Wondering how the war in Afghanistan is portrayed on Japanese TV? Here’s an example from NTV’s “Real Time News” (subtitled in English): — Akihabara News – Gadget...

They just don’t make TV shows like they did back in 1992 (skip about 8 minutes into the clip for the actual lower of the bus into the water): — Akihabara News – Gadgetry from Japan...

I thought TBS news had the coolest and most ridiculous graphics/music for its election coverage. I was wrong. Fuji TV has raised (or lowered?) the bar by adding Terminator music and the title JUDGME...

As this post is being written, NTV’s “24 Hour Television” charity telethon is about halfway finished. Throughout the program, appeals are made for viewers to donate money andã€â‚...

A pretty strange news story: Police arrested Hiroshi Inaba, a 42-year-old man of no fixed address and a member of a gang connected to the Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza group, on suspicion of theft. Inaba is...

Two clips of a Fuji TV reporter asking random New Yorkers to give their opinion on Japan’s new Prime Minister: As usual with these kind of things, the people being asked don’t really know...

A special investigation of the teenage prostitution in Japan (”compensated dating”), from a Japanese TV news program: The narrator introduces information about a “new” type o...

Two amusing clips of Japanese kids riding roller coasters: — Akihabara News – Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe) dannychoo.com – Your portal to Japan (Subscribe) Kirainet.com – ...

A painful-looking video clip from Japanese TV showing a Malaysian kung-fu master breaking coconuts with his finger: Maybe he should have tried it with pre-cut coconuts instead? — Akihabara Ne...

The Beat Takeshi “World Summit” program (seen in this previous post) asks its Australian panel members to explain why they don’t like whaling (partially subtitled in English): A ver...