The variety special "Nakayoshi Terebi" ("Intimate TV"; Fuji TV, Tues., 7 p.m.) brings together commentators from Japan, China and South Korea to argue over current affairs and poke fun at one another's cultures and economies. In the typical variety-show manner, it's all done in good humor.
Among the topics discussed are which country offers an education system that truly benefits children; which country contributes more good things to the entire world; and, with China sitting out the conversation, which region — Japan, South Korea or Europe — is more fashionable? In addition, foreign participants from a wider cross section of countries will mix it up with real politicians over Japan's foreign policy and consumption-tax increase.
On Aug. 4, an exhibition centered on the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun opened in Tokyo, featuring 122 items from the boy king's tomb, which was discovered exactly 90 years ago. This Saturday, the special program "Dokusen Kaimei" ("Exclusive Explanation"; Fuji TV, 9 p.m.) will explore the theory that King Tut was assassinated.