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network logo
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NHK (, ''Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai''; official English name: Japan Broadcasting Corporation) is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee.

NHK operates two terrestrial television services (NHK General TV and NHK Educational TV), two satellite television services (NHK BS-1 and NHK BS Premium, both now high-definition television services), and three radio networks (NHK Radio 1, NHK Radio 2, and NHK FM).

NHK also provides an international broadcasting service, known as NHK World. NHK World is composed of NHK World TV, NHK World Premium, and the shortwave radio service NHK World Radio Japan. World Radio Japan also makes some of its programs available on the internet.

History

Until the 1940s, NHK was a national radio broadcasting monopoly.

On 22 March 1925, one and a half years after the Great Kantō earthquake, Radio Japan produced the first radio broadcast in the country, transmitting from Atago Hill just north of the Tokugawa Tombs in Shiba Park. The first programme included Beethoven, classical Japanese music, and a play by Ōyō. In the same year, there were also broadcasts from Ōsaka and Nagoya.

NHK was founded in 1926, modelled on the BBC of the United Kingdom. NHK evolved from the amalgamation of the three regional broadcasting corporations. This merger and reorganisation was carried out under the auspices of the pre-war Ministry of Communications.

NHK’s second radio network began in 1931, and the third radio network (FM) began in 1938. In 1935 NHK began a shortwave radio service for listeners overseas known as ’’‘Radio Japan’’’ until the 1940s.

In November 1941, the Imperial Japanese Army nationalised all public news agencies and coordinated their efforts via the Information Liaison Confidential Committee. All published and broadcast news reports became official announcements of the Imperial Army General Headquarters in Tokyo for the duration of World War II. The famous Tokyo Rose wartime programs were broadcasts by NHK.

In 1950, three post-war radio rules were enacted including the Broadcast Law (“Hōsō Hō”), replacing the pre-war Radio Telegraph Law. Under this law, NHK started afresh as a special corporation to be supported by its viewers.

NHK started General TV in 1950 and its Educational TV in 1959. In 1960, it began broadcasting in colour.

In the 1980s, NHK BS TV broadcasts started., and in 1995 NHK launched its international arm, ’’‘NHK World TV’’’.

In 2000, NHK started satellite digital TV broadcasts, while in 2003, terrestrial digital TV broadcasts came for three megacity areas. These expanded to cover almost all Japan in July 2011. NHK BS Hi-Vision analogue TV was discontinued in September 2007, and a year later NHK World TV was available Free-To-Air over the Astra 19.2°E (Astra 1L) in Europe.

A few months later on 28 November 2008, NHK World TV began Test transmissions on the Eurobird series of satellites, Free to Air, at 28.5 Degrees East. The transmissions, on 11.680 GHz (Vertical polarity, FEC 2/3, S/R 27.5MBaud), currently appear only by adding the channel manually on Sky Digital equipment, and the channel is currently recognised by a code number, “51108”. It is not currently known how long this service will be available for, or what the plans for NHK World presently are. It appears in the Freesat EPG on channel 209.

License fee

NHK is paid for by license fees (known in Japanese as ). The Broadcast Law which governs NHK’s funding stipulates that any television equipped to receive NHK is required to pay. The fee is standardized, with discounts for office workers and students who commute, as well a general discount for residents of Okinawa prefecture.

However, the Broadcast Law lists no punitive actions for nonpayment; as a result of this, after a rash of NHK-related scandals, the number of people who had not paid the license fee surpassed one million users. This incident sparked debate over the fairness of the fee system. In 2006, the NHK opted to take legal action against those most flagrantly in violation of the law.

NHK domestic broadcasting stations

TV programming

NHK General TV broadcasts a variety of programming. The following are noteworthy:

News

Local, national, and world news reports. NHK News 7 offers bilingual broadcasts on NHK General TV, NHK World TV and NHK World Premium. Its current flagship news program is ''News Watch 9'', also broadcast throughout the whole NHK network. NHK also offers news for the deaf, regional news and children’s news. News Today 30 Minutes is the new name of NHK NEWSWATCH which ran for 6 years. It is an English newscast designed for foreign viewers. On 2 February 2009, NHK World TV changed and the flagship newscast, ''Newsline'', also changed and is currently the flagship newscast on NHK and NHK World TV.

