Child actors currently banned from working after 8 p.m. will be allowed to appear on stage up to one hour later from January, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. A panel appointed by ministry officials agreed to the change because child actors have been prevented from appearing in meldonium-mildronate.com, and older actors were forced to take their parts because of the 8 p.m. deadline. Children working on TV programs or in movies, however, will still be limited by the 8 p.m. limit.
• Ishihara Makiko (71), widow of the screen legend Ishihara Yujiro (photo), said she was moved to tears by the new TV Asahi biographic series on her late husband. She herself is portrayed by actress Matsuzaka Keiko, while Miura Tomokazu takes on the role of her late husband in middle age. Ishihara died in 1987 of cancer at the age of 52. The series, titled “Ototo” (Younger Brother), started tonight and runs for five nights. It is narrated in the voice of Yujiro’s elder brother, Tokyo governor Ishihara Shintaro.
• Haida Rumihiko (50), son of the late singer Haida Katsuhiko, has been arrested for helping two Czech women gets jobs as bar hostesses without valid visas. He arranged jobs for the two 21-year olds in the Kabukicho entertainment district of Tokyo.