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Japanese comedian Hachimitsu Jiro has launched a crowdfunding campaign alongside a new television program built around achieving the things he wants to do before he dies. He says he hopes audiences will simply laugh it off as him doing something silly yet again, keeping his trademark self-deprecating humor at the center of the project.

Three new Fuji TV announcers are joining the morning program Mezamashi TV as field casters, according to a report carried by Modelpress. The program's popular Disney-related segment is also being upgraded as part of the changes. The move marks the on-air debut of the network's newest hires in field reporting roles.

The four commercial TV stations in Ehime Prefecture, Japan, have launched a joint initiative called the 'Four for Ehime Project', announced by local station ai Television. For the first time, broadcasters spanning different networks are setting aside rivalry to work together on solving local community problems. The cross-network collaboration is being shared via Yahoo! News in Japan.