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  1. Newspaper subscription rate in Japan falls below 50% for first time

    The newspaper subscription rate in Japan fell below 50% for the first time, a survey has found. According…
    #EuropeSays #Japan #JP #Japanese #japanesetv #media #newspapers #surveys #Television
    europesays.com/japan/104834/

  2. ‘Kita no Kuni kara’ screenwriter So Kuramoto dies at 91

    So Kuramoto, who wrote scripts for many popular Japanese television dramas including the “Kita no Kuni Kara” series,…
    #EuropeSays #Japan #JP #Hokkaido #japanesetv #kitanokunikara #Nihon #obituary #SoKuramoto
    europesays.com/japan/98060/

  3. Spectacular visual effects. A shape-shifting killer. A cross-border creative team. But for Shun Oguri and director Shinzo Katayama, the heart of Netflix's "Human Vapor" is something much simpler: love. japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/ #culture #tvstreaming #netflix #japanesetv #shunoguri #shinzokatayama

  4. What is "Ultraman"? And what lessons does the superhero have for humanity? A documentary asks — and answers — these questions through interviews with Hideaki Anno, Hideo Kojima, Guillermo del Toro and other cultural luminaries. japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/ #culture #film #ultraman #tbs #japanesetv #japanesefilm #hirokazukoreeda #yutakanakamura #kazukiyoshida #masahiroonda

  5. Last night we finished watching Japanese light drama Three Star Bar on SBS.

    It's a lovely heart-warming show. Sweet and short. Very twee. Cheezy. Sappy. A tear jerker at times. Solving one personal drama at a time, across a bar.

    Canned food, literally and as a metaphor. Likewise, cocktails.

    Lovely.

    Don't read the episode descriptions, they give too much away.

    sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-series/
    app.trakt.tv/shows/three-star-
    imdb.com/title/tt14039404/

    #SBSOnDemand #JapaneseTV #TV

  6. A study showed that around ¥3.2 billion in advertisement revenue might have been lost in the span of one month due to the illegal streaming of Japanese TV shows on YouTube. japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/ #japan #media #socialmedia #youtube #facebook #advertising #media #television #japanesetv

  7. Ink sketch of the extraordinary Commander Makara from the Japanese puppet show “X Bomber“ - Known in the UK as Star Fleet (1980)
    Makara was voiced by Denise Bryer who would later provide the voice for Zelda in Gerry Anderson's Terrahawks. #starfleet #japaneseTV #puppets #scifi #sciencefiction #TVshow #tokusatsu
    star-fleet.fandom.com/wiki/Sta

  8. What can a TV show teach us about reality? Despite some predictable pairings and sentimental soliloquies, “The Boyfriend” offers one of the most prominent spaces in Japan for mainstream queer representation. japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/ #culture #tvstreaming #netflix #lgbtq #dating #relationships #streaming #japanesetv

  9. Legendary Entertainment, producer of "Dune" and "A Minecraft Movie," formed a partnership with Tokyo-based broadcaster TBS Holdings to develop Japanese stories into global film and TV properties. japantimes.co.jp/business/2026 #business #companies #legendaryentertainment #tbs #japanesetv #television #japanesefilm

  10. Japanese freelance television announcer Hiroshi Kume, known for hosting the popular music show "The Best Ten" and news show "News Station," died of lung cancer on Jan. 1, it was learned Tuesday. japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/ #culture #tvstreaming #hiroshikume #japanesetv #tbs #tvasahi #ntv #media #obituary

  11. While going all in on excess, the 76th edition of NHK’s “Kohaku Uta Gassen” reminded viewers why the New Year’s Eve musical bonanza still matters. japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/ #culture #music #jpop #japanesetv #newyear #nhk #oshogatsu #kohakuutagassen

  12. For its 65th installment, NHK’s “taiga” period drama leaves the pleasure quarters of Edo behind to shift focus on the right-hand man of one of Japan’s great unifiers. japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/ #culture #tvstreaming #japanesetv #nhk

  13. Japanese screenwriter Makiko Uchidate, known for writing scripts for many television drama series in the country, died of acute left-side heart failure at a hospital in Tokyo on Dec. 17. She was 77. japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/ #culture #entertainmentnews #makikouchidate #obituary #japanesetv #sumo

  14. Fights, insults and unexpected sincerity: Netflix Japan’s “Badly in Love” flips the script (and a few desks) on the dating-show formula by centering on delinquent culture. And it works. japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/ #culture #tvstreaming #television #japanesetv #netflix #dating #badlyinlove

  15. The neon-lit underworld of Mars populated by multilingual transplants may borrow from cyberpunk and sci-fi tropes, but its take on interplanetary cosmopolitanism merits a watch. japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/ #culture #tvstreaming #scifi #nhk #japanesetv

  16. I've discovered the existence of something called shinano no columbo and I need to see it now. Is it just films or was there also a series? Is it this one that has the actor who played Monkey in it? I've many questions and no idea where I can watch this. Anyone know?
    #JapaneseTV #JapaneseFilm

  17. The internet has become the main source of daily news in Japan, overtaking commercial television for the first time, a survey by the Japan Press Research Institute has shown. japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/ #japan #society #internet #media #newspapers #japanesetv #surveys

  18. Japan’s antitrust watchdog has issued new guidelines urging talent agencies to allow artists to transfer or go independent and prevent cases of exploitation. japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/ #japan #ftc #japanesetv #television #idols #celebrities #actors

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