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A far cry from the images of Japan portrayed in the world’s media – it seems the gap between rich and poor is wider than ever.
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As part of BBC Four's Hidden Japan season, watch amusing short films about cool Japanese words.
Monday 16 March, 9pm
Marcel Theroux goes in search of "wabi sabi" - the beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete.
Saturday 21 March, 8pm
See extraordinary footage and photographs from Japan in the early years of the twentieth century.
Monday 23 March, 9pm
This travelogue through Japan explores the nation’s unique obsession with fish, one that infects every aspect of Japanese life.
Monday 30 March, 9pm
A far cry from the images of Japan portrayed in the world’s media – it seems the gap between rich and poor is wider than ever.
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