NHK has done an excellent job of providing in-depth coverage of China's economic situation for the past 20 years, but, for some reason, that other potential Asian powerhouse, India, has been overlooked by the Japanese media.
India is now the home to about a billion people, and in the last 10 years the country's economy has changed in remarkable ways. By the year 2050, economists predict it will boast the second biggest economy in the world, after China.
This week, the business documentary program "Dawn of Gaia" (TV Tokyo, Tuesday, 10 p.m.) looks at several Japanese companies that are now doing full-scale manufacturing business in India, including an automaker who entered the Indian market early and is now reaping the benefits; and a home-appliance maker who is adapting to the Indian way of doing business.