The Japanese public channel NHK is producing a documentary about the way the corona virus and corona crisis is handled worldwide. In the Netherlands they want to know why the Dutch choose for an intelligent lockdown and what research is done at 100 Dutch families… Read More

After the public health institute RIVM announced that the first Dutch people tested positive for coronavirus Covid-19, NHK Europe correspondent Yasushi Kudo needs the latest information. The first coronavirus case is a man in a hospital in the Dutch city of Tilburg. The Dutch health… Read More

There was a massive police response at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. Officials called the incident a ‘suspicious situation’. The incident took place on board Air Europa flight UX1094 to Madrid that had been due to take off this evening. Shortly after 8.30PM, the military police issued… Read More

Nissan Motor’s CEO meets the deputy CEO of auto manufacturer partner Renault one-on-one in Amsterdam the discuss tensions over the future of the alliance after Chairman Carlos Ghosn’s arrest last month. The is the first face-to-face interaction between Nissan’s Hiroto Saikawa and Renault’s Thierry Bollore… Read More

How will the Dutch flower branch be affected by a possible hard Brexit? NHK correspondent Yasushi Kudo comes to the Netherlands to meet a few insiders and find out how the Dutch are prepared. He visits the immense Aalsmeer flower Auction, a Dutch flower grower,… Read More

Nissan Motor’s CEO meets the deputy CEO of auto manufacturer partner Renault one-on-one in Amsterdam the discuss tensions over the future of the alliance after Chairman Carlos Ghosn’s arrest last month. This is the first face-to-face interaction between Nissan’s Hiroto Saikawa and Renault’s Thierry Bollore,… Read More

After Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co.’s influential chairman Carlos Ghosn was fired and arrested after an internal probe found he underreported his salary and for other financial violations, delegates of the Nissan Renault Mitsubishi alliance gather in Amsterdam. NHK crews and other Japanese media gather… Read More

Ikigai is a Japanese term for ‘a reason for being’. The word ‘Ikigai’ usually refers to the source of value in one’s life or the things that make one’s life worthwhile. The word roughly translates to the ‘thing that you live for’ but it also… Read More

After Carlos Ghosn, the CEO who created an alliance between Nissan and Renault – that made it effectively the world’s largest carmaker – was arrested in Japan, the Japanese public TV broadcaster NHK produces a documentary. Europe correspondent Yasushi Kudo visits the Netherlands to find… Read More

After Carlos Ghosn, the CEO who created an alliance between Nissan and Renault – that made it effectively the world’s largest carmaker – was arrested in Japan, the Japanese public TV broadcaster NHK needs video footage from the apartment Ghosn is renting in the South… Read More

During the winter Olympics the Dutch female skaters missed out on victory in the team pursuit and had to acknowledge their superiority to the Japanese women’s team. The final was unusually exciting. After the first two laps, the Orange trio was about two tenths behind,… Read More

After years of negotiations, Japan and Europe will finally sign a Free Trade Agreement. NHK correspondent Yasushi Kudo visits the Netherlands to see how the Dutch dairy branch is preparing for new trade opportunities with Japan. The sales manager of the Dutch cheese producer Unie… Read More