Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Japan September 15, 2009 Sorry for the really poor quality… 9/14: Kunio Hatoyama (1) His brother Yukio Hatoyama, also a politician and leader of the rival Democratic Party of Japan, became Japan’s Prime Minister in September 2009 following a landslide victory in the August 2009 election. Although his brother [...]

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Japan September 15, 2009 Sorry for the really poor quality… 1/14: Toshiaki Kasuga (1) Toshiaki Kasuga is a member of Audrey, a Japanese owarai duo. The sad thing is his partner, Masayasu Wakabayashi couldn’t come for the taping due to illness. Interesting part: Doki Doki Camp – “24″ question: [...]

The Japanese version of millionaire wasn’t just the first one to produce a top-prize loser, but also the first one to officially adopt the clock format from the US. It started on September 15, 2009(3rd episode in 2009). Contestants now have time limits for each question: 30 seconds each for questions 1 – 9, 1 [...]