Expelled “bad girl” turns tragedy into triumph!

Kotoha Tagami is a rookie neurosurgeon. At first glance, she seems like a gentle and delicate heroine doing her best… or so everyone thinks—until she suddenly snaps back in a deep, intimidating voice whenever something doesn’t make sense. She was actually a former delinquent!
The death of her best friend in a motorcycle accident inspired her to turn her life around and become a doctor. Driven by a desire to stand by her patients more than anyone else, she throws herself into relentless training. She eventually grows into one of the rare “master doctors” capable of performing both open surgery and endovascular (catheter-based) procedures.

A brand new police drama: a story about the PR division working behind the scenes of crime investigations.

Rintaro Imaizumi, once a detective at the Kuramaebashi Police Station, is suddenly transferred to Public Relations Section 2. He originally joined the Metropolitan Police Department with the goal of becoming a First Investigative Division detective. Believing that the next transfer would finally place him in his dream post—the elite, highly respected First Division—he is stunned to receive an unexpected assignment to the PR division instead.
To make matters worse, Imaizumi has harbored a strong dislike for reporters ever since a traumatic case in his past. For him, being sent to a division that works closely with the press is completely beyond imagination…

Lost in life? These wanderers are about to get a shocking restart!?

Back in 1988, during their middle school days, the three were obsessed with making kung-fu movies as part of the film research club. Now, at 51, each of them is struggling with life in his own way, thinking, “This isn’t how things were supposed to turn out.”
One day, a news report breaks: “Human remains discovered at a construction site in Tanbe City.”
Hearing the name of the town where they spent their youth sends a chill through Kisuke. He contacts the other two, and for the first time in 37 years, the three reunite.

The “ultimate” insurance investigator: compliance is optional.

The protagonist, Ren Amane, a former ace detective in the Metropolitan Police Department’s First Investigation Division, tackles cases of suspected insurance fraud brought to an international insurance company. Working alongside a team of colorful colleagues, Ren sometimes deceives even allies to uncover the truth and, at other times, empathizes with victims to bring relief to their lives.

One accident haunted a young boy’s heart—

Thirteen years ago, in a house near Yokohama’s Chinatown, a young boy’s father was found dead in the bathroom. The police ruled it an accident, but something about it remained mysterious…After graduating from high school, 22-year-old Ryuichi Koyanagi lives a life of idleness, neither in education nor at work. One day, a woman who has fallen victim to a scam involving an illegal part-time job comes to him for help. This leads Ryuichi, together with his childhood friend Kinta Iwashimizu, now a police officer, on a path to uncover the truth and get closer to the mystery surrounding his father’s death.

A new chapter after five years—elite detectives vs crimes that threaten national security.

Nami is a detective assigned to DICT, a special task force dedicated to tackling cybercrime. With years of experience in juvenile cases and community policing, she’s honed her skills at uncovering the truth through persistence and sharp investigation. However, DICT’s cases are unlike anything she’s faced before: crimes born from smartphones, anonymous accounts, and the hidden corners of the internet while the real masterminds remain untouchable, shielded by digital anonymity. To combat this threat, DICT brings together specialists from across the police force in an unpredictable new chapter of Absolute Zero.

Japan’s first-ever TV drama to spotlight the Water Police!

Unlike on land, where widespread CCTV has made crime-solving more efficient, the waterways remain lightly patrolled. To tackle the rise in waterborne crime, the Metropolitan Police Department establishes the Tokyo Water Police Station, composed of officers from diverse backgrounds. Takuma Ikari, a veteran detective with over 20 years of experience; Shun Kusakabe, an ambitious officer recently transferred from headquarters; and Reiko Arima, a licensed mariner, along with other colorful personalities. Together, they take on crimes that occur on Tokyo Bay and its rivers, working to bring criminals to justice.

A coming-of-age story set in Shibuya in 1984, featuring an original plot with semi-autobiographical touches by Koki Mitani.

Everyone has a dream, yet the world is a cruel place. Still, they keep moving forward—Mitsunari Kube, an aspiring theater director; Koda Rika, a mysterious dancer; Shogo Horai, a rookie scriptwriter; and Juri Egashira, a miko shrine maiden. Amid the booming economy, the quiet corners of Shibuya still hide the struggles of the young searching for their place in the world.
1984 comes alive in Mitani’s signature blend of laughter and tears.

A heartwarming comedy about families living in the same apartment building.

The neighbors had rarely exchanged more than simple greetings. But one stormy night, when a nearby river threatened to flood, they are forced to spend the night together. Through their late-night conversations, they get to know each other. Then, Wataru suddenly remembers a long-forgotten promise he once made to his wife: that they would divorce once their child turned twenty. Now, he has only two months left until his daughter’s twentieth birthday!

“Is there someone you would like to meet?”

