Sun, September 23, 2007 (4:33pm EDT)
On Sunday, actress Kumiko Ohba revealed on television that she and dancer Tetsuya Takahashi are divorced. According to her agency, they separated in December 2005 due to various reasons, including their busy work schedules. The two got married in 1999.
Sun, September 23, 2007 (4:53am EDT)
With Japan in the middle of a change in prime minister, Oricon conducted a survey about the position. When asked what qualities they wanted to see in their next leader, the top three answers were the ability to take leadership, putting the country and its people first, and the ability to speak one's own mind.
The survey then asked, "Which celebrity is the type of person you would want as the next prime minister?" Those qualities were seemingly best found in veteran director and entertainer Takeshi Kitano.
The top ten also included baseball players Senichi Hoshino (#2), Ichiro Suzuki (#4), and Sadaharu Oh (#6). Comedians Hikaru Ota (#3) and Shinsuke Shimada (#5) filled in the gaps. TV personality Minomonta ranked 7th, while newscaster Tetsuya Chikushi tied for 8th with journalist Shuntaro Torigoe and journalist Yoshiko Sakurai, the only woman on the list.
An additional portion of the survey asked the same question, but applied to actual politicians. Interestingly enough, former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi ranked first. And while Yasuo Fukuda earned the LDP's support as candidate to be the next prime minister, he only ranked 6th in this survey, compared to his opponent Taro Aso at #2.
The survey then asked, "Which celebrity is the type of person you would want as the next prime minister?" Those qualities were seemingly best found in veteran director and entertainer Takeshi Kitano.
The top ten also included baseball players Senichi Hoshino (#2), Ichiro Suzuki (#4), and Sadaharu Oh (#6). Comedians Hikaru Ota (#3) and Shinsuke Shimada (#5) filled in the gaps. TV personality Minomonta ranked 7th, while newscaster Tetsuya Chikushi tied for 8th with journalist Shuntaro Torigoe and journalist Yoshiko Sakurai, the only woman on the list.
An additional portion of the survey asked the same question, but applied to actual politicians. Interestingly enough, former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi ranked first. And while Yasuo Fukuda earned the LDP's support as candidate to be the next prime minister, he only ranked 6th in this survey, compared to his opponent Taro Aso at #2.
Sun, September 23, 2007 (4:21am EDT)
The winners of the 5th Vladivostok International Film Festival of Asian Pacific Countries (also known as Pacific Meridian) were presented on Sunday. Among the winners was Kaori Momoi, who was awarded Best Director and Best Actress for her directorial debut, "Faces of a Fig Tree." The film has previously won awards at the Berlin International Film Festival and the Fribourg International Film Festival.
The festival's grand prize for Best Feature went to Zhang Yang's "Getting Home."
The festival's grand prize for Best Feature went to Zhang Yang's "Getting Home."
Sun, September 23, 2007 (4:08am EDT)
Eyeglasses manufacturer Seiko Optical Products has completed its annual survey asking, "Which celebrity is best suited for glasses?" This year, Korean star Bae Yong Joon was voted the #1 male, while actress Miho Takagi ranked first among women for the fourth year in a row.
The survey also found that 55% of respondents said they liked glasses, a slight drop from last year.
The survey also found that 55% of respondents said they liked glasses, a slight drop from last year.