In his book 'Broadcasting politics in Japan:NHK and television news', ES Krauss states:' in the 1960s and 1970s, external critics of NHK news were complaining about the strict neutrality, the lack of criticism of government, and the 'self-regulation in covering events' ' Krauss claims that little had changed by the 1980s and 1990s. After the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011 NHK was criticised for underplaying the dangers from radioactive contamination.

Emergency reporting

Under the Broadcast Act, NHK is under the obligation to broadcast early warning emergency reporting in times of natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis. Their national network of seismometers in cooperation with the Japan Meteorological Agency makes NHK capable of delivering the news in just 2–3 minutes after the quake. They also broadcast air attack warnings in the event of war, using the J-Alert system. All warnings are broadcast in five languages: English, Mandarin, Korean and Portuguese (Japan has small Chinese, Korean and Brazilian populations), as well as Japanese. The warnings were broadcast in these languages during the 11 March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

Education

Education programmes are watched nation-wide at primary schools. ''Tensai Terebikun MAX'' (better known as TTK) is a show combining a small amount of education with entertainment. TTK is currently hosted by the Yasuda Big Circus, Maki Nishiyama and a cast of 24 children ranging from ages 8 to 14.

Weather

Weather in detail, nationwide, and international for travellers.

Sports

NHK broadcasts the six annual Grand Sumo tournaments, high-school baseball championships from Koshien Stadium, Olympic Games, National Sports Festival of Japan, and a range of other sports. NHK also broadcasts Boston Red Sox games when Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches. NHK also holds rights to broadcast the FA Premier League in Japan.

News analysis

The network carries in-depth reports on current topics, political debate, and similar programming.

Music

The annual ''Kōhaku Uta Gassen'' on New Year’s Eve is the highlight. The weekly schedule includes an amateur hour, and prime-time shows for all ages. Music Japan is shown each week with brand new Japanese pop, and rock acts.

J-Melo is NHK’s first music program to be recorded entirely in English for international consumption.

The NHK Symphony Orchestra, financially sponsored by NHK, was formerly (until 1951) the Japanese Symphony Orchestra. Its website details the orchestra's history and ongoing concert programme.

Drama

A sentimental morning show, a weekly jidaigeki and a year-long show, the ’’Taiga drama’’, spearhead the network’s fiction offerings. But for no special reason, it write wrongly from ''Emperor's family'' to ''Royal family'' in the Webpage of ''Taira no Kiyomori'' that will be broadcast in 2012 as Taiga drama

NHK is also making efforts to broadcasting the drama made in foreign countries as "".

Documentaries

NHK has become known for its documentary series, first for the popular mini-series ''Legacy for the Future'', and later for the ''NHK Tokushu'' (later known as ''NHK Special'') documentaries series such as ''The Silk Road'' and .

Children

The longest running children’s show in Japan, }}, still airs to this day on NHK-ETV.

''Sesame Street'' was one of the first imports, debuting in 1971. It resumed in 1988, until 2004, when a local adaptation was announced, which NHK refused to be involved in. Teenagers and adults watched the program to learn English (though much later on, a dubbed version was also available). When the American Sesame Street aired on NHK, the channel produced episode guides. In the 2000s, when the show was available in both English and Japanese, ''Sesame English'' was interspersed within the program, first as a replacement for ''Elmo's World'', but later in addition to it.

Other

Cooking, comedy, exercise, gardening, crafts, anime, igo, shogi.

Notable programs

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’’Allison & Lillia’’ (2008)

’’Big Wolf on Campus’’ (2002–2003)

’’BuBu ChaCha’’

’’Caillou’’(1998-present)

’’Cardcaptor Sakura’’ (1998–2002)

’’Dynamic China’’ (2007–)

’’Doctor Who’’

’’Doug’’

’’Dungeons & Dragons’’ (1996–2002)

’’Eigo de Shabera Night’’ (2002–2009)

’’Fairly OddParents’’ (2005–)

’’Futatsu no Spica’’

’’Future Boy Conan’’ (1978)

’’Guardian of the Sacred Spirit’’ (2007–)

’’Goosebumps’’ (1998–1999)

’’J-Melo’’ (2005–)

’’Kaitai-Shin Show’’

’’Kōhaku Uta Gassen’’

’’Kyo Kara Maoh!’’

