Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline’s fortnightly strand in which we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it’s ever ...

Welcome to a new year of Global Breakouts, Deadline’s strand in which, each fortnight, we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. The industry is as ...

EXCLUSIVE: Japan’s NHK, one of the world’s oldest public broadcasters, turns 100 this year, and the team is celebrating by looking both backwards and forwards. In an exclusive interview with Deadline, ...

NHK has picked up a raft of wins for its series at this year’s Tokyo Drama Awards, with Deaf Voice—A Sign-Language Interpreter in Court taking the grand prix for a single drama. The title follows a ...

Beta Film has sold Starlight Media and Gaumont Ukrainian war drama “In Her Car” to NHK Japan, Czech Republic, Latvia and Slovakia. Further negotiations are underway. Created by Eugen Tunick – who ...

The 61st NHK Asadora Drama is Asuka. Set in Kyoto in the home of a traditional Japanese candy-maker, Asuka is the story of one young girl's dream to one day walk in her father's shoes and become a top ...

The Great Kanto Earthquake that struck Japan in 1923 laid bare the need for a nationwide information system to keep citizens safe. Two years later, stations in three cities—Tokyo, Osaka and ...