On Tuesday, Guinness World Records conferred an official certificate to TV personality Minomonta for "Most hours on live TV in one week." Minomonta's busy schedule includes 11 live shows each week (5 days of "Asa Zuba!," 5 days of "Omoikkiri TV," and 1 episode of "Saturday Zubatto"). Excluding time for commercials, this amounts to 21 hours and 42 minutes of live TV. Minomonta also appears on several pre-recorded television shows each week.

Actor Takao Osawa and musician Kohmi Hirose, who married in 1999, have divorced. The news was initially revealed on their respective web sites.