’’MAJOR’’ (2004–2009)

’’Minna no Uta’’ (1961–)

’’Morizzo and Kiccoro’’ (2005 Aichi World Expo season)

’’Mujin Wakusei Survive’’

’’Mysterious Cities of Gold’’ (1982–1983)

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’’Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water’’ (1990–1991)

’’Oshin’’ (1983–1984)

’’Pants Pankuro’’ (2004–2008)

’’The Pirates of Dark Water’’ (1993)

’’Planetes’’

’’Prince Mackaroo’’ (1998-)

''Questa

’’Sesame Street’’ (1971–2004)

’’Shibawanko no Wa no Kokoro’’

’’Shirasu Jiro’’ (2009)

’’Sidekick’’ (2012-)

’’Snow Princess’’

’’SpongeBob SquarePants’’ (2002–)

’’Sports Kyoushitsu’’

’’Star Wars: The Clone Wars’’

’’Taiga drama’’

’’Tales from the Darkside’’

’’Ten Minutes Box’’

’’The Nightmare Room’’ (2002–2003)

’’Tsubasa Chronicle’’

’’TV Colosso’’ (1993–1997)

’’UFO Baby’’ (2000–2002)

’’Visions of Light’’

’’Yat Anshin Uchuu Ryokou’’ (1996–1998)

’’Zettai Shonen’’ (“Absolute Boy”) (2004–2005)

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See also

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Domo-kun

Hobankyo - Organization based in Japan that enforces Fuji Television copyright issues

ISDB

Japanese media

Japan Prize Contest (NHK)

Japanese television programs

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NHK Science & Technology Research Laboratories

NHK Spring Company

NHK World

UHDTV

Welcome to the NHK!

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References

Notes

Additional sources

Johnston, Eric. (July 7, 2009). Japan Times: NHK a fount of info, a lot of it from the government ''Japan Times'', p. 3.

Seidensticker, Edward. (1990). ’‘Tokyo Rising: The City Since the Great Earthquake.’’ New York: Knopf. ISBN 0-394-54360-2

External links

NHK official Youtube channel NHK official Youtube channel

NHK WORLD English

NHK Science & Technical Research Laboratories

NHK/digital

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Liu Wen (; born January 27, 1988) is a Chinese fashion model. She is the first model of Chinese descent to walk the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. In 2010, she became a face of Estée Lauder alongside Constance Jablonski.

Early life

Liu was born into a working class family on January 27, 1988, in Yongzhou, a city in the Hunan province of China. Because of China's one-child policy Liu Wen is an only child. As a teen her mother encouraged her to be professional, to eat well, and, critically, to enter the modeling contest which led to Liu Wen's discovery.

Early career and success

Liu started her modeling career in 2005 when she entered the ''New Silk Road World Model Contest'', a contest previously won by international covergirl Du Juan. Although she did not win that competition Liu Wen soon began working fulltime as a model, becoming a national success story when she landed the cover of ''Chinese FHM''. She has accepted modeling work with Chinese fashion magazines like ''Vogue'' and ''Harper's Bazaar''.

In September 2007, Liu caught the attention of the international fashion industry when she shot a ''Cosmo'' editorial in clothes designed by Karl Lagerfeld and Viktor and Rolf and would later walk for each of those firms. She was invited to Paris in 2008, and signed with the Marilyn Agency.

In February 2007 she appeared in four fashion-related articles for ''Chinese Vogue''. She debuted on international runways in the same month, closing the fall Trussardi show in Milan. In 2007 she walked for Shiatzy Chen, Chanel, Jean Paul Gaultier, and Hermès.

