Here are the top 10 non-news programs for the week of February 15 – February 21:

Week of Feb 15 to Feb 21

(Program, Channel, Time & Date, Rating)

1. Variety: Sekai no Hate Made ItteQ!, NTV, 19:58-20:54, Feb 21, 22.6

2. Drama: Ryomaden, NHK, 20:00-20:45, Feb 21, 22.3

3. Anime: Sazae-san, Fuji, 18:30-19:00, Feb 21, 21.7

4. Variety: Gyoretsu no [...]

Here are the top 10 non-news programs for the week of February 8 – February 14:

Week of Feb 8 to Feb 14

(Program, Channel, Time & Date, Rating)

1. Sport: Vancouver Olympics Opening Ceremony, NHK, 10:55-14:10, Feb 13, 25.4

2. Variety: Sho-ten, NTV, 17:30-18:00, Feb 14, 21.6

2. Anime: Sazae-san, Fuji, 18:30-19:00, Feb 14, 21.6

4. Variety: Sekai no Hate [...]

Here are the top 10 non-news programs for the week of February 1 – February 7:

Week of Feb 1 to Feb 7

(Program, Channel, Time & Date, Rating)

1. Movie: Gake no Ue no Ponyo (Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea), NTV, 21:00-23:04, Feb 5, 29.8

2. Variety: Nep League, Fuji, 19:00-19:54, Feb 1, 22.2

3. Drama: Ryomaden, [...]

Here are the top 10 non-news programs for the week of January 25 – January 31:

Week of Jan 25 to Jan 31

(Program, Channel, Time & Date, Rating)

1. Drama: Ryomaden, NHK, 20:00-20:45, Jan 31, 24.4

2. Variety: Sho-ten, NTV, 17:30-18:00, Jan 31, 23.5

3. Variety: Nep League, Fuji, 19:00-19:54, Jan 25, 22.4

4. Variety: Gyoretsu no Dekiru Horitsu Sodansho, [...]

Here are the top 10 non-news programs for the week of January 18 – January 24:

Week of Jan 18 to Jan 24

(Program, Channel, Time & Date, Rating)

1. Drama: Ryomaden, NHK, 20:00-20:45, Jan 24, 23.2

2. Variety: Sho-ten, NTV, 17:30-18:00, Jan 24, 21.7

3. Anime: Sazae-san, Fuji, 18:30-19:00, Jan 24, 20.5

4. Variety: Nep League, Fuji, 19:00-19:54, Jan 18, [...]

Here are the top 10 non-news programs for the week of January 11 – January 17:

Week of Jan 11 to Jan 17

(Program, Channel, Time & Date, Rating)

1. Drama: Ryomaden, NHK, 20:00-20:45, Jan 17, 22.6

2. Variety: Nep Dai League, Fuji, 19:00-20:54, Jan 11, 20.7

3. Drama: Code Blue The Second Season, Fuji, 21:00-22:14, Jan 11, 18.8

3. [...]

The Japanese Ladies’ Team Pursuit Speed Skating team have won a silver medal for Japan on the second last day of competition. The team of Hozumi Masako, Kodaira Nao, and Tabata Maki (and reserve, 15 year old Takagi Miho) defeated Korea in the quarter final by 4.56 seconds, before meeting Poland in the semi final. [...]

If you live in Japan and watched even a moment of television over the last week, you have heard of Asada Mao. The nation’s media have been frantic in their hopes that surely, after two weeks of competition, somehow the Japanese team would win their first gold medal. And none in the team were better [...]

Japanese Box Office: Feb 13 to Feb 19

(Rank, Movie Name, Weekend Box Office (US$), Cume (US$) (Note: US$1=89.21 yen))

1. Avatar, $5,623,472, $121,621,223

2. Oceans, $1,528,860, $19,704,119

3. Valentine’s Day, $1,213,228, $1,507,749

4. Koshonin (The Negotiator), $1,118,418, $2,184,179

5. Ototo (Younger Brother), $1,034,914, $12,358,951

6. Invictus, $1,001,194, $4,749,448

7. Golden Slumber, $995,217, $8,421,079

8. The [...]

Japanese Box Office: Feb 06 to Feb 12

(Rank, Movie Name, Weekend Box Office (US$), Cume (US$) (Note: US$1=90.25 yen))

1. Avatar, $6,406,579, $108,042,330

2. Oceans, $2,478,500, $15,549,087

3. Ototo (Younger Brother), $1,543,646, $8,105,237

4. Invictus, $1,455,138, $1,778,492

5. Golden Slumber, $1,433,546, $5,648,449

6. The Vanishment of Haruhi Suzumiya, $997,803, $997,803

7. Samurai Sentai Shinkenger vs. [...]