JAPAN VIDEO TOPICS (video casettes)

Each videotape includes 3-4 different topics regarding Japan. 
Total length of each videotape is 15 minutes.

VIDEOTAPES:

2000-1
Okinawa Summit 2000 Venue Part One 
Sounds of Scrap 
Thirst for a New Look (Fashion)

2000-2
Fish Out of Water 
Sharing Electric Vehicles 
Art in the Shadows 
Okinawa Summit 2000 Venue Part Two 

2000-3
Mobile Phone Robot 
Wheelchair Reporters 
Young Puppeteers 
Summit 2000 Part Three 

2000-4
Sakura Celebration 
A Taste of Invention 
Young and Old: Growing Together 
Big Role of Small Plants 

2000-5 
Magic of Oxygen
Young Chefs
Oasis for the Elderly
Power of Paper

2000-6 
Energy from Art
Mud Madness
Bug's Eye View
Watch my Wrist!

2000-7 
Lessons Out of Class
Big Bird, Little Bird
Escape From Floods
Magic Flutes

2000-8 
Technology of Tomorrow
Backyard Express
Benefits of Green Tea
Islands of Iron

2000-9 
Thumb Tribe
Recycling Ceramics
Just as Good as by Hand
Lanterns - Sky High

2000-10 
Playing with Reality
Scissors on Wheels
Taught by Firefly
Walk with the Animals

2000-11 
School as a Canvas
Strength for Wood Fibres
Pets of a Kind
Doctor with a Heart

2000-12 
Fun Homes
Touchable Stories
Golden Age on Ice
Paper Doll Fantasy

2001-1 
Ceramic Symphony
Olympic Experience
Crab Shell Salvation
GALs

2001-2 
Robots Set New Pace
Hotel of Magic
Sounds to See, Shapes to Hear
Cyber Town in the Snow

2001-3 
Big Day for Small Girls
Tip of the Tongue, Blink of an Eye
Salty Secrets
Collectable Characters

2001-4 
2002 FIFA World Cup. Japanese Venues - Part 1 YOKOHAMA
True-to-Life Mirror (newly developed corrected reflection mirror)
Grass-roots Power Generation (solar collector power generation system)
Africa in Japan

2001-5 
2002 FIFA World Cup. Japanese Venues - Part 2 OSAKA
Pictures from Fire (ceramic replicas in Otsuka Museum of Art in Naruto City)
Small Lights - Big Harvests (LDE's, light-emitting diodes)
Dating These Days 

2001-6 
Recycling Expo
Candle Art
Avoiding Accidents
Teachers in Tune

2001-7 
FIFA World Cup. Japanese Venues - Part 3 SHIZUOKA
Vet on Wheels
Tuning in Earthquakes
Terraces of Rice

2001-8 
Ayumi Hamasaki - The Face on Every Billboard
A Hidden Beauty of Fireworks
Repainting the Shogun's Shrine (Toshogu Shrine at Nikko)

2001-9 
FIFA World Cup. Japanese Venues Part 4 - SAPPORO
Young Robot Masters (children build robots)
Slender Sounds (audio speaker represents the sound of things to come)
Awa Odori - Dancing Fools' Festival

2001-10 
2002 FIFA World Cup Japanese Venues Part 5 - NIIGATA
Global Village Festival (Yokohama Triennale 2001)
Extravaganza of Contemporary Art
Magic of Charcoal (new uses in modern living)

2001-11 
2002 FIFA World Cup Japanese Venues Part 6 - MIYAGI
Factory in a Suitcase
Convenience for Sale
Learning from Tradition (artisans visit school)

2001-12 
2002 FIFA Worl Cup Japanese Venues Part 7 - OITA
New World of Bonsai
Golden Company (an unique company with the staff over 60-years-old)
Snowfall Indoors (portable snow machines)

2002-1
2002 FIFA World Cup Japanese Venues Part 8 - SAITAMA & IBARAKI
The Face of the Ginza
World's Fastest Electric Vehicle

2002-2 
2002 FIFA World Cup Japanese Venues

2002-3 
Bio-Kites
At Your Service - New Kinds of Taxi
Warm Welcome in the Snow
Optical Fiber Art

2002-4 
Robots with Feelings?!
Back on the Road Again (students repair wheelchairs)
Yokohama Port Festival - Welcoming the 2002 FIFA World Cup
Tendo - City of Japanese Chess

2002-5 
Tokyo's Central Station
Kids' Kabuki Festival
Tiny Company Battles Global Problem
Ramen - Japanese Favourite Noodle

2002-6 
Camera Phones
City Rooftops Go Green
Grandparents Return to School
Fearless Schoolgirl Climber

2002-7 
A Month of Memories - 2002 FIFA World Cup
Battle of the Robot Cleaners
100 Yen Shoppers' Paradise

2002-8 
The Biggest Ever Dinosaur Show 
Yukata - New Street Fashion Trend
Japan World Heritage Sites - Himeji Castle - An Architectural Wonder in Wood

2002-9 
Orchestra of Gourds (gourd as material for musical instruments)
All in the Mind (Flash Anzan method used in studying) 
Identify Yourself (new security techniques)
Child Illusionists (two young brothers as professional magicians)

2002-10 
Matsumoto - City of Music Lovers (Saito Kinen Festival)
Breeding the Bluefin (artificial cultivation of bluefin tuna)
Living Together (new styles of condominium)

