NHK has announced that Aiba will be narrating a documentary on its education channel, ETV.

The title is "21人の輪 ～震災のなかの6年生と先生の記録～ - roughly translated: Circle of 21 people ~A record of the 6th graders and their teachers affected by the earthquake~".

The documentary follows the group at Soumashiritsu Isobe primary school situated north of Fukushima prefecture for a year.

The first episode will air on Saturday, 4 June 2011 at 3:00 p.m.
第1回「14人ではじまった新学期」
Episode 1 - [14 people starting their new school term]
It is 45 minutes long.

This would be Aiba's first time narrating a documentary series. ^^

Official website:

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Well, well, well... So this kind of stuff is what Arashi have been doing when they were being rather 'calm' post-Lotus release. They've been helping with programmes related to the earthquake relief and recovery effort. ^^