VIDEOS ON JAPAN (VHS)
JAPAN VIDEO ENCYCLOPEDIA, ETC.
(VHSs available at the Embassy of Japan in Norway)
Video nr.
Title
JAPAN VIDEO ENCYCLOPEDIA
Japanese Industry and Economy
0008
Finance, Distribution System, International Trade
0009
Disaster Prevention, Information Society, Robots – Biotechnology, Clean Energy
Japanese Politics and Society
0010
The Imperial Family, International Contribution
0011
Political System, Defence, Police, Transportation
0012
Education, Medical Care and Social security, Environmental Protection, Community
Avtivities
Japan’s Contribution to the World
0012.1
Japan Cooperation for World Peace
0012.2
For Our Neighbours Everywhere – Japan’s Humanitarian Support
0012.3
Together to the Future! – Japan’s Comprehensive Support
0012.4
Building a Bridge to the Future
0012.5
Ministry of Foreign Affairs “Nihon no kokusai heiwa kyoryoku” (in Japanese)
Sketches of Japan
0014
Kanto, Chubu, Kinki
0015
Chugoku – Shikoku, Kyushu – Okinawa, Four Seasons
0015.1
Four Seasons of the Mogami River
0015.2
Ancient Capital Almanac – A year in Nara and Kyoto
0015.3
Ozegahara
0015.4
The Japanese Onsen – Healing the Body, Soothing the Spirit
0015.5
Mount Fuji – A Timeless Beauty
0015.6
Winter in Japan – Sparkling Ice, Gleaming Snow
NIPPON – THE LAND AND IT’S PEOPLE
0016
0017
0018
0019
0020
0021
0022
0023
0024
0025
Japan’s Corporate System
The Japanese and Nature
Japanese Technology
The Japanese Family
The Japanese Businessman
The Taste of Japan
Working Women
Housewives
Living in the City
The Family Life of a Salaryman
VIDEO JAPAN
0030
0031
0032
0033
Past, Present and Future: Washi – Unique Japanese Paper Culture
Shikoku: An Island in Time
The Healthy Japanese Diet
Travel Wise in Japan
JAPANSPEAK (by Japan Center for Intercultural Communication)
0034
0035
0036
0037
0038
0039
0040
0041
0042
0043
0044
0045
0046
High Technology, Japanese Style
Osaka APEC Meeting
Aftermath of the Kobe Quake
Coming to Villages and Towns in Japan
U.S – Japan Cooperation in Global Perspective
New Hope in the Holy Land – Building Peace Together
New Hope in the Holy Land – Quest fo a better life
Sharing Traditional Technologies
Gauging the Health of the Earth – ADEOS
Preserving the Past for the Future
COP3: Breaking the Ice on Global Warming
Deregulation: Big Bang Japan
Deregulation: Japan is Changing!
