Number 1:
Drama: 88th Tokyo-Hakone University Ekiden (第88回東京箱根間往復大学駅伝競走復路)
Network: NTV
Time & Date: 7:50-14:18, Jan 3
Rating: 28.5
Number 1:
Drama: 88th Tokyo-Hakone University Ekiden (第88回東京箱根間往復大学駅伝競走復路)
Network: NTV
Time & Date: 7:50-14:18, Jan 3
Rating: 28.5
CNN: Japan’s pop music impresario.
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ABC Australia: Japan delayed release of radiation details
A Japanese government official has admitted information about the spread of radiation from Fukushima was provided to the United States more than a week before it was given to the Japanese public.
The official from the Science and Technology Policy Bureau says the [...]
Japanese Box Office: Jan 7 – Jan 13, 2012
Number 1:
Movie: Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol
Weekend Box Office (US$): $4,313,322
Cumulative Take (US$): $50,703,521
Fourth Week at No. 1
Oricon Top 10 Singles for the Week of Jan 2 – Jan 8, 2011:
Number 1:
Artist: NYC/Nakayama Yuma
Song: Wonderful Cupid
Units Sold: 40,399
Up 3 spots to No. 1 this week
Photo Source: Seattle PI.
Seattle PI: Japan Airlines debuts Hello Kitty Boeing 777
Japan Airlines unveiled a Hello Kitty-themed ‘Hellosmile’ Boeing 777-300 at Tokyo Haneda Airport on Friday, Jan. 13, 2012. JAL, TOKYO FM Broadcasting and Hello Kitty parent Sanrio Co. joined in the effort to promote cervical cancer awareness and prevention.
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Wall Street Journal: Honda CEO: We Were Jinxed
“We were jinxed,” Honda President Takanobu Ito told reporters at the Detroit auto show Monday. Mr. Ito said that when people hit a certain age in Japan, they have bad fortune “no matter what you do. You have to go to a shrine to get rid [...]
Japanese Box Office: Dec 31, 2011 – Jan 6, 2012
Number 1:
Movie: Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol
Weekend Box Office (US$): $4,273,363
Cumulative Take (US$): $36,104,406
Third Week at No. 1
Number 1:
Drama: 62nd Annual NHK Kouhaku Utagassen (第62回NHK紅白歌合戦)
Network: NHK
Time & Date: 21:00-23:45, Dec 31
Rating: 41.6