Owners of TV-capable cellphones must pay NHK public channel fees, Japan's top court rules
The Supreme Court has finalized high court rulings ordering owners of cellphones with TV functions to pay a subscription fee to NHK, it was learned Wednesday. The broadcast law obliges anyone who has a TV signal receiver to sign a contract with the public broadcaster. Presiding ...
'Simpsons' creators drop classic episode featuring Michael Jackson
The creators of "The Simpsons" have shelved one of the animated series' classic episodes because it features Michael Jackson's voice, the show's executive producer told The Wall Street Journal Friday. Simpsons producers made the unanimous decision after viewing the bombshell documentary "Leaving Neverland," which revives ...
Awards during commercial breaks and no host: Oscar organizers struggle to keep show relevant
From going without a host to handing out key awards during commercial breaks to a quickly nixed idea for a popular film category — Oscar organizers are struggling to keep Hollywood's biggest night relevant while dealing with messy controversies. With less than two weeks to ...
Marie Kondo's new TV series cleans up
Marie Kondo is the type of person you wouldn't initially expect lots of people to go crazy over. In the cleaning consultant and best-selling author's new Netflix show, "Tidying Up with Marie Kondo," she simply lays out the basics of her "KonMari" method of ...
As the heavyweights return, will 2019 be a smash year for anime?
When looking forward to the coming year in anime, it may be helpful to jump in the time machine and hop back to 2016. That's the year Japan was hit with a flood of smash original anime films, including the sleeper hit "In This ...
'Bohemian Rhapsody' wins best picture and Glenn Close upsets Lady Gaga at Golden Globes
Thunder bolt and lighting rocked the 76th Golden Globes where a string of upsets culminated with the Freddie Mercury biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody" winning best picture, drama, over another movie about musicians: Bradley Coopler's much more heavily favored "A Star Is Born." "A Star Is Born" ...
TV in 2018: Progressive voices and the enduring charm of ‘Terrace House’
In the English-speaking world, Japanese TV in 2018 was celebrated for how boring it could get. But it was anything but domestically, where viewers questioned norms and helped nudge forward programs with progressive politics. However, no production from Japan was bigger overseas this year than ...
Iconic Carnegie Deli reopens in New York — as weeklong pop-up, in new location — for TV tie-in
The Carnegie Deli was a New York institution for decades until it closed its doors in 2016. On Saturday, it was to reopen — but only for a week, and in a new location — as a promotion for the launch of the second season ...
NHK to trim fees by 4.5% by fiscal 2020 to meet criteria for online simulcasting
NHK's board on Tuesday approved the public broadcaster's plan to cut its television viewing fees by 4.5 percent by fiscal 2020. The plan is designed to meet a government-set criteria for starting the online simulcast of TV programs. NHK's Board of Governors voted to revise the ...
Nippon TV's top program rocked over allegation that it fabricated content at foreign 'festivals'
The major broadcaster is forced to suspend a segment on foreign festivals on its popular variety show after a weekly magazine reported some of the content was fabricated.
'SANCTIONS ARE COMING': Trump tweets 'Game of Thrones' teaser on Iran
"Game of Thrones" fans are primed for the final season, but starring Donald Trump? Well not quite, though the president had a laugh at Iran's expense Friday by posing in a GoT-style picture. "SANCTIONS ARE COMING," reads the mock movie poster Trump tweeted Friday, echoing ...
Most people in Japan get news from commercial TV broadcasts, poll finds
Over 90 percent of people in Japan use commercial television broadcasts as a news source, a survey finds.
