It has been announced that TV Asahi will broadcast a special program entitled "Matsuoka Shuzo's Minna Gan Hare - Discovering People Who Will Brighten the Future!" on March 2nd from 1:55pm to 3:20pm, hosted by former professional tennis player and sportscaster Matsuoka Shuzo. The program will feature people who will brighten the future, such as an agricultural high school in Miyagi prefecture that developed a new fertilizer that will enable cost reduction amid rising rice prices, the "legendary ice craftsman" who supports professional skater Hanyu Yuzuru, and the 85-year-old coach of a popular little league baseball team.
The program is part of TV Asahi's "Future from Here Project," which aims to create a "better world" and a "new future" through various programs. In this project, TV Asahi's news and information programs will be broadcasting projects and special features that delve into topics such as climate change and the energy crisis over eight days from February 23 to March 2.
"Hatori Shinichi Morning Show" (Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m.) will cover the current situation of "seaweed-free oceans," where the survival of sea urchin fishing is at risk, conservation efforts, and "environmentally active concrete" that promotes algae growth, and familiar commentators will discuss the SDGs.
"Yoko Oshita Wide! Scramble" (Monday to Friday, 10:25 a.m., excluding some regions) will be broadcasting SDG-related projects every day. From the "edible cement" that was used on the roof of this year's Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan Expo to the activities of a Japanese photographer who continues to photograph the Amazon, the show will cover a wide range of topics.
"ANN News" (weekdays and Saturdays at 11:45 a.m.) broadcasts news on a wide range of topics, including Japan's first self-dialysis facility and "Seniors' Cafeterias" to prevent loneliness and isolation among seniors.
The evening program "Super J Channel" (Monday to Friday, 4:48 p.m., excluding some areas) covers the revitalization of Achi Village in Nagano Prefecture, which was recognized by the Ministry of the Environment as the number one place for "stargazing" in 2006. The program explores the "miracle" of this village of 6,000 people, far from any big city, which has grown to attract approximately 150,000 visitors a year.
"Hodo Station" (Monday to Friday 9:54 pm) covers the Aral Sea, a salt lake that straddles Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. The area was once almost the same as the Tohoku region of Japan, but in half a century it has shrunk to one-tenth of its former size, and the efforts of a Japanese woman who is trying to restore the Aral Sea are followed.
On March 1st and 2nd, "Good! Morning" (Saturday 6:00 am, Sunday 5:50 am, excluding some areas) will broadcast the popular segment "Weather Quiz" live from facilities that are seriously facing the SDGs. The plan is to learn about the efforts of each facility while participating in the weather quiz.
On the 1st, "Seeds of Happiness" (Saturday 9:55am, excluding some areas) will feature a segment titled "Cloth Zori Solves Close Social Issues" introducing people who are working to weave our lives into the future. On the same day, "Saturday Station" (Saturday 8:54pm) will focus on young people's actions towards the abolition of nuclear weapons. Ahead of the "Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons" to be held at the United Nations, the program will cover the activities of a high school student from Nagasaki who is scheduled to give a speech to find out how young people living in Japan, the only country to have suffered atomic bombings during war, can convey the "message of the atomic bombed areas."
On the 2nd, "ANN Super J Channel" (Sunday 5:30 pm, excluding some areas) will have a segment titled "The Current State of Circular Economy," in which they will visit a waste disposal company's factory. They will report on the current situation and issues surrounding horizontal recycling (the use of used products as raw materials to manufacture the same products anew) and whether it is really progressing.