TRADITIONAL JAPANESE CULTURE
0047
0048
0049
0050
0050.1
0050.2
0050.3
0050.4
0050.5
Calligraphy
Musical Instruments
Japanese Dance
Japanese Cuisine
Japanese Pottery and Porcelain
Japanese Architecture
Kimono
Japanese Arts and Crafts
Tea Ceremony
NIPPON NOW – CULTURE
0051
0052
0053
0054
0055
0056
Culture – October 1995
Culture – November 1995
Culture – December 1995
Culture – January 1996
Culture – February 1996
Culture – March 1996
NIPPON NOW – SPORTS
0057
0058
0059
0060
Sports – October 1995
Sports – November 1995
Sports – January 1996
Sports – March 1996
TRADITIONAL JAPANESE SPORTS
0061
0062
0063
0064
0065
0066
0067
Sumo
Judo
Kendo
Karatedo
Kyudo
Naginata
2002 FIFA World Cup Korea – Japan; Uniting 2 nations
NIHON NO KOKORO – THE HEART WITHIN
0068
0069
0071
The Heart Within – an introduction to the series
Shinto: Way of the Gods
Oceans: Lifeblood of Japan
0072
0074
0075
0076
0077
0078
Nature: Giver of Blessings
Makoto: Sincerity of the Heart
Hiroshima: City of Peace
Heritage: Pride of Japan
Tradition: Inner Harmony
Loosing the Mould
JAPAN VIDEO TOPICS 1999
0080
0081
0082
0083
0084
0085
0086
0087
0088
Human Touch for Bullet Trains
Dance Game Craze
New Shapes for Old Bottles
The Ryokan – Traditional Inn
Flying Carp
Magic Paint
Return of Samurai
Origami Architecture
Designing Dinosaurs
Freshman At 96
Tennage Toy Doctors
Bonsai – Nature in a Nutshell
Kushiro Wetland
Art By Touch
Digital Pet
Sleeping Concert
A Passion for Planes
Aquarium at Night
Recycling Brewers
Vanishing with the Tide
Nebuta – Festival of Gigantic Floats
Rooftop Greenery
Pedaling for Purification
Tableware for the Challanged
Bamboo Orchestra
The Magic of Science
Floating Seabed
Motorcars for the Millenium
Talking Paper
Paint Brush for Cinema
Deep Sea Detective
Paper planes on a Wings and a Prayer
Team Work – The Kids find it Fun
Sunlight for Gloomy Rooms
Youths Aid the Aged
JAPAN VIDEO TOPICS 2000
0090
0091
0092
OKINAWA – Summit 2000 Venue
Sounds of Scrap
Thirst for a New Look
Fish out of Water
Sharing Electric Vehicles
Art in the Shadows
OKINAWA – Summit 2000 Venue part 2
Mobile Phone Robot
Wheelchair Reporters
Young Puppeteers
0093
0094
0095
0096
0097
0098
0099
0100
0101
0102
Summit 2000 Venue part 3
Celebration of Spring
A taste of Invention
Young and Old – Growing together
Big Role of Small Plants
Magic of Oxygen
Young Chefs
Oasis for the Elderly
Power of Paper
Energy from Art
Mud Madness
Bug’s Eye View
Watch my Wrist
Okinawa Omnibus – about Okinawan history, flora, fauna, traditions etc. and some
information regarding the G8 summit.
Lessons Out of Class
Big Bird, Little Bird
Escape From Floods
Magic Flutes
Technology of Tomorrow
Backyard Express
Benefits of Green Tea
Islands of Iron
Thumb Tribe
Recycling Ceramics
Just as Good by Hand
Lanterns – Sky High
Playing With Reality
Scissors on Wheels
Taught by Firefly
Walk With the Animals
Schhol as a Canvas
Strenght for Wood Fibres
Pets of a Kind
Doctor with a Heart
Fun Homes
Touchable Stories
Golden Age on Ice
Paper Doll Fantasy
JAPAN VIDEO TOPICS 2001
0103
0104
0105
0106
Ceramic Symphony
Olympic Experience
Crab Shell Salvation
GALs
Robots Set New Pace
Hotel of Magic
Sounds to See, Shapes to Hear
Cyber Town in the Snow
Big Day for Small Girls
Tip of the Tongue, Blink of An Eye
Salty Secrets
Collectable Characters
2002 FIFA World Cup Japanese venues – part 1: YOKOHAMA
True to Life Mirrors
0107
0108
0109
0109.1
0109.2
0109.3
0109.4
0109.5
Grass-roots Power Generation
Africa in Japan
2002 FIFA World Cup Japanese Venues – part 2: OSAKA
Pictures from fire
Small Lights – Big Harvest
Dating These Days
Recycling Expo
Candle Art
Avoiding Accidents
Teachers in tune
2002 FIFA World Cup: Japanese Venues Part 3 – SHIZUOKA
Vet on Wheels
Tuning in Earthquakes
Terraces of Rice
Ayumi Hamasaki – The Face on Every Billboard
A Hidden Beauty of Fireworks
Repainting the Shogun’s Shrine
2002 FIFA World Cup: Japanese Venues Part 4 – Sapporo
Young Robot Masters
