TBS announcer Airi Yamada is expecting her first child, it was learned on Sunday. She is due to give birth in June.

Yamada joined TBS in 2002 and served as a host on "Hanamaru Market." In 2004, she married one of the show's producers.

Yamada will continue with her regular TV and radio shows until the end of March.

Fuji TV has announced that actress Saki Aibu and former Yakult Swallows player-manager Atsuya Furuta will serve as special casters for its coverage of the Olympic Games in Beijing this year.

Furuta previously served as a caster for the network's broadcast of the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000. Aibu has never had experience as a TV caster.

Last year, it looked like comedian Atsushi Tsutsumishita (of Impulse) and model Reiko Tokita were headed for marriage, but Tokita announced on her blog on Monday that they have broken up.

According to one source, their busy careers are the reason for their split. They decided to break up around the start of this year.

Kazumasa Oda's best album "Jiko Best" ranked in at #28 on Oricon's latest album charts. This marks its 300th consecutive week in the ranking chart, which lists the 300 best-selling albums each week. Oda is the first artist to achieve this milestone.

"Jiko Best" was released in April 2002 and entered the charts at #1. So far, it has sold close to 2.45 million copies.

Announcer Maki Ohashi revealed on her blog that she gave birth to her first child, a girl, on the 13th. Ohashi has been married since 2002 to a Dentsu employee.

On February 15, Fuji TV will broadcast a documentary drama special titled "Shinu n janai!" starring actor Yuji Miyake. The story illustrates the life of Tokyo policeman Kunihiko Miyamoto, who died last February after being hit by a train while saving a woman who tried to commit suicide.

Other characters in the drama include Miyamoto's wife (played by Ran Ito), his colleague (Mikihisa Azuma), and an unagi shop owner (Raita Ryu).