiation researcher. It is in turns a touching and horrifying …
56-year-old Naoki once had it all, living good-life when Japan's economy was at it's height. But after the bubble burst, he lost everything. Then he met Yoshie. This documentary tells an unusual love story of survival in the world's second richest economy.
Japanese society is being shaken to the core by proposals of radical reforms in the legal system. Until now, the authority of judges has gone unchallenged but this is due to change.
Since Japan's rulers outlawed Christianity in the sixteenth century, believers have hidden their faith. But what began as Christianity has evolved into something quite different.
It's big, it's spectacular and it's extremely dangerous, but for the sons of Toyokawa, blowing themselves up is the only way to prove they're real men.
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