After the earthquake and tsunami last year, most TV broadcasters pulled TV commercials as a sign of respect for the victims and aired Public Service announcements (PSAs) like this one about being nice to your friends.
However, if you weren’t one of the gaijin that left Japan “the flyjin”, and was stuck at home with little to do except watch TV, you soon got sick of the PSAs and started to think about how entertaining most Japanese TV commercials really are.
Miracle Experiences, Unbelievable” アンビリバボー is a popular Japanese TV show from Fuji Television studio starring comedian Takeshi Kitano and Mao Kobayashi. The show is kind of like a Ripley’s believe it or not with a studio panel guessing whether they believe or not believe.
For this episode, studio participants Shimizu Kei (comedian), Imori Miyuki (actress), Sekine Tsutomu (comedian), Tokoro George (actor/singer) and LIZA (fashion model) watch a segment on a dancing bird.
Did you know electronics giant Sony also provides insurance services? In Japan, the Sony Group also provides financial services including insurance. SonySonpo or Sony Assurance Ltd ソニー損害保険 established in 1999 provides various types of travel, auto and other insurance and advertises these services on Japanese TV.
Aki Higashihara 東原 亜希 is a vivacious Japanese talento and actress from Kanagawa prefecture. The 28 year old D-cup babe who has measurements 84 – 58 – 84 cm debuted in 2002 soon became the Asahi Beer campaign girl (2003) and the campaign girl for the Ministry of Health (2005)
From Japanese TV in 2008, rising Japanese star American import model turned gravure idol and Jpop singer Leah Dizon (リア・ディゾン) met former Megadeth heavy metal guitarist and Japanophile Marty Friedman. The odd pair have several things in common – they are both gaijin living in Japan, both are involved in the music industry and they both love listening to Taiwanese R&B star Jay Chou (周杰倫).
For a TV segment the producers got them both together for Marty Friedman to teach the lovely Miss Leah Dizon how to play heavy metal guitar. Seeing one guitar lesson was not enough, they also got former Mr. Big guitarist and Japanese resident Paul Gilbert to also help Leah. Read more...
This is our flashback to 2006 to feature one of the most beautiful women in Japan, the Miss Universe 1st runner up 2006 Kurara Chibana知花 くらら,. The 173cm tall Japanese model with measurements 90 – 60 – 90 cm is from the island of Okinawa.
Here’s an funny clip with entertaining Otaku comedian Akiba Kanpe 秋葉カンペー making cute Japanese gruvure idols and actresses Yuka Kosaka 小阪由佳, Sayuri Anzu 杏さゆり and Aya Ueto 上戸彩 crack up on Japanese TV.
Eri Furuse 古瀬 絵理 is a busty 33 year old gravure idol and TV announcer from Yamagata, Japan. The 157cm tall G Cup babe with measurements B95 W60 H89 graduated from Tamagawa University and joined national broadcaster NHK in 2000. She later worked for NTV, Wowow and KTV.
Kumiko Takeda 武田 久美子 is a 40 year old actress, singer and gravure idol from Aichi prefecture. Kumiko-chan started her showbiz career back in primary school when she appeared in a TV commercial with her brother for children’s clothes. She began being an idol in high school and also had a Jpop singing career from 1983-1985.
![[higashihara-aki-06_thumb.jpg]](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d9f4N51KzSs/Szwlub32NzI/AAAAAAAATEY/XTDRO_HIwUA/s1600/higashihara-aki-06_thumb.jpg "Aki Higashihara 東原 亜希")
