13 Season
259 Episode
Hometown Stories - Season 9 Episode 21 Steering Through Tough Times
A charter bus company had lost its major source of income - international tourists - in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The CEO spends his days seeking emergency loans, but it's not enough to avert significant salary and job cuts. For the remaining staff, things are tough. With their incomes plummeting, some resort to part-time work. One driver ventures into sales in a bid to drum up business. Meet the members of a small but scrappy company fighting to survive amid the pandemic.
- Year: 2024
- Country: Japan
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: NHK, NHK WORLD-JAPAN
- Keyword: way of life, hometown, culture, community spirit, social awareness, life story, working life
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- Cast: lae astra