National / Media | MEDIA MIX Sep 8, 2018
Variety shows seek insights into people's lives
by Philip Brasor
One of the better Japanese reality shows in the first decade of the new millennium was TV Tokyo's "Inaka ni Tomaro" ("Let's Visit the Countryside"), which premiered in 2003. Ostensibly a travelogue, it featured second-tier celebrities who were dispatched to rural areas where they ...