Retiring star Namie Amuro's DVD hits stores after securing 1.1 million pre-orders
With about half a month left before the Sept. 16 retirement of pop singer Namie Amuro, a video disc set of her last tour hit the stores Wednesday.
Japan's television program exports in the fiscal year ending in March 2013 totaled ¥10.43 billion, far less than South Korea's ¥18.63 billion, according to government data. Rights to broadcast Japanese TV programs brought in ¥6.22 billion, accounting for 60 percent of the export total. The ...
Lecture DVD project targets education gaps
Still just a 24-year-old senior at Tokyo's Waseda University, Atsuyoshi Saisho helped 18 students in a poor Bangladeshi village lacking teachers pass their university entrance exams. Saisho created and heads what he calls the e-Education project, which helps students in developing countries who cannot afford ...
