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CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Apr 27, 2008
Travel information, talk show product review, family melodrama
In 2007, more than 8 million people visited Japan from overseas, double the number that visited 10 years ago.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Apr 20, 2008
Music talk show, lawyer melodrama, mystery thriller
It used to be that music shows were mostly music, but since the early 1990s they've generally been talking about music. "The M" (Nihon TV, Tuesday, 9 p.m.), a new show that premieres this week, attempts to give the music-talk format a few twists.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Apr 13, 2008
Environmental info show, romantic drama, comedy adventure cop-thriller
The "eco" movement gets the feminine treatment on "Asu Tsukaeru Eko Chishiki (Ecology Knowledge You can Use Tomorrow)" (TV Asahi, Monday, 7 p.m.), in which a group of female TV stars learn clever ways to conserve energy and recycle refuse.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Apr 6, 2008
Documentary on education, romantic comedy, female family drama
It is estimated that about 127,000 children throughout Japan have stopped attending school because they simply don't want to. It is a problem that seems to be getting worse despite the attention it has attracted.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Mar 30, 2008
Office sitcom, family drama special, superhero adventure
Last year, TBS and publisher Kodansha teamed up to solicit original stories for a television drama. The winning story was adapted as a teleplay and the finished drama will be broadcast Monday at 9 p.m.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Mar 23, 2008
The drama of man-and-animal stories, Japan's first bone-marrow bank, and baseball batteries
Few people can resist the dramatic pull of stories that explore the emotional nexus between people and animals.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Mar 16, 2008
Nature documentary, candid camera reality, history documentary
With every passing day, scientists learn more about the Earth's past, but the future always remains a mystery. Is the extinction of species being accelerated by mankind, or is it part of nature's plan?
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Mar 9, 2008
Tokyo air-raid photography, convenience stores, LDP versus the DPJ on TV
This Monday marks the 63rd anniversary of the Tokyo air raid. In the very early morning hours of March 10, 1945, U.S. bombers dropped incendiary devices on the capital. No one knows exactly how many people perished in the attack, but estimates range from 100,000 to 200,000.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Mar 2, 2008
Father-daughter daytime soap opera, celebrity charity projects, Korean history special
The entire premise of the daytime soap opera "Mikon Roku-Shimai Part 2 (Six Unmarried Sisters Part 2)" (TBS, Monday-Friday, 1:30 p.m.) is right there in the title. The series is about a widower, Matsutaro (Shinyo Owada), who runs a traditional Japanese confectionery. He has six daughters who range in...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Feb 24, 2008
Coming of age mini-series, cop-thriller-drama, Kazakhstan documentary
Owing presumably to TV viewers' dwindling attention spans, drama series are becoming shorter. This week, Fuji TV presents a four-part dramatization of an award-winning novel over the course of four consecutive nights rather than four consecutive weeks.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Feb 17, 2008
Organic food, JFK conspiracies, dealing with terminal cancer in a new way
Recent scandals concerning food produced in Japan and overseas have increased consumer interest in organic produce, which is seen as being both safer and healthier. On Tuesday, TV Tokyo's business-documentary program, "Gaia no Yuake (The Dawn of Gaia)" (10 p.m.), will look at organizations that are trying...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Feb 10, 2008
Chinese women striving through history, hero cop docu-drama, African history game show
Chinese women get respect in the two-hour Nihon TV special "Onnatachi no Chugoku (Women's China)" (Monday, 9 p.m.), which looks at the country's female citizens and 4,000 years of history.
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Feb 3, 2008
Documentary on abandoned children, chocolate travel special
According to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), there are presently 2.2 billion human beings in the world under the age of 18, 300 million of whom do not exist in any sort of official capacity.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jan 27, 2008
Extreme and odd sports, teacher drama, real-life childbirth drama
One of the longest-running game shows on Japanese TV is "Tokyo Friend Park" (TBS, Monday, 6:55 p.m.), where veteran announcer Hiroshi Sekiguchi sets a team of celebrities unusual physical challenges.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jan 20, 2008
Showa nostalgia documentary, baseball star interviewed, optical illusions
The Showa boom has yet to run its course. Appropriating the street address used in the title of the hit Showa Period movie series "Always: Sanchome no Yuhi," TV Tokyo pumps up the nostalgia on "Sanchome no Post: Natsukashii Rankingu SP (Sanchome Mailbox: Nostalgic Rankings Special)" (Monday, 7 p.m.)....
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Jan 13, 2008
Single parenting drama, variety commonplace talents, childbirth drama
SMAP band member Shingo Katori, whose last TV drama job was playing a monkey, gets to be more than human in the new series "Bara no Nai Hanaya (A Florist Without Roses)" (Fuji, Monday, 9 p.m.). Katori plays Eiji, a young widower with an 8-year-old daughter, Shizuku. He saves his money for years to fulfill...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jan 6, 2008
Rock climbing rehabilitation, celebrity life stories, taking care of parents
Yasushi Yamanoi is one of Japan's most famous rock climbers. In 1994 he made it to the top of a Himalayan peak that stands 8,201 meters above sea level. He did it alone and without oxygen.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Dec 16, 2007
Comic child-detective, comedians visit the poor, blind singer docu-drama
One of the longest-running comic series is "Meitantei Conan (Famous Detective Conan)," about an elementary-school-age private eye named Conan Edogawa who was once a high-school-age private eye named Shinichi Kudo before the evil Black Organization (Kuro Soshiki) used some kind of "chemical" to make him...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Dec 9, 2007
Police-interrogation drama, obscure comedian jokester, actor-singer tribute
The controversial practice of closed police interrogations gets the TV drama treatment on the two-hour mystery "Yoru no Owaru Toki (When the Night Ends)" (TBS, Monday, 9 p.m.). After the naked body of Detective Tokumochi of the Fujimi Police Department is found, a childhood friend named Sekiguchi is...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Dec 2, 2007
Big-family sitcom, judo docu-drama, life makeover show
Teru Miyamoto's best-selling novel "Suisei Monogatari (Meteor Story)" (TBS, Monday, 9 p.m.) is brought to the small screen this week in a two-hour adaptation. The book focuses on a very large household containing 13 people and one dog, a beagle named Hook.
South Korea couple beat same-sex barriers to parenthood
South Korean lesbian couple Kim Kyu-jin (left) and her wife, Kim Sae-yeon, pose with a "pregnant woman" badge during an interview in Seoul last month.
Japan unveils new overtourism countermeasures
The majority of tourists in Japan tend to stay in Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto, resulting in overcrowding in popular tourist spots and a strain on transportation systems.
Opportunities await the bold in the Year of the Wood Dragon
2024 marks the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, with the year predicted to be a good time for fresh starts.
Japan pharma startup developing world-first drug to grow new teeth
A new tooth is seen in a ferret's mouth after it was administered a drug to stimulate the growth of tooth buds.
Don’t worry about global population collapse
Most projections show the world will hit peak humanity in the 21st century as people choose to have smaller families and women gain power over their own reproduction.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
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