Synopsis
Sue Perkins starts her journey in Tokyo, home to 36 million people. She trains with a female sumo wrestling team and meets a family who live with robots.
- Programme: Japan with Sue Perkins
- Episode: 1
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2019
- Languages | Japanese
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