JOCX-DTV, branded as Fuji Television or Fuji TV, is a Japanese television station that serves the Kantō region as the flagship station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network System (FNS). The station is owned-and-operated by Fuji Television Network, Inc., itself a subsidiary of Fuji Media Holdings, Inc., a certified broadcasting holding company under the Japanese Broadcasting Act, and affiliated with the Fujisankei Communications Group. It is headquartered in the Fuji Broadcasting Center in Odaiba, Minato, Tokyo and is one of ''five private broadcasters based in Tokyo''.
JOTX-DTV, branded as TV Tokyo, is a Japanese television station that serves as the flagship of the TX Network. It is owned and operated by TV Tokyo Corporation, itself a subsidiary of the TV Tokyo Holdings Corporation, in turn controlled by Nikkei, Inc. It is headquartered in the Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo. TV Tokyo is one of the five private broadcasters based in Tokyo, and the last to have started its broadcasts on VHF.
JOIX-DTV, branded as Yomiuri TV, is the Kansai region flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned by the Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, itself partially controlled by the eponymous Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, Japan's largest media conglomerate; Yomiuri TV forms part of Yomiuri's main television broadcasting arm alongside Kantō region flagship Nippon Television, which owns a 15.89% share in the company. Founded as New Osaka Television Co. on February 13, 1958, and renamed Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation on August 1, the station started broadcasting on August 28 as the first TV station to be affiliated with Nippon Television Network Corporation. Its studios are located in the Osaka Business Park district of Osaka.
Hakuhodo DY Holdings Inc. (株式会社博報堂DYホールディングス) is a Japanese advertising holding company that owns Hakuhodo, Daiko, and Yomiko Advertising. It is the second largest advertising company in Japan, following Dentsu. Its headquarters are located in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo.
Thane Alexander Camus is an American TV personality and actor in Japan.
Sogo & Seibu Co., Ltd. is a Japanese retail company that operates two department stores: Sogo, and Seibu.The current number of stores is 4 Seibu brand department stores, 2 Seibu brand shopping centers, and 4 Sogo brand department stores in Japan. There are stores with the same name in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia, but the trademark rights are lent to local capital, and the company does not participate in the management.
JOAX-DTV, branded as Nippon Television (NTV) is a Japanese television station serving the Kantō region as the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System. It is owned-and-operated by the Nippon Television Network Corporation, a subsidiary of the certified broadcasting holding company Nippon Television Holdings, Inc.
Why Did You Come to Japan? is a Japanese television programme presented by Osamu Shitara and Yūki Himura, a comedy duo known as "Bananaman". It is a regular programme on TV Tokyo on Monday evenings. The show was first broadcast in the form of two pilot shows in June and October 2012 before becoming a recurring series, airing late on Wednesday nights starting 9 January 2013. Due to its popularity, it was moved to the prime time evening slot on Mondays beginning with the episode broadcast on 15 April 2013, where it has been airing ever since. In the programme, a team of interviewers go around various airports in Japan, with Narita International Airport as their main reporting hub, and ask non-Japanese arrivals "Why did you come to Japan?". They then attempt to follow the interviewees on their journeys around Japan, in a process called mitchaku shuzai. A question posed for departees is, "What souvenir did you buy?" Besides interviewing people at airports, another skit tries to find non-English teaching foreigners in randomly chosen cities throughout Japan.
Kodoku no Gourmet is a Japanese cuisine seinen manga series written by Masayuki Qusumi and illustrated by Jiro Taniguchi. It has been adapted into a Japanese television drama series and a Chinese web series. A 10-episode original net animation adaptation premiered on the Production I.G's Tate Anime app on November 29, 2017.
Vernalossom Co., Ltd., formerly AKS Co., Ltd., is a Japanese talent agency headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The company is involved in various entertainment-related industries, including music, film and merchandise production.
Ryo Takeuchi, better known by the stage name Ryoma Takeuchi is a Japanese actor, model, and television personality who is affiliated with Horipro. He was a Rissho University Global Environmental Sciences student. He is best known for his role as Shinnosuke Tomari, the main character of the Kamen Rider series Kamen Rider Drive.
MBS Radio is an AM radio station based in Osaka, Japan. It is wholly owned by MBS Radio, a subsidiary of MBS Media Holdings.
Reina Sumi is a Japanese freelance announcer and tarento who is a former TV Tokyo announcer.
Noriko Fukuda is a Japanese announcer for TV Tokyo, and former RKB Mainichi Broadcasting announcer.
Egg Car is a Japanese-Chinese fantasy anime series produced by Yun Zhensong, Jian Liyang, Juan Wang, Zhi Jiehan and Sayako Muramatsu. Its 52 episodes were aired from July 26, 2019, to October 1, 2020.
Pokémon Horizons: The Series, known in Japan as Pocket Monsters: Liko and Roy's Departure and Pocket Monsters: The Sparkling of Terapagos, is the twenty-sixth overall season of the Pokémon animated series and the first and titular season of Pokémon Horizons: The Series, known in Japan as Pocket Monsters. It was directed by Saori Den and produced by OLM. The season initially ran in Japan on TV Tokyo from April 14, 2023, to March 29, 2024, and was later distributed by the streaming service Netflix in the United States from March 7, 2024, to November 22, 2024. Daiki Tomiyasu is the executive director and Saori Den is serving as the director, Dai Satō as script supervisor, Rei Yamazaki as character designer, Conisch as music composer, and Naotsugu Uchida and Akane Yamago replacing Ryōko Nashimoto as sound editor. Bessatsu CoroCoro Comic and Gakushu Yochien are no longer credited as publishers, and Junichi Masuda and Ken Sugimori are no longer credited as creators.
TVer is a Japanese ad-supported video on demand (AVOD) service. It was established in October 2015, operated by Nippon TV, TV Asahi, TBS Television, TV Tokyo and Fuji Television and others. It is a service that offers free internet streaming of TV programs after they have aired, with the availability period typically lasting about one week from the end of the broadcast to the next episode's airing. Similar to traditional TV broadcasts, commercials are shown during the programs. TVer offers content from 115 stations across Japan as of October 2020 and provides access to 650 programs as of 2023.
Takeda Tetsuya no Shōwa wa kagayaiteita is a Japanese television series broadcast since 2013. It is broadcast on BS TV Tokyo, which is a subsidiary of TV Tokyo Holdings.
Pokémon Horizons – The Search for Laqua, known in Japan as Pocket Monsters: Terastal Debut and Pocket Monsters: Rayquaza Rising is the twenty-seventh overall season of the Pokémon animated series and the second season of the new Pokémon series titled Pokémon Horizons: The Series, known in Japan as Pocket Monsters, directed by Saori Den and produced by OLM. It premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo on April 12, 2024, and will be distributed by Netflix in the United States, with the first part scheduled to release on February 7, 2025.
