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Begin Japanology - Season 4 Episode 19

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Title: Begin Japanology - Season 4 Episode 19
Genre: Documentary
Country: United States of America
Studio: NHK BS1, NHK WORLD-JAPAN
Cast: Peter Barakan, Stuart Varnam-Atkin
Crew: Ryoichiro Yoshida (Theme Song Performance), Kenichi Yoshida (Theme Song Performance)
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Overview:Japan leads the world in building ever-faster and ever-quieter lifts, or elevators. In 2004, Japan's long history of engineering know-how was used to build the world's fastest elevator in Taipei 101, a 509-meter landmark skyscraper in Taiwan. The elevator travels at up to 60 km/h! At Tokyo's Roppongi Hills, one of Japan's largest multipurpose complexes, elevators serve two floors at once: an even and an odd floor. In other office buildings, cameras and ID cards connected to computers dispatch lifts automatically. Will "space elevators" someday carry people into orbit? The key may be carbon nanotubes, a material that was brought to the forefront of science in Japan. On this edition of BEGIN Japanology, we look at the continued evolution of lifts and how they have become an indispensable daily convenience in Japan.

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First Air Date: Apr 14, 2008 Last Air date: Mar 20, 2014 Season: 7 Season Episode: 251 Episode Runtime: 28:14 minutes Quality: HD IMDb: 3 / 10 by 2 users Popularity: 9.4509 Language: en

1. Mochi Rice Cake2011-01-13
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2. Watches and Clocks2011-01-20
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3. Fugu Blowfish2011-01-27
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4. Haneda Airport2011-02-03
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5. Kagura Dances2011-02-10
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6. Snow2011-02-17
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7. Pollen Allergy2011-03-03
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8. Sashimono Woodwork2011-03-10
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9. Cranes2011-04-07
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10. Kitchen Knives2011-04-14
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11. Fishing2011-04-21
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12. Armour2011-04-28
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13. Judo2011-05-05
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14. The Life of Taro Okamoto2011-05-12
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15. The Life of Osamu Dazai2011-05-19
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16. The Life of Kenzo Tange2011-05-26
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17. The Life of Hideko Maehata2011-06-02
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18. Toilets2011-06-09
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19. Lifts2011-06-16
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20. Motorcycles2011-06-23
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21. Unagi Eel2011-06-30
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22. Japanophiles - Ilan Yanizky2011-07-07
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23. Japanophiles - Silvain Guignard2011-07-14
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24. Japanophiles - Stéphane Danton2011-07-21
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25. Japanophiles - Dorothy Feibleman2011-07-28
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26. Plastic Food Samples2011-08-18
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27. Insects2011-08-25
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28. Traditional Japanese Mathematics2011-09-01
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29. Bicycles2011-09-08
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30. Chusonji2011-09-15
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31. Seaweed2011-09-29
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32. Charcoal2011-10-06
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33. Rain2011-10-13
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34. Golf2011-10-20
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35. Shipbuilding2011-10-27
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36. Japanophiles - Bruce Huebner2011-11-03
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37. Japanophiles - Noelke Muho2011-11-10
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38. Japanophiles - Matt Alt2011-11-17
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39. Karaoke2011-11-24
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40. Holidays2011-12-01
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41. Red Sea Bream2011-12-08
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42. Shopping Streets2011-12-15
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43. Chickens and Eggs2011-12-22
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