Nestled away in one corner of the city, the nursing bar Versailles is home to a staff of nursing and hospitality professionals, led by hostess Marie Uesugi. Most customers are seniors who have been certified as requiring long-term care. The moment they enter the bar, they regain their youth, and become even more radiant. The bar holds another secret too. The hostess serves a magical wine, called See You In My Dreams. Those who drink it are led to a world of fantasy where they can do the things left undone in their youth, and regain the things that they left behind and forgot. These brief moments they spend in the bar… No one can tell whether they are reality or an illusion. All that can be said is that everyone leaves looking reinvigorated. And meeting with those elderly customers will change the fate of one college student, Daiki Kumashiro, who feels as if he is drowning in the darkness of society.
Who will open the doors of Versailles in search of that magic wine tonight?

One summer at the Child Guidance Center, a heartful human drama will be told with excitement and warmth in the beautiful scenery of Shonan!

I want to become a police detective and help lots of people.”
As a detective working at a local precinct, Tsubasa has been working frantically to make her childhood dream come true, but one day, all of a sudden, she receives orders to report to the Child Guidance Center by the seaside. Tsubasa heads there before she has time to sort out her feelings, and contrary to her image of the Child Guidance Center as a gloomy place, she is greeted by a cheerful group of children, along with the director of the center, Minamino, who doubles as a childcare worker, and Kurata, a child welfare officer.
While she is there, the center receives a report from the resident of an apartment building saying that they can hear a child crying. Once they persuade the mother, who does not want to let them in, Tsubasa and Kurata notice there is a bruise on the boy’s inner thigh. However, when Kurata leaves the house without saying anything, Tsubasa confronts him, asking, “Couldn’t this kind of slow response mean we’ll be too late?” Kurata counters, “It’s not the center’s job to reveal the crimes of the parents.”
The next day, the Child Guidance Center receives an emergency report of child abuse from an elementary school, and it’s about the boy with the bruise…

A female leader and undercover investigations! Watch her trick others and be tricked herself in this thrilling con game suspense series!

Robberies done by hiring people for shady part-time work, identity theft, illegal drug sales, phishing, criminal organizations becoming more stealthy… One way to counter these very modern forms of crime is to “pose as one of the participants, and then round up everyone involved,” or to “pretend to be on their side, and then take out the ringleader.” In other words, undercover investigations. Tamiko is the leader of the newly established “Stingers” team at the Metropolitan Police Department. Having studied abroad in America and learned about sting operations at the FBI, she is one of the top career police superintendents. She is a professional investigator who freely makes use of disguises, improv, psychological manipulation, and even elaborate tricks. Her explanations are simple, but her orders are an enigma. Though her subordinates are at the mercy of her off-the-wall behavior, at some point it all comes together. At first glance she might look like a cool and intelligent investigator, but she loves to play tricks. With her incredible eye for strategy, she sees through the personalities of the people on her side, and makes the best possible use of them. Whether she’s dressed up in a uniform, a suit, as a lady of leisure, a jaded hostess, or one half of a silly couple, Tamiko can get into any role, but if her true identity ever gets out, lives are on the line…

Forensic science reveals the traces of crimes! An eccentric professor and his oddball assistant will seek the truth behind the impossible cases of this orthodox mystery series!

Domon is the head of a private forensic science laboratory. He was once the ace of the crime lab, an incredible forensic analyst about whom investigators said, “If he can’t analyze a piece of evidence, then no one can.” Like the scientist that he is, everything that Domon does has a logical basis. He is an eccentric who loathes waste, and won’t talk about anything that he doesn’t need to, and yet is also a genius who uses his outstanding abilities to reveal the truth of crimes based on the evidence brought to him. His assistant, Shuko, once studied polygraphs as part of a major in psychology. Despite working as his assistant, she feels that the job doesn’t suit her, and has been considering a change of career. An oddball who is good at spotting lies, she even looks for the lies that their clients are telling. Impatient and not easily intimidated, her personality frequently leads her to butt heads with Domon.
The cases that are brought to this eccentric forensic investigator and his oddball assistant are all inexplicable. Some of them are even about to go cold. “Science” is their weapon. Using forensic science, they work from small pieces of evidence to find inconsistencies, break down the lies told by those involved, and unveil the sad truth behind the cases.
Domon also has a mysterious past of his own. His forensic analysis once led to a wrongful conviction. In time, Domon will have to face that incident from his past.

A story of forbidden true love between a high school teacher and a host aiming for the top of nightlife world.

Manami is a no-nonsense high school teacher who can’t take a joke. Despite her passion for the job, the students’ opinions of her are only so-so. She lacks life experience, and has never fallen deeply in love. Kaoru, on the other hand, is a hot young employee at a host club. He grew up in a situation that was so terrible he wasn’t even able to attend elementary school properly, but he has turned his charm into a weapon in order to rise up from the bottom.
Manami discovers that one of her students, Natsuki, has gotten hooked on going to a host club, and has been using her parents’ bank card to pay for it. Despite being frightened, Manami heads to Kabukicho to bring her student back. She locates Natsuki, and drags the girl back home against her will. Later, when Natsuki’s mother asks her to have Kaoru make a written pledge that he will never contact Natsuki again, Manami heads to the host club once more, and that is the beginning of a love between two people whose paths were never meant to cross…

A romantic comedy with laughter, tears, family ties and a hint of romance in Kamakura!

