Fuji TV’s “News Japan” has won the 62nd Peabody Award for a report last year on Hepatitis C. The award is among the most prestigious awards for broadcasting and is considered the television equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize.
• Further sightings of kabuki actor Ichikawa Shinnosuke (25) and actress Yonekura Ryoko (photo, 27) together, this time in Kyoto, have the media speculating again about a relationship between the two. They are currently appearing together in NHK’s samurai drama “Musashi” and have a love scene in this Sunday’s show.