Slender Sounds
Awa Odori – Dancing Fool’s Festival
2002 FIFA World Cup Venues
2002 FIFA World Cup Venues Part 6 – Oita
New World of Bonsai
Golden Company
Snowfall Indoors
Bio-Kites
At Your Service – New kinds of Taxi
Warm Welcome in the Snow
Optical fiber Art
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
0110
0111
0112
0113
0114
0115
0116
0117
0118
0119
A Passion for Whales
Helping our Feathered Friends
Protecting our Habitat
Reviving our Rain Forrest
The Fish Owl of Northern Japan
The Northern Territories
Protecting our Global Home – Japan’s Ecological Contributions
Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment
Keeping a City Clean, Recycling
Preserving the Global Environment
JAPANESE IMPERIAL FAMILY
0125
0125 A
0126
0127
0128
0129
Ceremonies of Accession to the Throne (Sokui-no-rei)
In celebration of the Enthronement of His majesty the Emperor of Japan
The New Emperor of Japan
Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress of Japan
The Emperor and the Empress (in Japanese)
Presentation of Emperor Akihito (in Japanese)
JAPAN TODAY
0130
0131
The Japanese People (August 1991)
Japan Today (October 1991)
0132
0133
0134
Japan Today – The country and it’s people
Japanese Women Today
The Way of life in Japan (about training to become a chef)
ELECTRONICS AND HIGH-TECH
0140
0141
0142
0143
0144
0145
Japans Electronic Industry – part 1
Japans Electronic Industry – part 2
Japans Electronic Industry – part 3
Japans Electronic Industry – part 4
High-Tech in Japan (1990)
High-Tech Hopes (1999)
JAPAN’S ODA
0150
0151
Evaluation of Japan’s Economic Cooperation
Seeds of Hope – ODA in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Botswana
POSTWAR JAPAN
0155
0156
0157
Up from the Ashes – Post-war Recovery
Focus on Post-war Japan – 50 years of challenge
The first 100 years of Japanese Democracy
CHILDREN AND EDUCATION
0160
0161
0162
0163
0164
0165
0166
0167
0168.1
0168.2
0168.3
0168.4
Children’s stories (The Boy and a Crane etc..)
A Calendar of Children’s Events
Education in Japan
Children’s Life in Japan
Ken-ichi from Tokyo
Vocational Training
Children of Changing Japan
Group Portrait of High School Students
Gekijoban Pikachu no Natsuyasumi (in Japanese)
Gekijoban Pokettomonsuta. Maboroshi no Pokemon Lugia Bakutan (in Japanese)
Gekijoban Pokettomonsuta. Pikachu to Pikachu (in Japanese)
Heisei Tanukigassen Ponpoko (in Japanese)
JAPAN SERIES
0170
0171
0172
0173
0174
0175
0176
My Gift is Peace of Mind – Dr Yoko is Coming to Town – 45 mins
Heated Competition: Jonkara-Bushi – The Tsugaru Jamisen National Contest – 45 min
The Sound of a Hoe Rings in the Field – Farming Life in the Mountains of Shikoku – 45
min
NHK Special ”Fujisan” – The Greatest Mountain of Japan – 45 mins
Zen Temple – The Eiheiji – 50 mins
Beauty Reborn – 50 mins
Origami – The Art of Paper Folding – Traditional Patterns; Part III & IV – 60 mins
JAPANESE CULTURE
0180
0181
0182
0183
0184
0185
0186
Budo: The Martial Arts, The Art of Karate
Music of Modern Japan, KITARO – Synthesizer musician
Music, Art, Performing Arts
Fashion Cartoons, Architecture
Japanese Architecture
Landscape Gardener, Gardens of Japan
Dream Window – reflections on the Japanese Garden
0187
0188
0189
0190
0191
0192
0193
0194
0195
0196
0197
0198
Ikebana – flower arrangement
A Tradition of Beauty
Japan Festival 1991
Through the Dance of Shadows (about Carlotta Ikeda)
Okinawa Traditional Dance, Music and Karate in Geneve
Marionett-teater av Yukiza-gruppen (in Japanese)
Miyashita, Noburo’s Misic Ensemble
Hills of the Season
Saeko Ichinohe Dance Company
Toga: Village for Theatre
Fine Ceramics, Printing Technology of Japan
The Men Who made Meiji Architecture
JAPAN TODAY
0200 - 0215
Japan Today from 1991 – series of current news from 1991
STUDIES IN JAPAN
0216
0217
0218
0219
0220
0221D
(DVD)
Hokkaido University – Guidance for students from Overseas
Study in Japan Volume 2, How do You like It so far?
