tokyo s willing cog, in an enormous machine requiring long hours, low pay, total dedication. and sometimes, what s called karoshi, death by overwork. here in a society of tight spaces and many expectations, the pressure s on. to keep up appearances, to do what s expected. to not let the interior life become exterior. but at night, things are different. what do you need to know about tokyo? deep, deep waters. the first time i came here, it was like it was a transformative, experience. it was a powerful and violent experience. it was as if it was just like taking acid for the first time. meaning, what do i do now? i see the whole world in a different way. i often compare the experience of going to japan for the first time, going to tokyo for the first time, to what eric clapton and pete townsend must ve gone through, the reigning guitar gods of england, what they must ve gone through the week that jimi hendrix came to town. you hear about it, you go see it, the whole
What is and the forecast for the week ahead. Not quite the forecast for the christmas romantics but they could be worse for those who are on the move. Very cloudy but very mild. Breezy obtains across the northeast and wet weather for scotland and Northern Ireland. Signs of something called on Christmas Day possible. 0pen there has been a mild start. Temperatures are around 13 celsius and in the north of scotland. Anywhere from chester to gloucestershire has a sunny start. Wet in shetland, rain spreading down to north west scotland but the further south you are and in South West England and wales frog could be an issue through the morning but to the east we will see sunshine. Some sunshine also east of the pennines but very misty on the pennines himself. Some cloud breaks into Northern Ireland and for the south and east of scotland, 15 celsius possible in aberdeenshire. North West Highlands and islands see more extensive outbreak of rain this afternoon that will work its way into southe
This is a really good place, ithink. But, when this team from chester zoo hid motion activated cameras in the forest here, they were in for a pleasant surprise. We had no idea if they are still there, and how many are left. We were looking through the videos. We saw some monkeys, some forest, something, and then we had the warty pigs and it was like, yeah this is the first footage ever captured of javan warty pigs in the wild. It was really fantastic, and really good footage like, the photos showed the big warts, so it was really good. This small Wildlife Centre in west java has just a few of the animals in a captive breeding program. These animals are incredibly shy, which is why they were so hard to find. But this captive population that have bred here at cikananga is an emergency population that could be used to repopulate the wild if something does go wrong. At this point, we are really happy that they are still there. So there is still hope, and if we can design some effective con
You the best stories from around the globe. Wow thats just a taste of whats coming up in the next half hour, as we take a look back at some of the best bits on what has been a truly memorable year. Its taken us to all four corners of the world, weve met some amazing people with some fantastic stories. But first, lets kick off with these ones. In a moment weve got me fishing for my lunch here in finnish lapland and then rajan gets to be the first member of the public to take a ride on europes tallest and fastest rollercoaster. But first, back in january, henry travelled to turkey to explore a Massive Underground city recently found that is slowly revealing some fascinating stories about the countrys history. Wow, look at all of this. I find it hard to believe that people were living on top of here and all of this was actually hidden, so they had no idea this was here. That is insane wow, that ceiling is unique. Whats all this . This is a monastry and, according to the scientists, the mo
On christmas eve, transforming the concourse with decorations, and laying out tables. Caroline davies reports. Festive preparation under the departures board as Network Rail Volunteers prepare for their homeless guests. Theyre part of our community, theyre here every day, and i think some places would maybe just shun them away, but for us, they are an important part of the community, theyre here, we have to engage, we have to look after them and make sure that theyre safe. Local charities invited 200 guests to enjoy some festive music and a four course meal a meal which was only possible thanks to the donations from 45 different businesses and groups. Jed has been squatting since he was 18. Its unique, like, theyve got this space on Christmas Day. Its quite interesting to see somewhere like this on Christmas Day and see it put to some good use. Jesse now squats, too, but spent many years living in a tent, moving around the uk. You know, its a nice, relaxing environment, it takes us out