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CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
May 1, 2005
Fuji TV's "Naruhodo the World" makes a brief comeback, and more
On Monday, TV Tokyo's business documentary series "Gaia no Yoake" (The Dawn of Gaia; 10 p.m.) will look at NEET, an acronym coined in England that stands for "not in education, employment or training," and which describes young adults who are neither in school or in the workforce.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Apr 24, 2005
Teens can't imagine marriage without love in NHK's "Shinken Judai Shaberi-ba" and more
Yuko Asano returns as "Zaimu Sosakan Amamiya Ruriko" on this week's "Monday Mystery Theatre" (TBS, 9 p.m.). A zaimu sosakan is a police agent who handles financial matters.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Apr 17, 2005
Former boy idol Hiromi Go stars in Fuji TV's "Bokura no Ongaku" and more
Fuji TV pretty much has the Monday night, 9 p.m. time slot all to itself. Traditionally, the network has saved its hottest "trendy" dramas for this time period, and whenever it has a series starring perennial heartthrob Takuya Kimura, who recently topped a magazine's annual poll for the "celebrity you...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Apr 10, 2005
The all-new "Doraemon" premieres on TV Asahi with an hour-long special and more
Marriage is often thought of as a win-lose proposition, as if it were a gamble. Under such circumstances, the clear winners in the marriage game are Japanese women who marry wealthy foreign men.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Apr 3, 2005
"Unnan Kyokugen Neta Battle" on TBS, "NHK Special" on stem-cell research and more
On TV, Japanese comedians are called upon to be funny in both prepared standup routines and in ad-lib conversational settings, but few seem to be able to combine these two skills into improvisational routines.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Mar 27, 2005
Yankee's Matsui visits lectures kids in his hometown on NHK's "Kagai Jugyo" and more
A year ago, SMAP member Tsuyoshi Kusanagi gave a speech at the United Nations University in Tokyo about children.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Mar 20, 2005
TBS celebrates its 50th anniversary with a new version of "Seishun no Mon" and more
This week TBS celebrates its 50th anniversary with a new version of "Seishun no Mon (The Gate of Youth)," one of the great publishing successes of the postwar era. Written by Hiroyuki Itsuki, the seven-volume novel, originally published in 1969 and 1970 in serial form, went on to sell more than 20 million...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Mar 13, 2005
Fuji's "Dead Age" tries to bridge babyboomers and youngsters' culture gap and more
Though baby boomers control the creative side of the television industry, a huge part of their audience is a lot younger, a divide that often results in stilted programming.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Mar 6, 2005
NTV's "Super TV" focuses on kittens surviving in Osaka's Shinsekai area and more
Nihon TV's weekly documentary series, "Super TV" (Mon., 10 p.m.), gets closer to the ground this week with a program about the alley cats who live in Osaka's Shinsekai area of bars and small businesses. A video crew followed the feline denizens of the mazelike district for a full year, and the result...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Feb 27, 2005
NHK's "Chikyu Fushigi Daishizen" sees green back in wasteland and more
There are few happy stories on the environmental front these days, but NHK will cover one of them on its nature program, "Chikyu Fushigi Daishizen (The Earth's Amazing Nature)" (NHK-G, Mon., 8 p.m.). Ashio Mountain in Gunma Prefecture has been bare for almost a century, the victim of sulfur-dioxide pollution...
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Feb 20, 2005
"Hachiro: Haha no Uta, Chichi no Uta" on NHK and more
Hachiro Sato, who died in 1973, is one of Japan's most beloved writers of lyric poems and children's songs. His life, however, was far from gentle, as shown on the current nine-part NHK drama series, "Hachiro: Haha no Uta, Chichi no Uta (Hachiro: Songs for Mother, Songs for Father") (NHK-G, Mon., 9:15...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Feb 13, 2005
Learn if your pet loves you in TV Tokyo's "Pochi-Tama" and more
Does your pet love you? It may sound like a pointless question, but this week the pet variety program "Pochi-Tama" (TV Tokyo; Fri., 7 p.m.) will offer a test that pet owners can take to determine the degree of affection that their dogs and cats feel toward them.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Feb 6, 2005
"Matthew's Best Hit TV" and "Shojiki Shindoi" gets joint special on TV Asahi and more
Next month will mark the 10th anniversary of the sarin gas attacks carried out by Aum Supreme Truth cult on a Tokyo subway during the morning rush hour. On Tuesday, NHK's documentary series "Project X" (NHK-G, 9:15 p.m.) will take a detailed look back at the medical-emergency measures implemented immediately...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jan 30, 2005
TBS's "The Heart of Valentine is French Chocolate" and more
This week, TV Asahi's business documentary series, "The Dawn of Gaia" (Tue., 10 p.m.), looks at the past, present and future of automobile navigation systems, which have become an indispensable part of motoring in Japan.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jan 23, 2005
"The Background of His Excellency President Bush" on TBS and more
TBS will present one of the stranger variety-show combinations of recent memory on Wednesday at 9 p.m. Tetsuya Chikushi is the respected veteran print journalist who helms the network's nightly news program. He'll be be co-hosting a program with the ubiquitous comedy duo Bakusho Mondai called "The Background...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jan 16, 2005
Fuji TV's new romantic comedy series, "Fukigen no Jiin" and more
The title of Fuji TV's new romantic comedy series, "Fukigen no Jiin" (Mon., 9 p.m.), has a double meaning. The main character is a university research geneticist, so the title could be translated as "The Gene for Ill Temper." But this female researcher, played by Yuko Takeuchi, is nicknamed Jean, so...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Jan 9, 2005
NTV's "87 percent — My Five-Year Chance of Survival" and more
A new year means a whole new set of drama series, though the themes remain the same. Fans of terminal illness stories will find a lot to cry over in "87 percent -- My Five-Year Chance of Survival," which premieres Wednesday on Nihon TV at 10 p.m. Yui Natsukawa plays Akiko, a 35-year-old insurance saleslady...
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Dec 19, 2004
TBS's "The Plan to Rescue Santa Claus" and more
Ryoko Yonekura returns to the airwaves as Arisa, the housewife-witch patterned after Samantha of the old U.S. sitcom "Bewitched," for a special Christmas show. In "The Plan to Rescue Santa Claus" (TBS, Tue., 9 p.m.), Arisa and her daughter, Tsubasa, return to the world of mortals and husband Joji after...
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Dec 12, 2004
Nihon TV's "Sekai wo Kakeru Hiro-tachi" and more
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CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Dec 5, 2004
TV Tokyo's "Totsugeki! Idobata 7" and more
According to a recent article in weekly newsmagazine Aera, 8,158 Japanese women are married to non-Japanese men (the largest national group is American), while 27,881 Japanese men are married to non-Japanese women. The article says that the divorce rate among these "international couples" is rising faster...
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Bloodied Trump survives assassination attempt at political rally
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is surrounded and evacuated by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Trump was rushed off stage at the rally after shots rang out.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
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.
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.
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