TV/DVD Programs aired/released in 2006
(Titles in English are tentative translation)
 
Small Countries in the World
 
Broadcast: On Digital Hi-Vision: 18:30-18:50　（10 min. each episode）
April 6th: Principality of Monaco, Republic of Palau
April 20th: Republic of Malta, Republic of Fiji Islands
April 27th: Republic of San Marino, Independent State of Samoa
May 11th: Republic of Cyprus, Republic of Vanuatu
May 18th: Republic of Suriname, Republic of Maldives
May 25th: Commonwealth of Dominica, Brunei Darussalam
June 1th: Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Kingdom of Bhutan
June 8th: Belize, Principality of Liechtenstein
June 29th: Republic of Iceland, Principality of Andorra
July 6th: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Republic of Estonia
 
On BS2: ７:50-8:00
April 9th: Principality of Monaco
April 16th: Republic of Palau
April 23rd: Republic of Malta
April 30th: Republic of Fiji Islands
April 7th: Republic of San Marino
April 14th: Independent State of Samoa
April 21th: Republic of Cyprus
April 28th: Republic of Vanuatu
June 4th: Republic of Suriname
June 11th: Republic of Maldives
June 18th: Commonwealth of Dominica
June 25th: Brunei Darussalam
July 2th: Commonwealth of The Bahamas
July 9th: Kingdom of Bhutan
July 16th: Belize
July 23rd: Principality of Liechtenstein
July 30th: Republic of Iceland
August 6th: Principality of Andorra
August 13th: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
August 20th: Republic of Estonia
 
Producer: Kazuo MATSUI, Toshiro SOGA
Director: Ken HASEGAWA, Hiroshi MASUDA, Ken'ichi TAKAHASHI, Kaoru NAKAHARA, Hiroko MATSUNO, Sanshiro IWATA
 
Those strange but familiar names in the opening parade of Olympic Games, or a tiny territory found in your armchair journey with a world atlas.... The program focuses on history, culture, and modern aspects of those countries with population under one million, and will let us feel still remaining diversity of the world, and help us to challenge a simple but great question: What the hell is a nation?


NONFIX: Go for Pro-Gamers !
 
On air: May 3rd, 26:28-27:28 （May 4 2:28-3:28 a.m.）
Fuji TV (CX)
 
Produced, directed, and camera by Akihito NOMURA
Direction assisted by Sanshiro IWATA
 
So called "e-sports" is getting popular worldwide, with emergence of professional gamers for winning prizes and sponsors. The program focuses on the latest edge on Japanese e-sports and gamers challenging two world tournaments.


BS Documentary
Dubai on the Top Gear;
from desert and oil to miraculous cosmopolis
 
Broadcast: July 15th, 10:10-11:00p.m.
Channel: NHK BS1
 
Producer:Kazuo MATSUI
Director: Yoko TSUZUKI   Hiroshi MASUDA
Assistant: Tami HATANO
 
A miraculous city of Dubai is rising from desert. Although it is a small nation consisting United Arab Emirates, it is luring money, material, and people from all over the world to grow rapidly; the world-biggest manmade island, the world-highest building, abundant money to make these mega projects realize, and people from more than 100 countries. The program runs after this cosmopolis on the fastest track and tries to find answers to all the marvels and whys.


Bi no Tsubo File.20 Oribeyaki
 
Broadcast: September 15th　10:00〜10:25p.m.
(NHK Educational)
September 18th 7:30〜7:55p.m.
(NHK BS-hi)
September 20th 11:30〜11:55a.m.
(NHK BS-hi)
September 22th 11:05〜11:30a.m.
(NHK General)
September 23rd 5:15〜5:40a.m.
(NHK General)
 
Director: Ken HASEGAWA
Assistant Director: Hiroko MATSUNO
 
The program is a series that picks up one item of beauty in Japanese life every week, and finds out three points to appreciate its beauty. For this week, we focus on Oribeyaki, a fashion of ceramics that gained its fame 400 years ago, with its blend of dark and light green color, and free and lively figure.


The Nonfiction
Dying for Awa-Dance; Dearest Dance-addicts of Koenji
 
Broadcast: September 24th, 14：00-14：55
Fuji TV（CX）
 
Planned, directed, and produced by Akihito NOMURA
Assistant Director： Tami HATANO
 


Bi no Tsubo File.30 Art Deco Architecture
 
Broadcast: December 1st　10：00〜10：25p.m.
(NHK Educational)
December 4th　7：30〜7：55p.m.
(NHK BS-hi)
December 6th　11：30〜11：55a.m.
(NHK BS-hi)
December 9th　5：15〜5：40a.m.
(NHK General)
 
Director： Hiroshi MASUDA
Assistant Director： Tami HATANO
Producer: Kazuo MATSUI
 
The program is a series that picks up one item of beauty in Japanese life every week, and finds out three points to appreciate its beauty. For this week, we focus on Art Deco architecture in Japan. Can't find any Art Deco on the street? Actually, there is an Art Deco residence in Tokyo, which was directly designed by French designers. There are also classic buildings of Art Deco age in major cities in Japan, which had unique development with its wall materials.


Uta-kiko (Journey with Tanka)

Now Haiku, Japanese traditional poetry of the shortest fixed form, with only 17 syllables, is getting popular worldwide. Tanka is the original and longer form of Haiku, made of 31 syllables, in which Japanese people have crystallized their sentiments over 1300 years. Uta-kiko is a serial 2 minute program of an anthology of Tanka made by Tanka poets in 19th and 20th century, with beautiful and lyric sceneries in Japan.

The program is included in "NHK Tanka", serial Tanka program on NHK educational channel, which is aired as follows:
    Every Saturday, 7:30am to 8:00am
    Every Thursday, 5:30am to 6:00am