In the Spring 2009 season she appeared in seven major shows, including DKNY Jeans, The GAP, Barneys New York, Benetton, Alexander Wang, Converse, and cKone. She has also appeared in campaigns for Bergdorf Goodman, Calvin Klein, Alexander Wang, Dolce & Gabbana, and Vivienne Tam. She has appeared in fashion articles for Chinese ''Elle'', ''Marie Claire'', ''Harper's Bazaar'', ''Allure'', ''i-D'' (as well as a cover), ''Interview'', ''V magazine,'' W'', and the Italian, American, Chinese, British, Portuguese, German, French, Spanish, and ''Teen editions of Vogue''

In 2009, Liu became the first woman of Chinese descent to walk in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Liu also participated in the 2010 show. With characteristic humor and modesty Liu Wen said that she was somewhat surprised to be chosen because most Victoria's Secret models "have big boobs."

For the Spring 2010 Ready-to-wear season, she walked 70 shows in New York, Paris and Milan which made her the second most booked model for the season following French model Constance Jablonski.

In April 2010, it was announced that Liu and Jablonski would help to represent the cosmetics company Estée Lauder. Liu is the first Asian face of the company.

Liu Wen is currently ranked 6th on the Top 50 Models Women List by models.com.

Before modelling, Liu studied tourism and worked as a tour guide in and around Beijing where she met and worked with people from many different countries. After modeling she has said that she might enjoy working as a professional photographer or even as an actress. She enjoys modeling and working in the fashion industry with its beautiful clothes and many talented, highly-imaginative people, but, as a career choice, she knows that working as a fashion designer would be "very hard work."

Media know Wen as the ‘unstarry’ top model – professional, full of smile, and keen to chat. In her TIME interview, she showed her gratitude for living the dream of almost every girl. “I remember when I was younger and living in Beijing, I saw lots of Estée Lauder posters on the subway. I wished one day I could be a part of that. Now I’m living my dream.”

References

^11. YouTube: Andrew Garriga (photographer) and Liu Wen:

External links

The First Asian Face of Estée Lauder

Parker, Nick. "How a small-town girl became China's first supermodel." ''CNN''. September 30, 2011.

Estee Lauder Commercial: "

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is a Japanese figure skater, notable as the 2010 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2010 World Champion, a two-time (2007, 2012) World silver medalist, a two-time (2008, 2011) Four Continents Champion, and a five-time (2006-2008, 2010, 2012) Japanese national champion.

Takahashi represented Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics and at the 2010 Winter Olympics. His bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics was the first Olympic medal for Japan in the men's singles event.

Career

Early career

Born in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, Takahashi began figure skating when he was 8 years old. When a skating rink was built near his house, he went with his mother to watch the skaters at the rink, and afterwards, enrolled in the figure skating club. His mother intended for him enroll in the ice hockey club, but he didn't like the protective gear of ice hockey, so he enrolled in the figure skating club, instead.

Takahashi had a successful junior career, winning the 2002 World Junior Championships, in his first, and only, appearance at that competition. Takahashi is the first Japanese man to have won the title.

Senior career

Senior debut

For the 2002-2003 season, Takahashi turned senior. He struggled with consistency during the first few years of his senior career. He won a bronze medal at the 2005 Four Continents and went on to the 2005 World Championships as the second-ranked of the two Japanese men on the World team, after Takeshi Honda. However, when Honda was forced to withdraw due to injury, it fell on Takahashi to qualify spots for Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Takahashi placed 15th, qualifying only one spot for the Japanese men.

2005–2006 season

In the 2005–2006 season, Nobunari Oda emerged as a challenger for the Olympic spot. Oda and Takahashi both had very good Grand Prix seasons. At the 2005–2006 Japanese nationals, Oda was declared the winner, and, thus, seemed to have qualified for the one Olympic slot, but his gold medal was quickly taken back, when an error was found in the way scores were calculated in the computer system at the event; Takahashi was awarded the gold. The Japanese Skating Federation split the international assignments, giving Takahashi the Olympic berth and Oda a place at the World Championship. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Takahashi was in a good position after the short program, but had a poor long program and placed 8th overall.

2006–2007 season

In the 2006–2007 competitive season, Takahashi won a silver medal at 2006 Skate Canada International, then gold at the 2006 NHK Trophy. He qualified for the Grand Prix Final and won the silver medal, although he was ill. He won the Japanese Championships, taking the national title for the second year in a row, and then went on to the Winter Universiade in Turin, Italy which he won as well.

