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CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Oct 27, 2013
Afternoon affairs plus Hideaki Takahashi and daughter team up for travel; CM of the Week: Tokyo Gas
Afternoon soap operas are getting racier. The hook of the new half-hour series "Tengoku no Koi" ("Heaven's Love"; Fuji TV, Mon.-Fri., 1:30 p.m.) is a 41-year-old female protagonist having steamy love affairs with two men half her age.
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Oct 20, 2013
"SPEC" backstory special; Tohoku medical care update; CM of the week: TopValu
The hero of "SPEC" (TBS, Wed., 9 p.m.) is Toma (Erika Toda), who works for Section 5 of the Metropolitan Police Department's Public Security Division. Her exploits in the crime-fighting organization were the subject of a 2010 series, but this week's two-hour special explains how she became a member, and how she lost her left hand.
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Oct 13, 2013
Dramas feature working women; CM of the week: Google Nexus 7
Japan's current administration says it wants to boost women's participation in the workforce, so TV responds with the new series "Miss Pilot" (Fuji TV, Tues., 9 p.m.), starring Maki Horikita as Haru, who is about to graduate from university and still has not found a job. Since she has no ambitions and is frustrated by interviews, the search doesn't go well. Then she sees a poster for a pilot-training program and gives it a try.
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Oct 5, 2013
Masato Sakai as narcissist attorney; politically-minded Norika Fujiwara interviewed on "Family History"; CM of the week: Meiji Yasuda Link Series
Fresh from his success in the insanely popular salaryman drama "Hanzawa Naoki," Masato Sakai reprises a decidedly different character, the despicably ridiculous attorney Komikado in the second run of "Legal High" (Fuji TV, Wed., 10 p.m.).
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Sep 29, 2013
Update on the Watazus of 14 children; special 'double Asanos' drama; CM of the week: Kinoko no Yama
The inter-season TV schedule always features specials dedicated to police videos, eating contests and large, impoverished families. In this third category we have "Binbo ni Makeru na" ("We Won't be Beaten by Poverty"; TV Tokyo, Mon., 6:30 p.m.), the 11th semiannual installment in the saga of the Watazus of Shimane Prefecture, first introduced in 2008.
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Sep 22, 2013
SMAP's Tsuyoshi Kusanagi plays cartoonist Osamu Tezuka; "Tamori Club" tackles shotgun microphones; CM of the week: Hair Jam
In celebration of Kansai TV's 55th anniversary, Fuji TV is presenting a drama, "Kamisama no Beret-bo" ("God's Beret"; Tues., 9 p.m.), about a late episode in the life of cartoonist Osamu Tezuka.
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Sep 14, 2013
Children pay surprise visits to fathers working overseas; Tomoko Blanks dishes on Billy's fried chicken habits; CM of the week: Takasu Clinic
Many Japanese men live far away from their families because of job assignments. The men in "Sekai Hataraku Otosan" ("Fathers Working in the World"; TV Tokyo, Mon., 7:54 p.m.) live as far away from their families as you can get — in foreign countries. The premise of this documentary special is to have their children pay them surprise visits.
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Sep 7, 2013
True faces of celebrities, Beat Takeshi on internationalization, CM of the week: an
SMAP leader Masahiro Nakai hosts a late-night talk show, "Nakai no Mado" ("Nakai's Window"; Nippon TV, Wed., 12:13 a.m.), that attempts to get more candid with both the questions and the answers. The point is to reveal the "true face" of his celebrity guests.
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Sep 1, 2013
Power spots of famous shrines; dinosaur drama in Fukui; CM of the week: Fuji-Q Highland
TV personalities with psychic powers used to be all the rage and then they suddenly disappeared because of a few scandals. Who could have foreseen that they'd now be making a comeback? One of the new psychic stars is a young woman named Chie, who suddenly lost her memory when she was 14 and during a trance was touched by a "black shadow limned in light." She awoke with stigmata on her left hand and the ability to read auras and see guardian angels.
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Aug 25, 2013
The making of 'Kaze Tachinu'; Japanese 'Up Series' continues; CM of the week: Boss
Nippon TV has the sole broadcast rights for the films of Hayao Miyazaki, which means whenever you watch his movies on TV you have to endure commercial breaks.
