NHK WORLD PRIME
Season 5 Episode 11 - What You Taught Me About My Son
In 2007, an unknown Japanese youth with severe autism wrote a book of essays in Japanese titled "The Reason I Jump." Authored by Naoki Higashida, it reveals the inner heart of a person with autism and has become an international bestseller translated into over 20 languages. This success is due to author David Mitchell, who has an autistic son. Having had experience living in Japan, David could read the book in Japanese and felt that his own son was speaking to him through Naoki's words, providing insight into such behaviors as head banging and uncontrolled vocalization. He translated the essays into English to help other families around the world who grapple with autism. In March 2014, David visited Naoki in Japan, where they had a moving encounter. This is the story of international hope engendered by interaction between a Japanese youth with autism and a famous English author. (Originally broadcast as part of the "NHK Documentary" series in 2014 [exact date unknown])
Episodes in Season 5
3/11 - The Tsunami: The First 3 Days
49 min
3/11 - The Tsunami: The First Year
49 min
GREAT RACE: You'll Never Run Alone
50 min
Gifts from a Parent's Deathbed
50 min
KEN WATANABE - A Compassionate View: The Decade Since the Great East Japan Earthquake
50 min
Global Commons Stewardship
50 min
Generation 3.11: A Decade Journey
50 min
Fukushima Monologue
49 min
Enku: The Enigma of a Wandering Sculptor Monk
49 min
"War Victims Die Twice"
49 min
What You Taught Me About My Son
49 min
Recovery in 300,000 Pictures
49 min
Hearing the Voice of Nakamura Tetsu
48 min
Social Media and the Tides of Democracy
50 min
Eyes in a Crisis
49 min
Seek Nothing, Just Sit
49 min
The Lifesaving Fuel Train
50 min
Karl and Tina: Embracing Village Life in Japan
49 min
A Man Who Aligned Japan with the Nazis
49 min
Empty Homes, Shattered Dreams: China's "Ghost Castles"
49 min
We're Not "Gaijin"!
49 min
A Maiko's Coiffure: Beautiful Ties in Kyoto
43 min
Sahel Rosa — A War Orphan's Journey
50 min
My School of Many Colors
50 min
Finding Mr. Kondo: Tracing the Life of a Wartime Illustrator
50 min
War and Disease: Falling to Malaria
49 min
War and Disease: A Vaccine Tragedy
49 min