At the 2007 World Championships, Takahashi placed third in the short program. In the free skate, he skated the performance of his life in his home country, placing first in that segment and ending up winning the silver medal, trailing Brian Joubert narrowly. This was the first silver medal for Japan in the men's event at Worlds.

Following that season, Takahashi was ranked as first in the World by the ISU. However, over the summer, the ISU tweaked their scoring criteria. Takahashi had been placed on top, just ahead of Brian Joubert, in part due to Takahashi's victory at the Winter Universiade, a competition for which Brian Joubert was not eligible, as Joubert was not a university student. The ISU determined that the results of the Winter Universiade could not be used to calculate world ranking, and Takahashi's ranking fell from first to second place.

2007–2008 season

In the 2007–2008 season, he won gold at both his Grand Prix events and then silver at the Grand Prix Final behind Stéphane Lambiel. A few weeks later, he won his third Japanese national title and was named to the Four Continents and Worlds teams.

Takahashi won the 2008 Four Continents, scoring a new record in the free skate (175.84) and in the total score (264.41) under the ISU Judging System.

He was considered a favorite heading into the 2008 World Championships but finished off the podium after a disappointing free skate in which he fell on his second quad toe attempt, then stumbled on a triple axel and triple loop, and, finally, performed an extra combination, an invalid element, which did not count towards his points total.

2008–2009 season

Takahashi was originally assigned to the 2008 Cup of China and the 2008 NHK Trophy for the 2008-2009 Grand Prix season. He had to withdraw after suffering a torn ACL in his right knee on October 31, 2008, only a few days before his first event. It was later reported that Takahashi would undergo surgery to repair ligament damage and his right meniscus and would miss the entire 2008-2009 season. A bolt was inserted into his right knee. He was able to return to the ice in April and began practicing jumps in June.

2009–2010 season

After recovering from the surgery and getting back to training normally, Takahashi began the Olympic season at the 2009 Finlandia Trophy, which he won. For the Grand Prix season, he was assigned to compete at the 2009 Skate Canada International and 2009 NHK Trophy for the 2009-2010 season. He placed second at Skate Canada and fourth at the NHK Trophy. Those placements qualified him to compete in the Grand Prix Final. At the final, he led after the short program with a new personal best of 89.95, but was fifth in the free skate and fifth overall.

He won his fourth national title at the 2009-2010 Japanese Championships. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Takahashi won the bronze medal with a score of 247.43. It is the first Olympic medal to be won by Japan in men's figure skating. He then won the gold medal at 2010 World Championships, becoming the first Asian to win a world championship in men's singles. At, this competition Takahashi attempted a quadruple flip, but underrotated the jump and two-footed the landing.

2010–2011 season

Takahashi's 2010-2011 ISU Grand Prix events were the NHK Trophy and Skate America. At the 2010 NHK Trophy, he placed first with 234.79 points, 16.60 ahead of silver medalist Jeremy Abbott. Takahashi won 2010 Skate America as well, despite having flawed short and free skates. During a practice session at the Grand Prix Final, Takahiko Kozuka inadvertently collided with him while Takahashi was doing his run-through; Takahashi said, "it wasn't such a serious injury, just a bit of bruising. [...] It was the first time for me (to be involved in such an accident). I was surprised but there was no malice involved." Takahashi placed third in the short program. In the long program, he attempted a quad flip but landed it two-footed. Multiple problems, including low levels on two spins, resulted in a sixth place finish in that segment, dropping him to fourth overall.

Takahashi won the bronze medal at the 2010–2011 Japan Nationals. At the 2011 World Championships he was third in the short program but finished in fifth overall. In the long program, a screw in his boot came loose on his first element, a quad toe. The Japanese team was able to get it fixed within the three minutes allowed and he resumed his program. He said it may occur at any time regardless of inspections, which his coach does every day, and he does not blame her. On May 19, Takahashi underwent surgery to remove a bolt in his right knee stemming from surgery in late 2008. Following the surgery, he said, "It is thinner around my knee, but I feel better now that there is nothing inside my body. I might be imagining it, but it feels lighter."

