5 Ways Japanese TV Shows Are Broken

Above, a television set in a ryokan. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Whenever I've been in Japan, I've occasionally perused the local television shows. Some I've found amusing (a lot of them are just crazy), while others would seem to be the cure for insomnia.

Apparently, quite a large segment of the Japanese citizenry finds the offerings on television to be boring. Perhaps there's not enough tokusatsu shows? They need to show more kaiju movies?

Here's how RocketNews24 begins their article on the "5 Ways Japanese TV Shows Are Broken":

There are certain things almost everyone who moves to Japan seems to like. The food? Tasty and healthy. Public transportation? Clean and punctual. But Japanese TV? Let’s just say there’s a reason Internet access is one of the first things new arrivals in the country look to outfit their apartments with. 

It turns out this lukewarm reaction to the country’s programming isn’t just a foreigner thing, either, as some 75 percent of Japanese citizens polled by the Asashi Shimbun newspaper also said that TV has become boring. Today we look at why.

To read the full article, go here.