Season 1 follows Chiaki and Wahei’s journey from their first meeting to falling in love and becoming a couple. In Season 2, the focus shifts to the “prime of adults” lives’ of the two, along with their quirky friends and family. Now, eleven years later, as Chiaki and Wahei approach their 60s and retirement, they bring joy and laughter back to the world in this heartwarming romantic comedy set in Kamakura, filled with humor, tears, family bonds, and a touch of romance!

An office drama where HR staff with unique personalities handle various workplace troubles!

Ren Hitomi is assigned to the HR department of Hinode Pencil, a long-established stationery manufacturer with a brilliant track record. Due to its military-like culture, the HR department is undervalued by others.  However, rumors begin to spread that a super-elite HR expert, Hitomi, has been headhunted from an overseas company to join the team.  Everyone around him has high expectations. Ironically, not only does he lack business manners and clerical skills, but he also lacks social common sense, cannot perform even simple calculations, frequently forgets things, and is out of touch in nearly every way. Despite this, he is honest, straightforward, and outrageously compassionate. Somehow, he ends up solving problems and untangling the issues of the people he consults. The skill required in the HR department is to “see people” correctly, but can Hitomi truly “see people” as his name suggests?

A medical drama following top ER doctors confronting life and death in emergency care.

Shura is a 39-year-old ER doctor at Taishaku General Hospital. Regardless of who the patient is—whether they have no money or are part of the yakuza—Shura treats everyone equally. With unwavering dedication, she pours every ounce of energy into saving those in front of her. Because of her extraordinary skill in the most extreme conditions, colleagues at the hospital have nicknamed her “Ashura-sensei” after the multi-armed war deity, Ashura. But Shura was never a born genius. She reached this point through relentless effort, pushing herself to the absolute limit. More than anyone, she understands that ” there are no second chances in life and death—one mistake means death.” Despite the crushing pressure, Shura continues to stand on the frontlines of saving lives. And the reason she has been able to keep going all this time seems to be connected to a promise she made to someone in the past…

A heartwarming story of a couple’s simple, gentle life through the seasons in early Showa-era Japan

In the late 1930s, just a few years before Japan enters World War II, Natsumi is introduced to her marriage partner, Lieutenant Takimasa Ebata of the Imperial Navy, by her father. However, on their wedding day, Takimasa is absent due to training, marking a turbulent start to their marriage. Natsumi is a pure-hearted woman, while Takimasa is shy and awkward in building relationships with women. Though their relationship is filled with miscommunication and frustration, they gradually grow closer as they spend more time together. This is a story that lovingly portrays Natsumi and Takimasa’s sweet, yet sometimes frustrating, newlywed life.

A heartwarming gourmet drama set at a tricolor food cart, replenishing both your heart and appetite after a draining day.

A brilliant French chef who has lost both his sense of taste and smell, and a monk with a keen sense of taste, open a food cart at a temple that operates only on weekday nights.

Their cooking quickly gains popularity, but there’s another reason that brings people to the cart.

“Beloved husband’s fried rice, miso ramen after school club activities, curry rice that helped through struggles abroad”

Its special menu takes orders for each customer’s one-and-only dish, bringing cherished memories to life with each bite and wrapping customers in warmth. Savor exquisite dishes that satisfy your appetite and heartwarming stories that touch your soul!

One call save a life. An original drama series depicting the real lives of emergency dispatchers is born!

Everyone calls 119 at some point in their lives. The emergency dispatchers, who send out ambulances or fire trucks as the situation demands, can only handle the job because they are a team of specialists with a variety of skills related to firefighting and first aid. They use their communication skills and medical knowledge to listen to the voices of those in need and use their voices to save them. Relying on the words of panicked callers, they determine their location, and get the necessary teams there as soon as possible. The “chain of lifesaving” begins with fire department’s command center, and working there is by no means an easy job. This series faithfully depicts the various human interactions that play out on the job and the dispatchers who keep working their hardest to save lives in an environment where every moment is tense.

The obstacles that she faces include crimes, opinions inside the police, and her own emotion scars…

With photographic memory as her weapon, Hizuki Hiiragi worked her way up from a non-career position to become the head of the First Investigation Division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. In this police drama, the members of Team Hiiragi, the First Unit of the Third Serious Crimes Unit of the First Investigation Division, confront heinous crimes under the leadership of the “ice queen” herself. Team Hiiragi was set up as a special exception inside the First Investigation Division, and its idiosyncratic members all have their own personal secrets and traumas. This includes Hizuki, whose father murdered her mother. While questioning the reason for their existence, Hizuki and Team Hiiragi will face many people and incidents. Having lost faith in humanity because of her father’s betrayal, Hizuki faces forward despite the scars that she can never forget. As she pushes onward, not just with strength, but also feelings of weakness, indecision, and anger, she will be a sympathetic figure for many women and give them courage in this human drama.