Ayu and Ken Hirai to perform on CNN International?
 

Yeah, it seems a little fishy, but.. it's quite interesting. Anyone who can loosely translate is welcome to do so. <3


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Singer, Ayumi Hamasaki (28), and "World advancement" Katashi Hirai (34) from Katashi Hirai of ..walking.. & CNN will do "World advancement" through news special channel CNN of the United States. The one that guest performs to "Toque Asia" (December 4-8 later 11.30) produced with CNNj for Japan. Hamasaki and Hirai are the schedules of being broadcast to 200 countries or more in the world through international CNN as for this program, and will be introduced as a singer who represents not only Japan but also Asia.

It was two people that did "World advancement" as singer's Japanese representative who led literally as man and woman's solo artist.

To tell the truth, the long interview program is the first time though the toque in the popular music show etc. and interviews with the documentary program and the newspaper and the magazine have the experience by Hamasaki. How cooked Hamasaki with the toque of 30 minutes so that the foreigner such as CNN Tokyo correspondents may serve as the interviewer seems to be paid to attention though collection will be done on the ninth.

The toque is known as other Hirai is contrary with a damp singing voice by a light thing. Collection has already ended in here, and the content of the interview is called the topic in music a center. Here is attention. what expression Hirai shows aiming at the world

"Toque Asia" is "Approach a personal worldwide, famous person side" talk show. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (52) performs in the past, and champion sumo wrestler and Cotoou states (23) of five night continuous broadcasting besides Hamasaki and Hirai appear this time.

It is inevitable that two artists who represent Japan because it extends it to each country of Europe, Asia, and as many as 200 countries including the United States attract attention in broadcasting. The activity that puts the world in view can be expected of two people (Hamasaki and Hirai) in the future, too.



http://www.daily.co.jp/gossip/2006/1...00160038.shtml

How cool!

Interesting. Thanks for sharing. But "performing" for CNN, isn't it weird?

PLLEEAASSEE someone make more sense of this...the channels, I don't get. Like THE CNN that's broadcasted through cable channels in the U.S?? Ayu is going to be on it? Really? What?? lmao

Kinda weird maybe, but it's cool to know Ayu will be there with Ken Hirai.. Go, Ayu !

http://edition.cnn.com/ASIA/talkasia/

This is the program that it will be. :B

Wang Lee Hom, F4, and Takeshi Kaneshiro have been featured. :B

CNN? .__.

Wait, so what day is this going to be on + what time? I'm going to tivo it. XD

*screamz* there is no way in hell I'm gonna miss this; if it comes on in the US.

It's on some special CNN International channel it looks like and by 'perform' I guess they might mean 'featured' on..

I wonder how this'll play out if it's true..

wow..if this is true..awesome

O_O WOW. If she does get onto the US CNN, I am SO skipping class to see her. XD I really hope this is true.

Rain's [Bi's] TalkAsia interview-thingie preview..
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vztCzcZOFxs

:D LOL at the British guy dubbing Rain.

[I think if you're on New York, you could.. but I don't think..]

Hong Kong, Sydney[or just Australia in general], and a few other places get CNNI..

There will most likely be dubbing.

They always do it for CNN.. I mean come on. LOL Maybe the Japanese CNN's footage will not be dubbed, but like.. yeah..

hopefully she comes on in canada....i REALLY want to see Ayu on tv since ive only managed to see that once..which was a pv on my vacation to Hong Kong

Here is my translation. This article sounds to be legit... We shall see!

* oozeki is a title of rank in Sumou. I believe it is the 2nd highest.

Thanks so much evolusean! I wonder what she'll say! :D

"Oh. I'm happy to be a representative for Japan :)!"

Hopefully someone in New York can capture this! :D

ohg my i hate dubbing.....-_-

CNN International is a different channel than CNN. The city isn't relevant, it depends if the cable or satellite service carries the channel. Hope some Ayu fan out there gets this network.

Oh, I know..

I looked at CNN International's site and they said that New York was one of the few carriers of the channel.. so maybe? :D

Well I won't be able to see it, because I don't have Satellite, but OMG THIS IS AWESOME! I hope it's true!

Well, it's a cable channel I think in international areas.. :o

I use to have CNN International but no anymore, I only have CNN en Español :(

Oh this'll be interesting. Hopefully it turns out to be true. :yes

:o ....interesting! thanks Anthony~
cool if it's true! x3

Judging from the translation that evolusean provided, it probably is true.

We just need to wait a few days till her segment is recorded :D

XD so exciting XD....I hope I can watch it NZ!! or on Sky TV!! XD

Woohoo! I have CNN international! :D !!! Can't wait!!!! Thanks for the translation, AWESOME!!!

