MPPAJ announces 2010 box office rankings

The Motion Pictures Production Association of Japan (MPPAJ) has announced the list of the highest grossing films of 2010.

Every year in January, the list is announced, and this year, the announcement took place on January 27th at the Courtyard Marriott Ginza Toushiki Hotel.

The list separates domestic releases and foreign films into different categories.

Check out the figures below:

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Karigurashi no …


Japan Box Office Report – December 4th/5th

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Japan Box Office Report – November 27th/28th

Greetings to all the tokyohive readers out there!

As you hopefully know by now, we’re constantly looking for new and innovative ways to improve the site, and we’re pleased to introduce what should become a weekly feature – the Japan Box Office Report.

The new feature will aim to give our readers a solid indication of the state of the …


V6’s Okada spends a day as a police instructor

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Okada was accompanied by his co-stars from the movie and gave inspiring messages to the 110 …


V6 Okada Junichi now a martial arts instructor

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It was reported that Okada has been practising Kali since 2007, …