2002-11 
Japan World Heritage Sites: Nara - Japan's Ancient Capital
Cutting Waste with Lasers (food processing industry)
Flower Dolls (doll shows, Nihonmatsu City)
Wildlife Rescue Volunteers

2002-12
Noda - Soy Sauce City
Giving Dogs a Voice (Bowlingual, dog voice translator)
Brothers Top In-line World (skating Yasutoko brothers)
Learning in the Trees (Kanazawa primary school)

2003-1
Winter Wildfowl Paradise - Lakes Izunuma & Uchinuma (Miyagi Pref.)
Cleanest Ever Energy Source (fuel cell systems for cars and electric.)
Really Seeing Stars (the planetarium of Takayuki Ohira)
The Light Way to Play Music (battery-powered guitar with a built-in speaker)

2003-2
Festival of Ice and Snow (annual festival in Sapporo)
Okinawa's Subtropical Islands
Toy or Car? (driving with an electrically-powered Q-Car)
Rooftop Mini-Soccer (Futsal, compact version of soccer)

2003-3
Volunteer Treasure Guardians (Kyoto, fire guardians)
Art From Fallen Leaves
The Ultimate View of Mount Fuji (transparent wheel gondola)
Nagasaki City - Gateway to the World

2003-4
Tokyo Travel Tips
Banishing Pollution With Bacteria
Happy Birthday Astroboy! (the robot of Osamu Tezuka)
A Giant Window on the Ocean Giants (Chura-umi Aquarium in Okinawa)

2003-5
Smaller Gadgets, Greater Fun (high-tec compact, functional products)
Glaze into the Future (Arita city, porcelain and Ceramic Fair)
Day Care Stations (day care centres for children)
Natural Charm - Akita (Lake Tazawa, hot springs etc. of the Prefecture)

2003-6
OSAKA - Something for Everyone
Running on Garbage (garbage converting plant in Yokosuka City)
Children in Charge (a primary school program, acting roles of society)
Respecting Time (Japanese punctuality, respect for time)

2003-7
The Solar Future (solar panel technology)
Japan-USA - 150 Years
Power Rehabilitation (ageing population program)
Hokkaido - Snowy Mountains to Sunny Meadows

2003-8
Race with the Sun (The Dream Cup solar car endurance race)
Kanazawa - A Timeless Tradition (an old castle town, trad. arts)
An Underground Revolution (parking spaces under Tokyo)
Universe of Light (installations of an artist Hiro Yamagata)

2003-9
Kamakura - Birthplace of Samurai Culture
Human Scale Wind Power
Tofu - Centuries Old Healthy Cuisine
Your Cellphone is the Key

2003-10
Aichi - Manufacturing Heartland (Aichi Prefecture)
Lifting their Spirits (international cooperation for shrines)
Fresh Water from the Sea (new membrane technology)
Ukiyoe - From Woodblack to Computer (old woodblock prints)

2003-11
Welcome to Chiba - Welcome to Japan
Solar Weather Forecasters
Paper and Light (Mino city, paper lantern exhibition)
Shinkansen Safety - Behind the Scenes

2003-12
Hakone - Tokyo's Mountain Resort
Pet for a Day (renting dogs for a day)
The Gift of Music (concerts of volunteer groups)
Winter Haven for the Crane (cranes visiting Izumi's wetlands)

2004-01
Fukuoka - Gateway to Asia
Cutting Edge of Paper Art (master Youichi Wada)
Evolving Stations (Japanese railway stations)
Tokyo Nights, Tokyo Lights

2004-02
Kobe - International Port City
Dueling Robots
Masters of Fake Food
Snowman Village

2004-03
Miyagi - Where the Samurai Spirit Lingers on
Sounds of Falling Water
Disability, Mother of Invention
Carrying Wishes into the Sky

2004-04
Kyoto on a Budget
Wood that won't Burn
Wrap it up. Japanese Style
Fooling the Eye 

2004-05
Tokyo Nature Walks
Cleaning Power of Light
Makers of Miniature Worlds
Onbashira - Pillars of the Gods

2004-06
Gifu Decorative Arts - The Legacy of Furuta Oribe
Keeping Fruit Fresh
Tokyo Street Fashion
New Life for Old Art

2004-07
Shiretoko - The Edge of the World
Pure, Pure Water
A Library in Your Pocket

2004-08
Korean Schoolchildren Discover Japan
Anything, Anywhere Home Deliveries
Kyoto Gozan Fire Festival
The Japan Alps - World Above the Clouds

2004-09
Making the World Safer from Earthquakes
Saikuzushi - Edible Art
Move Like a Samura
Car that Care for You

2004-10
Helping Rebuild Iraq
Turning Plastic into Soil
Coming Soon - EXPO 2005

2004-11
Changing Money
EU-Japan Year of People-to-People Exchange
A Paper Revolution
Mysterious Okinawa

2004-12
Sacred Mountains of the Kii Peninsula
Miso Power
Rural Grassroots Leaders
Sawing the Yanbarukuina

2005-1
Green Roofs Combat Greenhouse Effect
Braille of the Move
Kumamoto - Land of Fire and Water
Eat, Drink, Relax - Izakaya Style

2005-2
Itsukushima - Shrine in the Sea
Throw away your Wallet
The Man who Mapped Japan

2005-3
Japan in the UN
New Life of Old Houses
Ridding the World of Landmines
Centrair - Japan's Newest Hub Airport
2005 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Nagano

                                                

3 October 2006

 

 

 

 

   
   
       
       
 


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Embassy of Japan in Finland 2006

 

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