2011–2012 season

As part of his preparation for the 2011–2012 season, Takahashi spent two weeks in August 2011 working with ice dancing specialists Muriel Boucher-Zazoui, Romain Haguenauer, and Olivier Schoenfelder in Lyon, France to hone his skating skills. He said, "I wanted to improve my skating technique, not because I was bad in this sector but I think Olivier is the best. I love the way he skates."

At 2011 Skate Canada, Takahashi earned a score of 84.66 in the short program and 153.21 in the free skate to win the bronze medal with a combined score of 237.87. At the 2011 NHK Trophy, he earned a new personal best score of 90.43 to take the lead in the short program, with a 10.66 point lead over teammate Takahiko Kozuka. He won the gold medal with a combined total of 259.75 points and qualified for the Grand Prix Final. He finished second at the Final. At the Japanese Championships, Takahashi was first after the short program with a score of 96.05 and placed third in the free skate, scoring 158.38 points. With a total score of 254.60, he won his fifth national title, finishing ahead of Takahiko Kozuka and Yuzuru Hanyu, and was selected to compete at the 2012 World Championships, where he won the silver medal. Takahashi stated that he was pleased with the result, which he had not expected after his off-season surgery. Takahashi finished the season at the 2012 World Team Trophy. He set new personal best scores in the SP, the free skating, and overall, and finished first in the men's event. His short program score, 94.00, set a new record as the highest ever under the ISU Judging System. It was Takahashi's first win over Patrick Chan since the 2010 World Championships.

Coaching changes

Takahashi is a student at Kansai University, along with Nobunari Oda. For several years, he split his time between Hackensack, New Jersey, where he trained under coach Nikolai Morozov, and Osaka, Japan, where he trains under coach Utako Nagamitsu and jump coach Takeshi Honda. In May 2008, Takahashi announced that he would be parting ways with Morozov. In May 2008, Nikolai Morozov explained the split by stating that he could no longer coach Takahashi due to problems with Takahashi's new agent.

Public life and endorsements

Following his win the silver medal at 2007 Worlds, Takahashi made many media appearances and performed in many ice shows in Japan. He was also invited to the French team's show ''Stars Sur Glace (Stars On Ice)'' in Paris, France. It was his first guest performance at the foreign show. In 2008, he performed at ''Festa On Ice'' in South Korea.

In July 2007, the Japanese Olympic Committee selected Takahashi as one of the "JOC symbol athletes" (JOC paid about 20 million yen per year to the symbol athletes for the image rights. JOC partner companies can use images of JOC Symbol Athletes for free). The program provided him with funding from JOC partner companies.

After his won at 2010 Worlds, Takahashi appeared as a guest on many TV shows and as advertising spokespersons for "Use pesticides safety campaign" and Japan Post.

Programs

! Season	Short program (figure skating)>Short program	! Free skating	! Exhibition
! 2011–2012	In the Garden of Souls by Vas (band)	Blues for Klook by [[Eddy Louiss choreography by Pasquale Camerlengo	The Crisisfrom ''The Legend of 1900 (soundtrack)
! 2010–2011	[[Historia de un Amor played by Perez Prado Que Rico El Mambo by Perez Prado choreography by Shae-Lynn Bourne	Invierno Porteño by Tango Siempre composed by Ástor Piazzolla choreography by Pasquale Camerlengo
! 2009–2010		La Strada by Nino Rota choreography by Pasquale Camerlengo
! 2008–2009
! 2007–2008		Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky)	[[Bachelorette (song)
! 2006–2007		[[The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)	[[Roxanne (song)#Cover versions
! 2005–2006	[[Roxanne (song)#Cover versions	[[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Rachmaninoff)	[[Nocturne (Secret Garden song)
! 2004–2005	Nyah from ''[[Mission: Impossible II'' by Hans Zimmer choreography by Tatiana Tarasova	Sabre Dance from ''Gayane (ballet)>Gayane'' by Aram Khachaturian	Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquín Rodrigo	Nocturne (Secret Garden song)
! 2003–2004	Nyah from ''[[Mission: Impossible II'' by Hans Zimmerchoreography by Tatiana Tarasova	Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Variation on a Theme of Niccolò Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninoffchoreography by Tatiana Tarasova	Desert Rose (Sting song)
! 2002–2003
! 2001-2002	[[West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein

