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Japan Inc.'s Tiny Giants series: Samurai sword pencil sharpeners

Japan is a land of stationery. A great deal of craft pride is packed even into a tiny tool such as the pencil sharpener. Once tempered the blades go through a special grinding machine. It passes a whe...

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Japan Discovery

Making Oboro Konbu (Thin strips of dried kelp)

Oboro konbu are very thin, ribbon-like strips of dried kelp made by scraping the surface of the seaweed in the manner of planing wood. The strips have a light and airy texture when eaten and are rich ...

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4K: The jewels of Toyama bay, Shiroebi (glass shrimps)

The glass shrimp are 50-80mm long and known colloquially as the "Jewels of Toyama Bay" on account of their faintly pink, semi-translucent flesh. Toyama Bay is the only place in the world where they ar...

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4K: Landing the first Skipjack Tuna

Miyagi Prefecture is considered to be one of the country’s leading prefectures in fisheries. Skipjack, or Katuso in Japanese, is listed as one of Miyagi's "Top Ten Fish."Shot:2020/5/8NVBYT146 Please c...

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4K: Kelp harvesting in Hokkaido

It's kelp harvesting time in Hokkaido. The cold water and nutrients that flow from the Oyashio current, added by the minerals that runs from its forest, makes Hakkodate's coast the perfect spot for ke...

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History

Resumption of production - Train Factory (1946)

Japan National Railways lost approximately 20% of its train cars during WWII. Production resumes at the JNR’s factory in Osaka after a long interval. Their operating speed is still slow, but the worke...

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Japan' Inc.'s Tiny Giants series: Turning scrap cars into treasure

A company in Kanazawa buys unwanted cars from all over Japan, dismantles parts that are still usable (such as engines and tires), and resells them worldwide. Parts that cannot be reused, are recycled ...

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Time Lapse

Time lapse: factory night view in Muroran, Hokkaido

The industrial area in Muroran provides quite a dazzling display at nighttime owing to some 13,000 security lights from an oil refinery plant that runs along the coast. It has been voted as one of the...

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Japan' Inc.'s Tiny Giants series: The World’s thinnest silk fabric

The world’s thinnest silk fabric named "fairy feather" is so thin that you can see through it. But developing this amazing fabric wasn't as visible. After four years of dedication and hard work, silkw...

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Amazing rocket launch moments in Japan

The launching of H2A, H2B and Epsilon type rockets from JAXA's Tanegashima Space Center and Uchinoura Space Center, both located in Kagoshima prefecture. Filmed:2013, 2017 NVBYT112 Please contact us f...

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Japan' Inc.'s Tiny Giants series: Fabulous frying pans

Cast iron stores heat, and is perfect for frying pans and griddles. But it's also fragile and cracks easily, so most frying pans are three to five millimeters thick. A small casting factory in Mie pre...

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Japan Inc.'s Tiny Giants series: Ultra-precision forceps

Katsushika ward in Tokyo, is hometown to one of Japan's tiny giant that produces 70% of tweezers and forceps in Japan. These forceps are so sensitive, they can even pick up an egg yolks. They are also...

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Time Lapse

Time Lapse: how TOKYO SKYTREE became the world's tallest free-standing broadcasting tower

Tokyo Skytree from the start of its construction to its final 634m point, captured by a fixed point camera. The construction commenced on July 8, 2008, and reached its final height of 634 meters in Ma...

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Time Lapse

The sudden opening of a massive sinkhole in Fukuoka...and how it got fixed

On November 8th, 2016, a giant sinkhole appeared near Hakata station, swallowing big sections of the five-lane road. After a week of intense construction, the road reopened on November 15th.NHK captur...

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Underwater

Bluefin Tuna

Long shot of Sakai port in Tottori Prefecture where bluefin tuna are farm raised and observed; School of farm raised tuna swimming in circle with turtles and other undersea creatures, unloaded at fish...