I hope this is gonna be real because that would be pretty damn cool!

Awesome news!

ah! i can't wait! but i hope it's true!

I REALLY hope this is true! haha
I got CNNi, if it happens I can record it and share it with you all! ^_^;
Just let me know when it's gonna air.

*wishes*

ah omg thatd be awesome!! too bad i probably dont get the channel -_- lol

hope its true
ITS REALLY COOL!!!

This news is TRUE, it has been offically confirmed~ Ayu and KEN will be going to appear in CNN~~~~ I wonder will the people over there familiarize with AYU AND KEN~

If it all turns out to be true we can at least be sure of that Ayu isn't planning on giving up her career in the nearest future.

Thanks Sean for the translation.

Hirai Ken's official website just confirmed his interview today, at least. Hopefully Ayu's will follow suit shortly.

:shimmy

awesome
thanks for the info
Ken + Ayu = 最强！

I don't have CNNi. Does anyone up here have Direct TV Satellite? Maybe you can tell me what channel number it is so I can make sure. Going through 2500+ different channels is a little hard. I tried looking through where most of the news stations are but I didn't see it.

This sounds great! I hope this will be true :)

Thx for posting&transl

OMG this is exciting! But aaaahkkkhhh I dun have international channels in my TV!!!! AAAAAAAAAA
But is she gonna sing? If she sings it's gonna be awesome!! Maybe she will have more fans b'coz of this show!!! Ayu ganbatteee!!!!

Yay I have the channel for me it's on ch.133 in New York.

Yeah, it's a bit weird but it sounds cool.

wow Ayu getting 30 minutes of Talk. I really hope this is true Or I'll just die.

wow, that sounds...unusual & exciting! :)

I really hope that Ayu is on there!

interesting. possibly true, but i'll wait and see.

i wonder about that line there at the end though, that says ayumi and ken will both have more of a world focus after the interview. it sounded like they meant career-wise, they'd be interested in the world, or did they mean that simply a lot of the world could possibly see the interview?

i don't get this channel anyhow, so if its true, i hope someone wil get it online.

oooooooooo, sounds interestin'

Ooo, I hope I can see it!

hey guys, I found this link
CNN Dec.

http://www.jctv.co.jp/cnnj/japannow/index.html#

Ken Hirai's pic/profile is there, along with Nintendo's Miyamoto san. but where is Ayu?!?!?!?!?

*sighs* AYu probabaly won't be on there.

Interesting. Is CNN International free to air (FTA)?... I think I saw it on the list on my satellite reciever...

yeah its free.

it's weird to see Ayu on US TV... simply she doesn't care 'bout the rest of the world (I talk about her business not the rest)... She doesn't want to export her music and she focuses on asian teritories... personnaly I think that's too strange to be true...

BUT IHOPE SHE'LL BE THERE... PLEASE AYU HEAR MY MESSAGE => go to CNN even if you're not invited !!!

^ What tha how can she go if she snot invited...just walk in on the show Lol thata would be funny then it would be like she's a Super Diva

I doubt she will sing, but it is most certain that they will lace the interview with some sort of clip(s) of her videos and/or concert footage. It's not really a talk-show talk show with musical guests and an audience. It's more of a news desk type, educational discussion show. I assume it will be something like the interview BoA did for PBS a few years ago.

Most literally translated, 世界を視野に入れた活動も期待できそうだ says "It seems we can expect activities with the world in their field of vision," meaning that the writer assumes this will encourage Ayu and Ken to do more work on a global level, as opposed to just in Japan.

It's not really an effort to promote herself, though. It is a cultural show, to educate people about the things that are out there beyond our own borders. It seems she and Ken were both asked to be guests because she is an influential person in Japanese business and culture. It's not to advance their careers (although that may be a positive side effect). Like I mentioned above, BoA did something similar with PBS a few years back, so it's not too strange.

Omg that'd be wicked.

who's that mysterious shadow for december 8th? could that be ayu?

Looking at how they have been revealed up till now I think that the shadow in question will be revealed tomorrow.

I've got the show set up to record on my DVR. Thanks for the info!

so then is it official that AYu will appear or not it hasn't been confirmed yet

It's not been confirmed yet.

Loves! haha, this is indeed good publicity for both of them. for japan and the rest of asia too!

It hasn't been confirmed, but honestly, I think that it'd be dumb to doubt this.. especially when Ken's is confirmed.. :D

is daily.co.jp reliable for 'rumors' like this??

