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It was announced on the 28th that the Korean five-member female group NewJeans will be appearing for the first time on the “74th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen” (7/20), which will be broadcast on New Year’s Eve. Since their Korean debut in July last year, the Read More …
A lot of major networks in Japan are under scrutiny for not reporting about the sexual assault caused by the late Kitagawa Johnny, former president of Johnny’s Jimusho. NHK has released the following statement: Johnny & Associates has admitted that the late Kitagawa Johnny committed Read More …
It was announced that actress Ishihara Satomi (35) will become the new MC of NHK’s life information program “Torisetsu Show” starting in April. Ishihara married a general man two years ago and plans to give birth to her first child this spring. She will be Read More …
NHK announced groups who will appear on the 72nd Annual Kouhaku Uta Gassen for the very first time. For the red group: Mone Kamishiraishi, Awesome City Club, BiSH, millennium parade x Belle (Nakamura Kaho) For the white group: Hotei Tomoyasu, KAT-TUN, Snow Man, DISH //, Read More …
In Japan, NHK (Nihon Housou Kyoukai, Japanese Broadcasting Corporation) is Japan’s national public broadcasting company. Unlike the USA where Public Broadcasting System (PBS) gets 15% funding from the taxpayer-funded Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Also through member station dues, pledge drives, private foundations and individual citizens. Read More …
It was announced on November 8th that LiSA, who sung the theme song “Homura” for the animated film “Gekijo-ban Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Ressha-hen” will appear on NHK’s Kouhaku Uta Gassen for a second consecutive year. Meanwhile, “Gekijo-ban Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Ressha-hen” has made Read More …
NHK Chairman Maeda Terunobu has announced on September 10th that NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen on December 31st will be held with no audience for the first time in history. In addition, the broadcast will be from 7:30 p.m. to 11:45 p.m. In recent years, the Read More …
NHK travel show “Sekai wa Hoshi Mono ni Afureteru” will air its two remaining episodes featuring Miura Haruma on August 20th and 27th. The announcement was made on the July 30th airing with a message, “Haruma Miura died on July 18th, we would like to Read More …
In Japan, you will see men who marry the weirdest things, such as a blow up doll, video game character and in this case, vocaloid Hatsune Miku. A man named Kondo Ahiko appeared on NHK’s “Tokoro-san! Taihen desuyo!”. He married his Hatsune Miku life-size doll Read More …
NHK’s program “Professional Shigoto no Ryugi” has an Official Twitter and when it was asked what they would like to see re-aired, over 2,800 comments came to the Twitter asking for the SMAP episodes to be broadcast. Comments were as follows: Please rebroadcast the full Read More …
NHK has announced on April 7th that they are taking measures after the emergency declaration to prepare for the spread of the coronavirus. The following series and dramas will be postponed “Yell” (Monday through Saturday, 8:00 a.m.), “Kirin ga Kuru” (Sunday at 8:00), “Ochyan” and Read More …
It was announced that the Utacon live broadcast at NHK Osaka Hall on Tuesday will not have an audience to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. NHK Osaka Broadcasting Station announced on the official website that they need to prevent people from entering and Read More …
NHK has announced the replacement of Sawajiri Erika (who was arrested last week for possession of the synthetic drug, MDMA). Actress Kawaguchi Haruna (24) was announced as Sawajiri’s replacement and will be her first time taking on the challenge of a historical drama. Filming will Read More …
The 70th NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen performers have been announced. New performers this year on the women’s side (Red Team) are Hinatazaka46 and LISA, while on the men’s side (White Team) are Official Higa Dandism, Kis-My-Ft2, King Gnu, GENERATIONS and Hamada Shogo will be performing Read More …
As Yoshimoto Kogyo announced that their popular comedy talent Tokui Yoshimi (44) will not participate in any entertainment activities (due to the tax scandal he is involved in), there is one question that many wondered… what about Tokui’s role in the NHK drama ““Idaten ~Tokyo Read More …