Study in Japan Volume 3, Preparing for study in Japan
Golbal Youth Exchange Program
University Students
Global Network through Japanese-Language
(Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean)
DIVERSE
0225
0226
0227
0228
0229
0230
0231
0232
0233
0234
0235
0236
0237
0238
0239
0240
0241-D
(DVD)
0242-D
(DVD)
Kimigayo
Kobe 1995 – a cruel lesson
21st Century World Expo – MORI of interchange for global citizens
Tokyo Summit 1993
A little duck tale
Origami Karakuribako (Playing with mocing origami)
Origami – The Art of Paper Folding
Defence Agency Documentary: All for us, All for Japan
Japanese Traditional music’s frontiers
Japanese Traditional music’s frontiers
Music talks in autumn
World cup 2002
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A Vision for the 21st Century. Kyushu-Okinawa Summit 2000
Okinawa’s Soul (Two volumes: “An information place of the 21 st century” and “The most
advanced Okinawan technology leads the world”)
Ministry of Land and Transport. “Koizumi Shusho Shutsuen no Honichi Sokushin Video
[Video with Prime Minister Koizumi to Promote Visits to Japan]” (Japanese and English)
Ministry of Land and Transport. “Visit Japan Campaign (Video with Land and Transport
Minister Nobuteru Ishihara)” (English, Korean, Chinese, French, German, 3 min. each)
Disaster Reduction. Japan’s Global Contribution
(English, French, Spanish, Arabic and Chinese)
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. “Yokoso! Japan. Visit Japan Campaign”
- Promotion Video 4′22″
- Beautiful Japan 60″
- Delightful Japan 60″
- Cool Japan 60″
JAPANESE LANGUAGE (The Japan Foundation)
0300
0302
0303
0304
New Friendships through Japanese
NHK TV Programs for Japanese Classrooms 1 2002 “6 Banme no Sayoko” (With Teachers’
Manual)
NHK TV Programs for Japanese Classrooms 2 2002 “Animation Azukichan” (With
Teachers’ Manual)
NHK TV Programs for Japanese Classrooms 3 2002 “Minna no Uta” (With Teachers’
Manual)
JAPAN VIDEO TOPICS 2002
2002.1
2002.2
2002.3
2002.4
2002.5
2002.6
2002.7
2002.8
2002.9
2002.10
2002.11
2002.12
2002 FIFA World Cup, Japanese Venues part VIII– Saitama & Ibaraki
The Face of the Ginza
World’s Fastest Electric Vehicle
2002 FIFA World Cup, Japanese Venues
Bio-Kites
At your Service - New kinds of Taxi
Warm Welcome in the Snow
Optical Fibre art
Robots with Feelings?!