Well, it's not so much a rumor..

I just labeled it as gossip because I wasn't sure if it was true exactly. I think it's less of a rumor/piece of gossip now and is more.. fact.. :D


http://www.jctv.co.jp/cnnj/japannow/index.html
You can see Ken Hirai if you scroll down to the TALK ASIA week of 12/4 - 8.. Ayu is going to be at the very end of that schedule most likely [on the 8th] since there's like, still no one there. XD

If she is appearing on the show, does that mean she will speak English during her interview? Wasn't she learning English on her big break?

Dubbing over the people they interview is something Talk Asia seems to love doing. D:

eww...like iron chef...lol...

CNN.com will always have an English / whatever language they have transcript of the interview for anyone that can't see the interview [unlikely since Ayu fans are like.. yeah.. XDD]

But they said she was being interviewed by a "foreign" reporter. I guess meaning American? And I wish they would just subtitle her if her English accent is unrecognizable lol

LOL! Dubbed Ayu, now that's going to be funny!

I think they mean foreign as in someone who isn't Japanese, but is asian and only knowns English or something.. :P

I have Direct TV. They don't have it. :( I even googled it just to make sure I wasn't missing it on the guide. I found a topic on a forum about someone wishing they carried it in Direct TV. XD
here is the thread (XD):
http://space.coder24.net/phpBB2/view...03ece75a06c447

I live in New York and its on channel 133 for me..I have Time Warner cable though

I don't want to doubt this but..
the mysterious figure for the 8th...
looks more like a manly figure than a female...
and ayu is quite petit....
plus there's 3 bubbles/circle under the shadow
ayu's name has 5 character
but that one has 3....
unless they put the chinese version of ayu's name
then that'll work...weird to see that though
chinese letters in a japanese site...

I hope it is true,i am pretty sure that is a channel i have on Foxtel.

So either she's the shadow in 12/8 or we just gotta wait for the next week's shadow and see if she's the one in 12/9.

Or her name in Kanji.

That's the same thing as the Chinese characters. It's rare to see Ayu's name in Kanji though, since I've only seen Chinese media using it.

No. The 9th that they are referring to is November 9th :p Since.. December 9th is a day after they're scheduled to even do anything, I guess.. XD

Thanks for the news ^^ Can't wait to watch it :)

Does anyone know if the CNN Singapore has (Channel 14 on Starhub) is the international one? Does the normal CNN programme show Talk Asia?

doesn't she use her hiragana name only as a artist? so maybe she is not thes as a singer but as human, you know what i mean? her name is in kanji because she wont talk about her music as an artist but maybe about politics or something not as an artist but as an ordinary person.

Yes :) It's on Saturdays and Sundays, 6pm, 6am and 12am. SO WHOOOPPE FOR US.

Ayu + Politics = Ladies Night PV xD

OMG Ayu is the special guest on the 8th! I checked
http://www.jctv.co.jp/cnnj/japannow/index.html

I'm so happy, I hope I have the channel.

Awesome, she was revealed and it's actually true.

This will be so great, and I'm so looking forward to seeing a rip of this interview. Someone better record it.

Random note,
She sure is the pretties of all the persons scheduled for appearances :D.

YES! I'm so excited to see this!

So true :laugh

I'm sure I've watched that "talk asia" before..

But great news nevertheless :yes

well, her name is in hiragana after all :)

Well, duh? :P

Anyway, now that this is confirmed, -pokes staff to remove the [GOSSIP] from the title-~

It's written like her artist name, surname in kanji and first name in hiragana.

Or what do you mean?

They were just all: "WTF THREE SPACES" but it was probably like that since most names tend to have three characters or something so it's just the template.. :P

So they were just saying: OH, so it was in hiragana after all! :D

Most Japanese names have 4 or 5 characters. The 3 other guests shown are weirdos, with their 3-character names. Korean and Chinese names usually have 2 or 3.

But really, I think the 3 circles were just related to the Japan Now logo (the N-O-W are each in their own circle).

YAAAY!! that's so cool!!
I hope that "sopcast" has that channel (if you don't know what i'm talking about and you don't have the way for viewing this channel, go to www.sopcast.com, this is a page that transmit through internet some cable and international channels).

Whose that third guy that's going to be on the show? He looks so familiar. I want to say the guy behind Nintendo but I'm not sure.

As for the program, I don't think I have that channel, but my GrandMommy-Mom does! Time to pay her a visit ^_^. Psych, I always visit my Mammy-Mammommy-Moms!

I'm pretty sure it's Shigeru Miyamoto, the dude behind Nintendo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeru_Miyamoto