November 16, 2018

GENERATION GAP by Jon J. Murakami

“Queen for Seven Days,” Wednesday and Thursday at 10 p.m.; re-airs on Thursday and Friday at 1 p.m. Chae-Kyung Shin is the daughter of a powerful politician during the Joseon Dynasty. She falls in love with Crown Prince Lee-Yuk, who lives under the tyranny of this half-brother, King San-Gun Yeon. When Lee-Yuk  rises to the....

“Fukuoka Ren’ai Monogatari (Love Stories from Fukuoka),” 2017-2018 drama, 1 hour and 41 minutes. Starring Nanami Sakuraba, Renn Kiriyama, Yosuke Sugino and Nao. “Love Stories from Fukuoka” is based on real-life stories submitted by viewers about their personal experiences with love, loss and longing. The stories are based in Fukuoka, the capital city of the....

REAL POSSIBILITIES BY Barbara Kim Stanton

"Three Days to Destiny," premiers on Monday, Dec. 17 at 8 p.m., and Tuesday, Dec. 18 at 1 p.m. One of the most popular series to air on KIKU was "Happy Family Plan." In this show, dads had one week to learn a special talent that could win a special prize for their entire family.....

8•0•8 By Dennis Fujitake

SATURDAY, DEC. 1 Midnight - Yakuza Ladies Revisited: Love is Hell 1:50 a.m. - Tragedy of the Coolie  Samurai 3:30 a.m. - The Kingdom of Jirocho 2 5 a.m. - Yakuza Wolf 6:30 a.m. - Assassination: Right or Wrong 9 a.m. - Seven from Edo 10:40 a.m. - The Valiant Red Peony 2 12:20 p.m. - The Scroll's Secret....

DIALOGUE BY Karleen Chinen After several weeks of updates about his wife Gail Honda’s condition, each gloomier than the one before, the Nov. 1st email from Kipp Martin did not come as a total surprise. Like Kipp, and Gail’s family and friends, I had hoped and prayed for a miracle that never came. Gail Ann....

SUNDAY, DEC. 16 1 a.m. - The Kingdom of Jirocho 2 2:30 a.m. -Yakuza Wolf 4 a.m. - Assassination: Right or Wrong 6:30 a.m. - Seven from Edo 8:10 a.m. - The Shogun Assassins 10:40 a.m. - Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2 12:10 p.m. - Nagasaki: Memories of My Mother 2:20 p.m. - Yakuza Ladies Revisited: Love is....

WHO/WHAT: Mana Musubi shop co-owner Manabu Asaoka will introduce his new book, “The Musubi Book,” celebrating the popular triangular rice snack. Asaoka will also do a mini musubi demonstration, share some of his recipes...