On the variety show "Shiawase Bonbi Garu" ("Happy Poor Girls"; Nippon TV, Tues., 10 p.m.), celebrities look at how much fun it is to live the impoverished life. The women who are the subjects of the show grew up during the recession, so saving money is as natural to them as breathing. The point is to make it fun — Abenomics be damned.
This week, Japanese showbiz's most infamous snob, Madame Dewi Sukarno, goes to Yokohama to look as some incredibly cheap rental properties, as well as a few clothing stores whose wares are scandalously inexpensive.
Meanwhile, regular reporter Daigo looks in on a young woman who has come to Tokyo to become a pop singer, and Izumi Mori attempts to build a "Parisian-style" floor lamp using only materials bought at a ¥100 shop.
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