Face To Face: Season 4
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Face To Face Season 3.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
Masahisa Kogure: Serving Both Sides of the Table
Jan 28, 2018 · 28 min
TABLE FOR TWO aims to tackle the dichotomy of global obesity and hunger through a unique calorie transfer program in which healthy meals are served at the cafeterias of partner com
Yasunari Hiraki: Word by Word
Feb 25, 2018 · 28 min
The latest edition of Kojien, the most authoritative of Japanese dictionaries, hit the stores in January 2018. A team of 220 wordsmiths spent 5 years tracking words in the media an
Yachiyo Inoue: Tradition in Full Bloom
Mar 25, 2018 · 28 min
Kyoto celebrates spring with Miyako Odori, a 400-year-old dance festival featuring the geiko and maiko of Gion. The choreographer of this month-long event is Yachiyo Inoue, the 5th
Kyoko Fukuchi: The Tsukiji Legacy
Apr 29, 2018 · 28 min
With the Tsukiji Market slated for relocation in October 2018, a major concern is how to preserve its distinctive culture and traditions that date back over 400 years. Our guest th
Kiyomi Mikuni: Japanese Cuisine at the Olympics
May 27, 2018 · 28 min
Around 15,000 athletes are expected at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Serving them food while taking into account their individual needs and cultural background is no easy job. That
Yoshinori Kaneko: Bringing Back from Extinction
Jun 24, 2018 · 28 min
The destruction of natural habitats in the name of economic growth has made a once common bird an endangered species. In June 2018, however, 19 "toki," or Japanese crested ibis wer
Yasuji Hirasawa: The Unheard Voices of Leprosy
Jul 29, 2018 · 28 min
Hansen's disease or leprosy has been treated effectively since the 1950's in most countries. It's not even that contagious. But in Japan, people affected by the disease were forcef
Eiko Kadono: Weaving Magic with Words
Aug 26, 2018 · 28 min
The 2018 Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing, aka the Little Nobel Prize for Literature, went to Eiko Kadono (83), author of "Kiki's Delivery Service." She won acclaim for he
Eiichi Saitoh: Resilience and Recovery Come in Pairs
Oct 21, 2018 · 28 min
Eiichi Saitoh is a pioneering figure in rehabilitation medicine and man behind the development of cutting-edge braces and robots. Stricken by polio as a child, his right leg is par
Takafumi Tsuruta: Eliminating Borders through Fashion
Oct 28, 2018 · 28 min
Takafumi Tsuruta is all about designing fashion that is stylish, functional and fun for everyone, transcending all boundaries. He made a splash in 2015 when he became the first des
Hitoshi Kuninaka: Never Say No to a Challenge
Nov 25, 2018 · 28 min
In September 2018, Japan's space agency, JAXA, became the first to land a robotic explorer on an asteroid. The rovers were dispatched from the asteroid explorer Hayabusa2 and are n
Chieko Kuribayashi: Saving Communities One Meal at a Time
Dec 30, 2018 · 28 min
Chieko Kuribayashi is the director of a non-profit. 5 years ago, it opened a "children's cafeteria" to serve kids that, whether for financial reasons or because of their parents' b