38-year-old sports commentator Tsugiharu Ogiwara recently got married. He publicly broke the news on TV during Monday's episode of "Zoom In!! SUPER" His wife is a 24-year-old office worker from the Kanagawa prefecture.

Ogiwara is also known as a former Nordic combined skier who won a world championship in 1995. His twin brother, Kenji Ogiwara, was also a successful Nordic combined skier, winning gold medals in two Olympic competitions and multiple world championships.

The Japan Make-up Association handed out its 2nd annual Japan Make-up Award on Monday. Model and actress Izumi Mori was chosen as this year's recipient.

The award was established last year, with actress Ryoko Yonekura taking home the prize.

Famed producer and musician Tetsuya Komuro was arrested on Tuesday on charges of fraud. The high-profile case started back in 2006 when Komuro approached a private investor, offering to sell the copyrights of 806 songs he produced for the sum of 1 billion yen. The two reached an agreement, and the investor paid 500 million yen up front. He later learned that the rights to the songs actually belonged to Avex and other companies, not Komuro, so when he was unable to get his money back, he took the case to the authorities.

Komuro lost a civil suit in July and was fined 600 million yen, but he failed to pay by the deadline. The case was escalated to the Osaka District Court, which issued the warrant for his arrest. He was taken in by the police on Tuesday and was reportedly exhibiting remorse for his crime. Two employees of his event planning company Tribal Kicks were also arrested under suspicion of being accomplices in the fraud.

In recent years, Komuro has been plagued with debt due to failed business projects and alimony payments from his previous marriage to Asami Yoshida.

According to the law, Komuro faces a maximum of 10 years in prison, though one law professor was quoted as saying that fraud of 500 million yen will likely carry a sentence of 5 or 6 years, and as little as 3 years if the amount is properly repaid. However, another expert said that depending on the circumstances, an additional law may apply that could increase the maximum sentence to 15 years. He predicted that Komuro would be given 10 years in that situation, and as much as 8 years without it.

Komuro's arrest has already prompted Avex to cancel the sale of two upcoming singles by the pop group globe, which includes Komuro and his current wife KEIKO. The group was set to release "Get Wild" on November 26 and "Self Control" on December 17, both covers of songs by Komuro's earlier group TM NETWORK. In addition to canceling the CD releases, Avex is also halting all exposure for the songs.

It has been officially announced that Nobuyuki Fukumoto's manga series "Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji" is getting a live-action movie adaptation, simply titled "Kaiji." The film, which will star "Death Note" actor Tatsuya Fujiwara as the gambling protagonist, is the first for director Toya Sato, better known for his work on television dramas such as "Gokusen" and "My Boss My Hero."

The original comic ran for three series between 1996 and this year, and its 39 tankoubon volumes have sold over 11 million copies. It won a Kodansha Manga Award in 1998, and this past fall and winter it was turned into an anime series.

Teruyuki Kagawa and Yuki Amami have been revealed as additional cast members. The film's budget is said to be several hundred million yen, and there is a possibility of the movie being expanded into a series. "Kaiji" will be released sometime in 2009.

The 2008 Best Leathernist awards were presented on Monday. This year's prizes went to actor Shosuke Tanihara and model Karina. Although this is the 8th year for the awards, Tanihara is the first male to receive one.

Previous winners of the promotional award include Chiaki Kuriyama and Eriko Sato.

39-year-old mangaka Tomoko Ninomiya, best known for the ongoing series "Nodame Cantabile," announced on her blog on Monday that she recently gave birth. On October 24, her new son was born, though she mentioned that she couldn't hold her child right away because her right shoulder and arm were in pain.

Ninomiya has put "Nodame Cantabile" on hold since last month due to her pregnancy.