Nagumo is a social studies teacher at Mie Prefectural Etsuzan High School. A former baseball player in college who had to retire due to injury, he worked as a sports trainer before turning to his “other dream” of becoming a teacher at 32. When he is made advisor for the high school’s weak and disbanding baseball team, his life begins to come full circle, and strives to produce a miraculous turnaround for the team in this uplifting tale of love and baseball.

Shinya Sugi is an architect who lost his parents at 15, and then his sister to illness. Now, he sleepwalks through life as a water meter reader until a friend takes him to a rice ball shop called Tachibana. There he is dumbfounded to meet the owner, Kaoru, who looks identical to his late sister. Kaoru has a knack for helping customers untangle their life problems and bring a smiles to their faces. Shinya, however, poses his biggest challenge in this miraculously heart-wrenching drama.

When childhood friends Yui and Naoki are by chance reunited as adults, they begin to feel they were destined for each other. However, just as Naoki prepares to propose to Yui, he becomes embroiled in a mysterious incident and dies.
Now Naoki's soul wanders the world unable to express his true feelings for Yui. Yuzuru, a detective and the only person who can see Naoki, goes in pursuit of the truth behind Naoki’s death. At Naoki tries to use Yuzuru to talk to Yui, but will he be able to convey his message of love?

Fashionista Kurumi Mashiba works as a publicist for a popular online home décor company. When she launches a social media account to promote the company, she ends up amassing 100,000 followers and becomes a fashion influencer in her own right. But she’s so wrapped up in work that she forgets to renew the lease on her apartment and finds herself thrown out onto the street! Help comes in the form of Kouko Saotome, an older female friend and successful food stylist who lives in a luxury apartment in the heart of trendy Omotesando. Kouko invites Kurumi to move in with her, but it turns out she doesn’t live alone. And so, the stylish Kurumi finds herself living with an eclectic group of men and women very different from her. Don’t miss this heartwarming series packed full of love in all its many forms!

Having just graduated from high school with no idea of what to do next, 18-year-old Yuki finds himself suddenly cutting timber very far from his native home in a remote mountain village where cell phones don't work, no convenience stores exist and there aren't any young people. The work is extremely laborious and dangerous, and he soon has had enough. Looking for a way to fabricate some excuse that would allow him to escape his circumstances, Yuki instead begins to feel a kindred spirit developing between him and his mountain colleagues, though all of them are eccentric. And he gradually sees the attraction and beneficial nature of "forestry" work with its ability to look 100 years into the future.

Stemming from a need to speed up the capture of criminals using hard evidence, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has just established a new forensic lab information and investigative authority section inside the Firs criminal Division, the top killer catchers on the force. The members of the forensic team are dubbed the “white coats.” Kazuki Kitamura stars in his first lead role for a TBS drama series as white coat investigator Satoshi Ichinose, who uses his advanced forensic skills and unique investigative methods to crack puzzling cases. He is joined by Shosuke Tanihara as “the human lie detector” Masayuki Honda, and Hiroyuki Miyasako ex-forensics ace, Toru Okunuki, to round out the cool white coat, forensic “geek” trio. While they all differ in personality and specialty, it is their cooperation and respect for each that solves crimes.

Haru and his wife, Kanako, are in their 4th blissful year of marriage. But when Kanako collapses from subarachnoid bleeding and awakens from surgery with no memory of the life they’ve built together, Haru is devastated. He still remembers and dotes on every detail. Yet Kanako’s slate has been wiped clean. With no moorings to their marriage, it is obvious that they cannot return to what they had. But Haru remains determined to make it work and comes to a forward-looking conclusion: the two must fall in love all over again.

A mother-in-law and her daughter-in-law in completely different positions are bewildered by each other’s different values, confront each other, and understand each other... It is a domestic drama full of “laughter, sympathy, tears, and excitement." The daughter-in-law, who is a “workaholic” career woman and wife, and her mother-in-law, who is a “model full-time housewife,” begin to fight against each other on their values and pride!

The heroine, Aoi, is a wedding planner. She struggles every day for the sake of not only couples soon to celebrate their wedding ceremony, but also for those who are involved in the wedding ceremonies! Believing in “happiness in marriage," Aoi continues to make every effort. Revolving around Aoi, this story depicts “the true happiness ahead in marriage" and “family ties."

A new spin-off of the widely popular series Di Gi Charat. Dejiko has grown into a woman now and she still lives with her sister, Puchiko. On a snowy Christmas Day on the way home from her job at a local bakery, Dejiko meets a young man named Senba Takuro and is instantly smitten. How will the new Dejiko handle her first love?

As a former manager of a top hotel, Seiji has been entrusted with the reopening of a hotel in the high plains that has been boarded up and closed for years. With a budget of 20 million yen, he begins to hire interesting characters to work there and rebuild the hotel. However, his attempts to get a top chef to draw customers fail. The staff members begin to worry about the hotel’s future and try to leave, but at precisely that moment, an elderly man who used to be a chef at a top hotel pays a visit. Will this mean success for Seiji or just add to his troubles?

Exploring the perception and treatment of mentally-challenged youth and their similarities to juvenile delinquents in Japanese society, this drama series follows the trials and tribulations of a group of adolescents in a work/study program for mentally-challenged teenagers. Although the program’s intention is to gently “normalize” them for introduction in society, the group is subject to constant physical and mental abuse unbeknownst to their parents and teacher, Ms Hagawa. However, the friendship between Towa, a naive but unusually articulate member of the program, and Arisu, a rebellious schoolgirl, helps both of them learn to overcome their troubles. Features a star-studded cast of current popular youth idols.

Although a couple may enter into a marriage expecting love to conquer all, the reality rarely meets this fantasy. Abandoned by her boyfriend and fired from her job for resisting her supervisor’s advances, Mari meets Tsutomu, who has been jilted by his fiancee. When their commiseration quickly turns to love, their families see only more trouble on the horizon. Is a happy union in store for this star-crossed young couple? Whatever happens, their journey in this romantic comedy is sure to be a hilarious examination of love and marriage.

This heart-wrenching drama brings together a bill collector, whose past as a promising young boxer was ended by a false charge, and a gambler, whose future as a brilliant intern was smashed when his jealousy drove his girlfriend to suicide. Forced from the world of their dreams, they now struggle to forge a new path of survival.

Waku Waku Animal Land is a heartwarming and educational quiz show which focuses on the fascinating animal kingdom. Waku Waku features video clips of animals from around the world shot exclusively for this program's question and answer format. A studio panel of celebrities supplies lively discussion as they participate in entertaining question and answer activities.

A program that thoroughly investigates the little “differences” in the world that often make one wonder. What causes these “differences”? There are definitely reasons be-hind them, and knowing them can perhaps yield slight advantages in life. For example, what’s the difference between two people of the same age where one looks old but the other looks young? The answer lies in the space between eyes and eyebrows, nose and lips. It is said that the greater the distance, the more aged one looks. These and other surprising discoveries await as you learn what really makes a “difference."

What occupies the minds of today’s women? What are her real interests, her true views on love, health, beauty, economics, fashion, family, marriage and the challenge of raising family? Here is an enlightening program that explores a world of subjects from an exclusively female perspective.

A top rankings variety show that addresses the myriad “Why?” questions in daily Jap-anese life through exhaustive investigative research and provides salient explanations to solve these life riddles. Prepare to be surprised as some rankings turn out to be the exact reverse of expectations!