Actor Kubozuka Yosuke (24) and his wife of five months, dancer “Non-chan” (21) are the proud parents of a bouncing baby boy, who they had already named “Airu” before knowing the sex of the baby. Kubozuka was typically vague and obscure in his replies to questions from the media hordes waiting for him outside the Yokosuka hospital. He got into a scuffle with a photographer and the matter is being looked into by prefectural police.
• Fuji TV’s Saturday evening music show “Music Fair” is celebrating its 40th birthday this month. Since 1964 the show has featured 4,700 artists including top names from abroad (Madonna, Abba, Janet Jackson etc) as well as local legends like Misora Hibari and Yamaguchi Momoe. The show is currently hosted by actress Suzuki Anju and comedian Megumi Toshiaki.