Tokyo 2023. Japan’s prime minister announces a plan to store contaminated material in deep-sea strata while entrusting a team of young technocrats to protect Japan’s future. Meanwhile, the public is alarmed by sensational magazine articles predicting the sinking of the Kanto plain owing to the disappearance of an island off the Izu coast. With demonstrators in the streets, a young government official Amami tries to restore order just as a corruption scandal linking the government to a profitable eco-business firm erupts. When Amami and a government colleague escape for a scuba diving trip, they encounter an earth-shattering event.

The critical success of its predecessor has therefore led to a second season based on the 4th book from Hiroyuki Kurokawa’s Naoki Prize-winning “Yakubyogami” (The Pest) series: “Kera" (Mole Cricket).
The world’s worst “Deity of Disease Duo” returns! Picking up from the previous season, Kazuki Kitamura resumes his role as womanizing yakuza, Kuwabara, with Gaku Hamada as construction firm consultant, Ninomiya. This time, they’re targeting a treasure held by a powerful religious organization: an ancient illustrated handscroll, which they hope to turn into cash. But this is a religious organization to which baddies swarm like bees to honey. Corrupt cops, Tokyo yakuza, a beautiful and mysterious art gallery owner, and wealthy priests. Amid this circus of avarice and greed, who will emerge victorious? What is in store for the “Deity of Disease Duo” as they make their way between Osaka, Kyoto, Nagoya and Tokyo.

Kazuki Kitamura and Gaku Hamada co-star in a television dramatization of two seminal works from the hugely-popular, hard-boiled series, “Yakubyogami” by crime thriller writer, Hiroyuki Kurokawa: “Hamon” (Expulsion), based on the novel of the same name that won the 151st Naoki Prize, and the series’ debut novel, “Yakubyogami” (Hoodoo).
Set in Osaka, high-spirited yakuza Kuwabara and buttoned-down construction consultant Ninomiya form an odd couple as they rail against the city’s “bad elements” drawn to money like sharks to the scent of blood. Laced with the characteristic witty banter of the Osaka dialect here is a gritty, hard-boiled drama that explodes with violent thrills and impact that defies all expectations.

Based on the writings of a true life, vision-impaired lawyer comes a story about a blind man who manages to pass the extremely difficult bar exam and earn his lawyer’s license. Long desiring to help the weak, Kensuke Okochi gets a job at an attorney’s office while he and his wife, also blind, look forward to their first child. When a plaintiff in a divorce case decides to withdraw from litigation, Kensuke worries at first that it has to do with his own perceived inadequacies as a lawyer, but a few days later, he is visited by the female plaintiff, Satomi, showing injuries to her body. While it appears an open and shut case of domestic violence with an audio recording as proof, Kensuke detects a “certain scent” coming from the plaintiff which gives him pause as to her real intentions.

A sharpshooting rookie and a veteran with a brilliant track record are paired to solve a number of different cases. The two incompatible women clash about everything, and we see them developing a friendship, hating one another, working as team, laughing and crying as they follow the trail of clues set by a serial killer.

Haruka is an ordinary, run-of-the-mill homemaker living in a typical suburban neighborhood who has developed a close relationship with two other housewives in the area. Until one of the lottery tickets the housewives purchased together turns out to be a million-dollar winner! It should’ve ended with everyone cashing in their winnings. But money is the commoner’s dream. And the dreams they look to fulfill are indeed surprising. Fortune has a way of wreaking havoc with people’s lives, and once-thought happiness quickly turns to chaos and animosity. This is a bittersweet, laugh-and-cry drama about what money can do to a group of ordinary women and men, all wrapped up in a little black comedy.

In the world of demons dwells a cute little girl named Hunter LIME, whose simple, comic adventures will win the hearts of viewers of all ages. She and her companions seem constantly at wits' end, caring for each other and yet never able to honestly express their feelings. And along the way they battle Jewel Bem, a shape-changing monster who materializes from everyday items. Produced by Atsuko Nakajima, the animator of 'Ranma 1/2,' and based on a widely popular video game, Jewel Bem Hunter LIME is a definitive digital animation, with stories of romance and unrequited love intermingled with slap-stick comedy, certain to appeal to a wide-range of audiences.

The central character of this bittersweet drama is an office worker who succeeds in marrying the man of her dreams. Her struggles and triumphs, in her personal life and at work, reflect the wrenching transition demanded of young women by the bursting of Japan’s economic bubble.

Japan has a rich cultural heritage , both tangible and intangible, some of which are designated National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties. They are a legacy of the history that makes Japan what it is today. This series is the first to capture those nationally designated as Japan Heritage in 4K. Each 30-minute episode includes two Japan Heritage sites, giving viewers an unfiltered look at Japan’s exotic traditions and enthralling ancient festivals little-known outside of Japan.

This program challenges animals, nature, science, history, the mystery of the human body, and all the riddles that exist on the earth, with a child’s heart and a playful mind. Through ”explorations” into the unknown world, “experiments” full of playful elements and the like, the mystery of the earth is unraveled with the innocence of childlike ideas. It is an educational variety program that allows the audience to experience “the splendor of the earth” and “the wonder of nature” through fun conversations amongst the guests on the show.