The Best TV Shows on NHK Digital Satellite HD
Every NHK Digital Satellite HD Show Ranked From Best To Worst
With its programming history stretching from 1993 to 2011, NHK Digital Satellite HD offers an impressive lineup of over 8 shows. Notable series such as Today's Close-Up and Shinjuku Shark from NHK Digital Satellite HD first graced the screens in 1993 and 1995. Stay up-to-date with over 8 of NHK Digital Satellite HD’s elite series, with our list refreshed for August 2025.
Kaiki Daisakusen - Second File (2007)8.0Modern remake of the Kaiki Daisakusen / Operation Mystery tv show. A special unit called SRI (Science Research Institute) is investigating mysterious cases.
にっぽん縦断 こころ旅 (2011)6.5
ＲＯＭＥＳ 空港防御システム (2009)6.0
Today's Close-Up (1993)N/AA current affairs television programme produced by the Japanese public broadcaster NHK provides cutting-edge information and critical analysis on important issues confronting Japanese lives.
Shinjuku Shark (1995)N/AHard-boiled suspense drama series about a detective feared as the "Shinjuku Shark" who bravely stands up to evil.
Welkame (2009)N/A
Kaidan Horror Classics (2010)N/A
Taro no Tō (2011)N/AA life story of Taro Okamoto, one of the most prominent Japanese avant-garde artists of the 20th Century. Celebrating the 100th anniversary of his birth in 2011, the drama depicts his struggle for the completion of his emblematic work "The Tower of Taro," known as the symbol of the Osaka Expo in 1970, and his eccentric relationships with his family.