Yuki Saitô

Shinichiro is lonely for two reasons. He lost his family in an accident when he was younger. He also has an unusual and morbid ability to see through and beyond the corporal bodies of those who are about to die. His life looks to be on the upswing when he meets the cute Aoi at a shop one day. They are well on the way to happiness together when the man begins seeing through the woman.

Keisuke Kuroda wakes up in a hospital bed unable to remember who he is. While sneaking out of the hospital, he sees a glimpse of the news and realizes that he is the Prime Minister of Japan. His approval rating was the lowest in the history of modern Japan. During a recent speech, a citizen had thrown a rock at him causing him to lose his memory. Keisuke Kuroda's subordinate takes him to the official residence of the prime minister where he tries to implement changes to the country.

Inuyashiki Ichirou is down on his luck. While only 58 years old, his geriatric looks often have him written off as a pathetic old man by the world around him and he's constantly ignored and disrespected by his family despite all that he's done to support them. On top of everything else, his doctor has revealed that he has cancer and it appears that he has little time left in this world. (imdb)

Pays homage to the classic by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes, with bold interpretations of the iconic characters, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson. MISS SHERLOCK is set in modern day Tokyo and both lead characters are Japanese women - Dr. Wato Tachibana, a surgeon recently returned from a volunteer doctors' mission in Syria and Sara Shelly Futaba, an investigation consultant to the police department who solves bizarre and difficult cases... (letterboxd)

"You are now going to play a war game..." The game is a "killing game" in which kidnapped and imprisoned high school students are forced to kill each other, and the survivor is awarded 100 million yen.

A young woman with a big ego plots political revenge after she is duped by a man with an even bigger ego.

A top defense lawyer is tasked with defending a man who has confessed to murder, despite his past. The client keeps changing his confession, leading the lawyer on a complex investigation where the pursuit of truth clashes with the strategy required to secure a non-death sentence.

Yajima is released on parole after six years of imprisonment, and confesses her murder to the police immediately. Yajima refuses to tell all the truth until a live streaming interrogation is carried out.

A stay-at-home nerd's dream comes true when he unearths a strange breastplate and awakens a sexy monster hunter named Dogoo, who brings him along her adventure with wacky monsters. (imdb)

Recruited by a clandestine police organization, "K" must stop a plot by student radicals to create anarchy in Japan. Armed with a hi-tech steel yo-yo, and a new name (Asamiya Saki), she must infiltrate an elite high school to find the terrorists but finds an even more sinister plan is about to unfold. (imdb)

Yu Miri is a writer who's just become pregnant by her married lover. When she decides to keep the baby without his help, her ex-boyfriend Yutaka, decides to help raise him.

Hiroshi, a middle-aged corporate broker facing professional uncertainty during an economic downturn, finds his structured domestic life suddenly upended. An eccentric, estranged man claiming to be his long-dead father abruptly resurfaces, demanding a place to stay. As the uninvited relative settles in, long-buried family secrets emerge, forcing Hiroshi to re-evaluate his past and his fragile present.

There is a woman. She has a mother. She does not have a father. Mother wants her daughter married. Mother wants the marriage to be arranged. Mother wants a successful and rich son-in-law. Daughter is uninterested. Daughter recruits a coworker to pretend they are dating. Daughter and coworker have chemistry. Could you guess what follows?

The television series, though technically one series made up of three seasons, are essentially self-contained and separate, aside from sharing the same basic themes and premise, and starring popular Japanese idol singers in the main roles, each one replacing the previous as the new Asamiya Saki, taking on her cover identity and yo-yo weapon. (gaijinrider)