Where to watch Japan Sinks: 2020 Season 1
Japan Sinks: 2020 season 1 is streaming in Australia on Netflix (subscription). Season 1 was released on 9 July 2020.
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Japan Sinks: 2020 Season 1 episodes
S01 E01
The Beginning of the End
25 mins · Thu, 9 Jul 2020
The Mutoh family members go about their daily lives, as powerful earthquakes begin causing destruction throughout Japan.
S01 E02
Farewell, Tokyo
25 mins · Thu, 9 Jul 2020
With waters rising, the Mutohs and neighbours Nanami and Haruo decide to abandon the shrine where they took refuge and leave Tokyo.
S01 E03
A New Hope
25 mins · Thu, 9 Jul 2020
After tragedy strikes, the survivors continue travelling westward; popular Estonian YouTuber Kite decides to join the group.
S01 E04
An Open Door
25 mins · Thu, 9 Jul 2020
The group takes shelter in a grocery store, but earthquakes spur them to keep going; they escape with the grocery store owner and pick up an English hitchhiker along the way.
S01 E05
Illusion
25 mins · Thu, 9 Jul 2020
The Shan City community welcomes the travelers; the group's leader communes with the dead causing a rift between Ayumu and her mother.
S01 E06
An Oracle
26 mins · Thu, 9 Jul 2020
The commune imprisons Kunio after an escape attempt; Ayumu realises Kunio is using Morse code to try to share a warning.
S01 E07
The Dawn
25 mins · Thu, 9 Jul 2020
The survivors reach a port, where Ayumu is allowed to board a vessel due to her athletic prowess, but no one else makes the cut.
S01 E08
Mom's Secret
25 mins · Thu, 9 Jul 2020
The Japanese archipelago begins to sink; the group escapes aboard a fishing vessel, then they're forced into lifeboats after the vessel sustains damage.
S01 E09
Japan Sinks
25 mins · Thu, 9 Jul 2020
The raft survivors rendezvous with Kite and Onodera, then they head to a research facility that may hold data that can save Japan.
S01 E10
Ressurection
31 mins · Thu, 9 Jul 2020
Onodera's data contains a map showing that parts of Japan may resurface; the survivors' rescue hinges on reconnecting Kite's internet balloon.