Japan Time (TV series)

Japan Time (Chinese: Go! Japan TV 日本大放送), previously titled JP Time TV when it aired on ATV, is a Hong Kong television travel programme which started airing on 2 October 2005. The show focuses on introducing various Japanese tourist attractions to the audience and it is presented by Jam Yau, who is from Hong Kong, and Rie, who is from Japan.[1][2] According to Ming Pao, Japan Time is "the longest-running travel program in Hong Kong's history".[3]

Japan Time
Also known asJP Time TV
Go! Japan TV
Go! Japan TV 日本大放送
GenreTravel
Presented byJam Yau
Rie
ComposerKevin MacLeod
Country of originHong Kong
Original languagesJapanese
Cantonese
No. of series2
No. of episodes539 (series 1)
48 (series 2)
Production
ProducerRason Chau
Production locationJapan
Running time30 minutes (including adverts)
Production companyR by R Production Limited
Release
Original networkATV World (2005–2016)
ViuTV (2016–present)
Original release2 October 2005 (2005-10-02) – present

Broadcast

The programme was first shown on ATV World on 2 October 2005. Its episodes are 25 minutes long.[4] By 2014, the programme had aired over 400 episodes.[1]

In 2016, it moved to ViuTV after Asia Television ceased broadcast due to nonrenewal of television licence. Since then, the show added Cantonese dubbing.

On 28 January 2016, the show aired an episode that showed Kosaka, Akita, Kakunodate Station, and Akita Dog Fureai-Dokoro at Senshū Park.[5] That year, it aired an episode that discussed a Japanese railroad.[6]

Reception

Writing in the newspaper am730, Kei-wan Wong said that the programme hosts were "fun and entertaining".[1] Ming Pao's Git-ling Wong praised the program, stating, "Jam is one of the hosts. In the show, he and his partner use Japanese and Cantonese to wittily introduce many interesting places in Japan."[3]

Referring to Japan Time and another television series, the actor Sammy Leung wrote in 2016 in Sing Tao Daily, "Japan Time is a simple and interesting Japanese travel journal. Although it introduces some places that we may not go to, the two hosts, Rie and Jam, are quite humorous, and sometimes they will include a sentence or two of Cantonese in Japanese. The words are both kind and authentic. If ATV is really going to end, these two programs should be the ones I'm most reluctant to part with."[7]

References
  1. Wong, Kei-wan 王奇雲 (22 September 2014). "影心口節目" [Filming words and thoughts program]. am730 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  2. Long, C (26 June 2018). "【日本人在香港】在港藝人理惠的兩個家" [[Japanese in Hong Kong] The two homes of artiste Rie in Hong Kong]. Metro Pop (in Chinese). Metro International. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  3. Wong, Git-ling 黃潔玲 (5 March 2014). Lee, Oi-ming 李藹明 (ed.). "一家去旅行：放任假期童玩「野」 大自然就是遊樂場" [Traveling as a family: letting go of the holidays. Children play "wild". Nature is playground]. Ming Pao (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  4. Chiba, Sonoko 千葉園子 (December 2022). "香港、台湾で秋田犬PR. CNAなどが県内ロケ" [Akita Inu PR in Hong Kong and Taiwan. CNA and other locations in the prefecture]. Akita Sakigake Shimpō (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  5. "「秋田犬ふれあいライン」PR. 香港、台湾から誘客へ" ["Akita dog contact line" PR. Attracting customers from Hong Kong and Taiwan]. Hokuroku Shimbun (in Japanese). 22 December 2016. Archived from the original on 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  6. "鉄道観光もいかが 香港番組が本県入り" [How about railroad sightseeing? Hong Kong program enters the prefecture]. Mutsu Shinpo (in Japanese). 9 July 2016. Archived from the original on 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  7. Leung, Sammy (2014). "亞視將亡確感可惜" [It's a pity that ATV will die]. Sing Tao Daily (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
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