Competitive highlights

Senior results

13th 4th 8th 11th 6th

Event			! 2003–04	! 2004–05	! 2005–06	! 2006–07	! 2007–08	! 2009–10	! 2010–11	! 2011–12
align=left>Figure skating at the Winter Olympics	Winter Olympic Games		|		8th			3rd
align=left	World Championships	|	11th	15th		2nd	4th	1st	5th	2nd
align=left	Four Continents Championships	|	6th	3rd			1st		1st	2nd
align=left	Japanese Championships	|	3rd	6th	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	1st
align=left	Grand Prix Final	|			3rd	2nd	2nd	5th	4th	2nd
align=left	World Team Trophy	|								1st (T1)
align=left	NHK Trophy	|			3rd	1st	1st	4th	1st	1st
align=left	Skate America	|			1st		1st		1st
align=left	Skate Canada International	|	7th			2nd		2nd		3rd
align=left	Trophée Eric Bompard	|	5th	11th
align=left	Bofrost Cup on Ice	|
align=left	Finlandia Trophy	|						1st
align=left	Winter Universiade	|		1st		1st
align=left	Asian Winter Games	|
align=left	Japan Open	|			2nd (T2)		4th (T3)		2nd (T2)	6th (T4)
align=left	Japan International Challenge	|			2nd*
	T2: Takahashi placed 2nd in the mens' event (free skate only); Team Japan placed 1st overall.	T3: Takahashi placed 4th in the mens' event (free skate only); Team Japan placed 1st overall.	T4: Takahashi placed 6th in the mens' event (free skate only); Team Japan placed 3rd overall.	Takahashi did not compete in the 2008–2009 season.

Junior results

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Event			! 1999–00	! 2000–01	! 2001–02
align=left>World Junior Figure Skating Championships	World Junior Championships		|		1st
align=left	Japanese Championships	|			5th
align=left	Japan Junior Championships	|	3rd	4th	1st
align=left	ISU Junior Grand Prix Final	|			4th
align=left	Junior Grand Prix, Japan	|			1st
align=left	Junior Grand Prix, Bulgaria	|			2nd
align=left	Junior Grand Prix, Ukraine	|		8th
align=left	Junior Grand Prix, China	|		9th
align=left	Triglav Trophy	1st N. ||

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Baron Simon Bernard (28 April 1779 – 5 November 1839) was a French general of engineers. Born in Dole, Simon Bernard was educated at the École polytechnique, graduating as second in the promotion of 1799 and entered the army in the corps of engineers.

French military service

He rose rapidly, becoming a captain in 1800 and a major in 1809. After being involved in the works to the Port of Antwerp, Bernard served (1809–1812) as aide-de-camp to Napoléon. Promoted to colonel in 1813, he was wounded in the retreat after the battle of Leipzig and distinguished himself the same year (1813) in the gallant defence of Torgau against the allies.

After Napoléon's first abdication he rallied to the Bourbons and was promoted to general de brigade by Louis XVIII of France and made a knight of Saint Louis. Bernard was tasked by the minister of war Clarke with topograpical work. After Napoléon's return from Elba, Bernard rallied to the emperor and took part in the battle of Waterloo

Banished from France

After the emperor's second abdication he was banished from France and, refusing an offer for employment from czar Alexander I of Russia, he emigrated to the United States, where, being made a brigadier-general of engineers, he executed a number of extensive military works for the government, notably at Fort Monroe, Va., Fort Morgan (Alabama), and around New York, and did a large amount of the civil engineering connected with the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and tile Delaware Breakwater.

During his time in America, he was a member of the prestigious society, Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences, who counted among their members former presidents Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams and many prominent men of the day, including well-known representatives of the military, government service, medical and other professions.

Return to France

He returned to France after the July Revolution of 1830 and he was made a lieutenant-général by Louis Philippe I of France. He was named to the general committee on fortifications and was tasked with drafting the plans to improve the fortifications of Paris. He was made a peer of France in 1834. He served twice as minister of war. In 1834 he held the post for eight days (10–18 November) and again from September 1836 to March 1839 under Louis-Mathieu Molé.

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