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Aug 18, 2013
¥100 store recipes; the 33 steps to Freemasonry; CM of the week: Nihon Seimei Hoken
The government continues to chip away at the welfare state, reducing benefits for poor families and forcing them to find new ways of saving what little money they have. Luckily the variety show "Ikinari! Ogon Densetsu" ("Suddenly! The Legend of Money"; TV Asahi, Thurs., 7 p.m.) is always there to help.
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Aug 11, 2013
An "Unknown Escape" and an explanation of the LDP's Constitution plans; CM of the week: Potenon
In June, 11 Japanese people whose family members died shortly after the end of World War II in the area now called North Korea traveled to the communist country to carry out memorial services for their kin. It was the first time they'd ever done so on North Korean soil.
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Aug 4, 2013
The 68th anniversary of Hiroshima; a profile of the war-time governor of Okinawa; CM of the week: Kirin
NHK commemorates the 68th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima with a report on "secondary leukemia" in the documentary special "Owarinaki Hibaku to no Tatakai" ("Battling Endless Radiation"; NHK-G, Tues., 7:30 p.m.).
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Jul 28, 2013
Recovery in Rwanda; the mysterious side of Kinkakuji; CM of the week: Dandy House
One million people were killed in Rwanda 20 years ago during a period of civil terror. On Monday, TV Tokyo visits the African country for the documentary series "Mirai Seiki Jipangu" ("Future Century Japan"; 10 p.m.) to look at its "miracle recovery."
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Jul 21, 2013
The wives of celebrity athletes; a summer bicycle tour through Hokkaido; CM of the week: JR East
As the saying goes, behind every great man is a woman, and this week's installment of the variety show "Bakuho! The Friday" ("Explosive Information! The Friday"; TBS, Fri., 7 p.m.) looks at wives of prominent professional athletes.
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Jul 13, 2013
Water issues around Asia; the world of solo karaoke; CM of the Week: Recruit
Monday is Marine Day, a national holiday, and as has been its tradition for a decade, Nippon TV will air a 90-minute afternoon special about sustainability hosted by Osaka-based announcer Seiji Miyane. "Nippon no Shoku no Mirai" ("The Future of Food in Japan," 2:55 p.m.) attempts to project the future of Japanese food culture by looking at how other countries address their own food issues.
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Jul 6, 2013
Koizumi Jr. lands a mystery; Yuji Oda is a happy "loser"; CM of the Week: Xylish
Kotaro Koizumi, the son of former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi, plays against type in the new mystery series "Namonaki Doku" ("Unnamed Poison"; TBS, Mon., 8 p.m.), based on a story by Miyuki Miyabe.
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Jun 30, 2013
The struggles of a single mother; the return of a good Samaritan; CM of the week: Kincho
The welfare ministry estimates there are more than 1 million single mothers in Japan whose individual annual incomes are less than ¥2 million. A new drama series titled simply "Woman" (Nippon TV, Wed., 10 p.m.) is about one such single mother.
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Jun 23, 2013
A drama involving former classmates; Upper House elections prep; CM of the week: Coca-Cola
The eight-part NHK suspense drama "Gekiryu: Watashi Oboete Imasu ka?" ("Wild Current: Do You Remember Me?"; NHK-G, Tues., 10 p.m.) is about five former classmates struggling with personal and professional problems 20 years after a friend of theirs disappeared during a junior high school field trip.
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Jun 16, 2013
Real-life celebrity drama; the Akihabara idol underground; CM of the week: Asahi Soft Drinks
The Takashimas were once the first family of Japanese show business. Tadao Takashima was a popular stage musical actor in the 1960s and Hanayo Sumi a star in the Takarazuka all-female musical revue company. They married and were celebrated as a "sweet couple," producing two sons who went on to acting careers of their own. Tadao enjoyed a second life as a popular TV host, but then tragedy struck. Tadao suffers from debilitating depression and Hanayo has also retreated from public life, since all her time is spent taking care of him.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Much like other hot spots across Okinawa, Onna has diligently strived to captivate both domestic and international tourists, while at the same time grappling with the environmental strain induced by the influx of visitors.
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Kishida talks up bolstered Latin American ties as China cements position
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.

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