Back on the Road Again
Yokohama Port Festival
Tendo – City of Japanese Chess
Tokyo’s Central Station
Kids’ Kabuki Festival
Tiny Company Battles Global Problem
Ramen – Japanese Favourite Noodle
Camera Phones
City Rooftops Go Green
Grandparents returns to school
Fearless Schoolgirl Climber
A month of memories – 2002 FIFA World Cup
Battle of the Robot Cleaners
¥100 Shoppers’ Paradise
The Biggest Ever Dinosaur Show
Yukata – New Street Fashion Trend
Japan World Heritage Sites: Himeji Castle – An Architectural Wonder in Wood
Orchestra of Gourds
All in the Mind
Identify Yourself
Child Illusionist
Matsumoto – City of Music lovers
Breeding the bluefin
Living together
Japan World Heritage Sites: Nara – Japan Ancient Capital
Cutting Waste with Lasers
Flower Dolls
Wildlife Rescue Volunteers
Noda – Soy Sauce City
Giving Dogs a Voice
Brothers Top In-line World
Learning in the Trees
JAPAN VIDEO TOPICS 2003
2003.1
Winter Wildfowl Paradise – Lakes Izunuma & Uchinuma
2003.2
2003.3
2003.4
2003.4-B
2003.5
2003.5-B
2003.6
2003.7
2003.8
2003.9
2003.9-B
2003.10
2003.10-B
2003.11
2003.11-B
2003.12
Cleanest Ever Energy Source
Really Seeing Stars
The Light Way to Play Music
Festival of Ice and Snow
Okinawa’s Subtropical Islands
Toy or Car?
Rooftop Mini-Soccer
Volunteer Treasure Guardians
Art from Fallen Leaves
The Ultimate View of Mt. Fuji
Nagasaki City – Gateway to the World
Tokyo Travel Tips
Banishing Pollution with Bacteria
Happy Birthday Astroboy!
A Giant Window on the Ocean Giants
Betacam version of above
Smaller Gadgets, Greater Fun
Glaze into the Future
Day Care Stations
Natural Charm – Akita
Betacam version of above
OSAKA – Something for Everyone
Running on Garbage
Children in Charge
Respecting Time
The Solar Future
Japan-USA – 150 years
Power Rehabilitation
Hokkaido – Snowy Mountains to Sunny Meadows
Race with the Sun
Kanazawa – A Timeless Tradition
An Underground Revolution
Universe of Light
Kamakura – Birthplace of Samurai Culture
Human Scale Wind Power
Tofu – Centuries Old Healthy Cuisine
Your Cellphone is the Key
Betacam version of above
Aichi – Manufacturing Heartland
Lifting their Spirits
Fresh Water from the Sea
Ukiyoe – From Woodblock to Computer
Betacam version of above
Welcome to Chiba – Welcome to Japan
Solar Weather Forecasters
Paper and Light
Shinkansen Safety – Behind the Scenes
Betacam version of above
Hakone – Tokyo’s Mountain Resort
Pet for a Day
Gift of Music
Winter Haven for the Crane
JAPAN VIDEO TOPICS 2004
2004.1
Fukuoka – Gateway to Asia
2004.2
2004.2-B
2004.4
2004.5
2004.6
2004.12
Cutting Edge of Paper Art
Evolving Stations
Tokyo Nights, Tokyo Lights
Kobe – International Port city
Duelling Robots
Masters of Fake Food
Snowman Village
Betacam version of above
Kyoto on a Budget
Wood that won’t Burn
Wrap it Up, Japanese Style
Fooling the Eye
Tokyo Nature Walks
Cleaning Power of the Light
Makers of Miniature Worlds
Onbashira – Pillars of the Gods
Gifu Decorative Arts – The Legacy of Furuta Oribe
Keeping Fruit Fresh
Tokyo Street Fashion
New Light for Old Art
Sacred Mountains of the Kii Peninsula
Miso Power
Rural Grassroots Leaders
Saving the Yanbarukuina
JAPAN VIDEO TOPICS 2005
2005.2
2005.3
Itsukushima – Shrine in the Sea
Throw Away Your Wallet
The Man Who Mapped Japan
Japan in the UN
New Life for Old Houses
Ridding the World of Landmines
Centrair – Japan’s Newest Hub Airport
2005 Special Olympics World winter Games in Nagano