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Tue, October 21, 2008 (2:00am EDT)
Electropop trio Perfume are keeping up their chart-topping streak with their new DVD, "Perfume First Tour: GAME." After achieving their first #1 album in April and their first #1 single in July, they have managed to also take #1 this week on the overall DVD charts.

The release sold about 65,000 copies, setting this year's record for first-week DVD sales among female artists. This surpasses both Kumi Koda and Namie Amuro, who each achieved 60,000 earlier this year.
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Tue, October 21, 2008 (1:31am EDT)
30-year-old comedienne Tomomi Oka, part of the duo Aozora, is currently five months pregnant and will soon be getting married. Her partner is a slightly younger salaryman that she first met about ten years ago when they worked together. They met again this past January and began dating a month later.

The pair plan to register their marriage on November 8, though the wedding and reception are expected to take place after the child is born. Oka will take a break from work starting in January, leaving her comedy partner Rie Sudo as a soloist until her return.
Tue, October 21, 2008 (12:38am EDT)
Viewership data for the premiere episode of Fuji TV's "Innocent Love" has been released, and the network is surely disappointed with the results. The show managed only a 16.9% rating, despite starring the popular Maki Horikita.

This is the first time since last year that Fuji TV's Monday 9:00pm time slot has not had an opener above 20%. This breaks the streak that started with "Galileo" and continued with "Bara no Nai Hanaya," "CHANGE," and "Taiyou to Umi no Kyoushitsu." Before those four shows, "Proposal Daisakusen" and "First Kiss" both debuted at over 19%.
 
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