Yes, I think I know what you mean. I've seen those on NHK World - Japan's Top Inventions [EN]
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/topinventions/ Would love to see more like this, too.
I didn't know Juki was a Japanese company
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/o...video/2072037/ It'd be neat to see Toray fabrics or YKK (should have visited in Toyama).
Strange Parts visited Japan last year and reverse engineered a vacuum fluorescent display [EN]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy6o8TrDUFU
How a Nendroid is made at Good Smile [JP with EN subtitles]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFCPqLmJraI
There's a few shokunin type series/episodes for more traditional crafts (vs industrial):
Rachel & Jun [EN] shokunin
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...qUC2LUTwSWaKnx
Tokyo Lens [EN] Shamisen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0Ic64TPJVc custom desk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy4McjmsVtw
Ryoya Takashima [JP with EN subtitles] made a cello
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...oZg6pXlom-jLlO