2018x1 - Episode 1

January 12, 2018

2018x112 - Episode 112

January 12, 2018

2018x119 - Episode 119

January 19, 2018

2018x126 - Episode 126

January 26, 2018

2018x202 - Episode 202

February 2, 2018

2018x302 - Episode 302

March 2, 2018

2018x316 - Episode 316

March 16, 2018

2018x406 - Episode 406

April 6, 2018

2018x413 - Episode 413

April 13, 2018

2018x420 - Episode 420

April 20, 2018

2018x427 - Episode 427

April 27, 2018

2018x511 - Episode 511

May 11, 2018

2018x518 - Episode 518

May 18, 2018

2018x525 - Episode 525

May 25, 2018

2018x601 - Episode 601

June 1, 2018

2018x608 - Episode 608

June 8, 2018

2018x615 - The Women on the Cosmetics Floor

June 15, 2018

Sales at department stores have been sluggish in recent years, but the stores' cosmetics sections are providing a ray of light with their robust growth. In 2017, sales at these sections jumped 17% from the previous year and topped 500 billion yen. Each day, about 2,000 customers buy their preferred makeup products at one long-established department store in Nagoya offering an array of famous brands. These customers include an 88-year-old company executive who never goes without makeup, a young woman setting on a new path in life by changing her job and her makeup, and an art dealer who considers cosmetics to be a vital part of her "combat uniform" worn during business battles. How do women want to present themselves and to be seen? For 3 days, we watched the customers quietly - but excitedly - finding their ideal makeup.

2018x622 - Episode 622

June 22, 2018

2018x713 - Episode 713

July 13, 2018

2018x720 - Episode 720

July 20, 2018

2018x727 - Episode 727

July 27, 2018

2018x803 - Episode 803

August 3, 2018

2018x824 - Episode 824

August 24, 2018

2018x831 - Episode 831

August 31, 2018

2018x907 - Episode 907

September 7, 2018

2018x921 - Episode 921

September 21, 2018

2018x928 - Episode 928

September 28, 2018

2018x1005 - Episode 1005

October 5, 2018

2018x1026 - Episode 1026

October 26, 2018

2018x1102 - Episode 1102

November 2, 2018

2018x1109 - Episode 1109

November 9, 2018

2018x1116 - 3333 Stones: Japan's Longest Flight of Steps

November 16, 2018

In a quiet mountain town in Kumamoto Prefecture, there's a flight of 3,333 stone steps. Measuring 2.1 kilometers, it's the longest in Japan and takes the average adult about 90 minutes to climb. The steps attract people who want to put themselves through a strenuous challenge for various reasons. One group of university students makes the climb knowing they will go their separate ways after graduation. An elderly beautician takes on the steps with apprentices who are like sons to him. Some visitors go up and down several times a day. With anguished looks and trembling legs, they test their limits. We spent 3 days meeting people going up and down the 3,333 steps.

2018x1130 - Episode 1130

November 30, 2018

2018x1207 - The DIYers of the Suburban Home Center

December 7, 2018

Our stage this time is one of the largest home centers in Japan, located in a suburb east of Tokyo. From daily necessities to building and gardening materials, every product imaginable can be found here. A couple with a shared love of DIY (Do It Yourself) pick out lumber to rebuild a fence destroyed in a typhoon. Meanwhile, a woman working in rehabilitation looks for materials to make a device to help a patient. We listen to the stories of these people as they attempt to improve their lives through DIY.