Kojima Translations Blog

 Announcer: today we’re doing the program live. So I’ll be prepared for lots of beeps. Our heme today is: What are you doing during this Golden Week?  Kojima: What happens if I get fired from my own show? I do not accept. Ha ha ha. Announcer: So you have a new exhibition together with Nicholas in Aoyama, Omotesando.  Kojima: Yeah, You can come watch two old guys talking on old monitors for about 2 1/2 hours. Ha ha. The monitors are on tape, and digitalized through satellites. So the show is about the use of satellites and how we can put these things together. It’s in a bit of a strange building so that you have to Enter using an elevator. It’s in a nice area so you can do some shopping or coffee shop afterwards.  Announcer: What special about today’s show? Kojima: Today’s live and we can hear from Nicholas himself. 7:30: (English) Hello everyone you are listening to Koji10, And this is Nicholas Winding Ref’n. My exhibition with Hideo is going on at Prada Aoyama Tokyo...

 Koji 10, episode 14, Monday April 21.  DS related: Already confirmed: A24 will make DS movie, Director: Michael Sarnoski, Producer: Ari Aster. Just starting. No new information yet. —— Today’s Music: 🎵 Night or Day by Frank Ferdinand. Today’s Theme: Movies Guest: Hidetoshi Nishijima of  🎥 Drive My Car They watch a lot of movies together and discuss details of how a movie may have been made. They are challenging conversations that lead to late night discussions and being the last ones to leave a restaurant. How they met:  They met in LA as they happened to be staying at the same hotel. At our age, “What the heck are you doing!?!” Is a common response, but when we get together, it becomes a creative energetic discussion. Movies briefly discussed: mostly discuss trying to figure out how a scene was made. **Koji 10, episode 14, Monday April 21.  DS related: Already confirmed: A24 will make DS movie, Director: Michael Sarnoski, Producer: Ari Aster. Just starting. ...

 Welcome to a blue side Monday evening let’s try to make a great day. This season two of Koji 10 is six times longer. Let’s try to make it 100 times more information. On Saturday and Sunday I’m usually home and then Monday I get swamped with a lot of mail and memos. Staff making Memos all weekend long.  So the game has 20 million porters playing how do you feel about that? Well, it’s kind of a scary thought. But at first it was PS4 and that continued for five years then The directors cut, and finally PS five. So these are actual people playing not just sales. I really want people to remember this game after five or 10 years. I don’t want them to just forget about it and say that was happened back then. It’s a bit of a strange game, but I really want people to continue playing 10 years from now. The P.V. Has increased again. And it’s OK to start from DS too. We raise the bar quite a bit. I hope people will be able to see the many feet and bridges that they have made. Sony is pr...

Airing on TBS Radio, Mondays @ 10pm, in Japan, in Japanese. Partnered with TBS Announcer Manoko Hibi. ==== So what are people doing at 10pm ? Hibi: I’m usually drinking.  K: At 10pm I’m usually finishing up work, and start watching a movie. Cleaning up and taking a bath comes later. It’s usually “my time “then a bit later I start thinking about what I want to do tomorrow. So everyone please listen for one hour at 10 PM. Sometimes I’m Working on photos. 2:45: Kojima Self Intro, (again) K: if it’s important, it’s OK to do it again. Ha ha. I grew up with Radio. At 10 PM I was usually going back to the dormitory or helping someone get home and it was radio time, study time or just plain all running around time. Being on the radio at 10 PM is kind of a dream come true for me. Hibi: it’s a worldwide dream. K: I dream of being on the radio and going to Outer space. In a voice only world, we get to spend time together. You can hear About the rain, snow or accidents that happened on the roa...

 March 13, 2025 Let’s Make it the Best 10 O’Clock Ever. K= Kojima Today we are with Miyazaki Youhei who has made a special collaboration with Mikami. They have brought special guest, Mr. Matsuzaka Tori.  Mr. Matsuzaka was born in Kanagawa in 1988, Oct.17. Most recently, he is famous for Samurai Sentai Shinkenger , movie, tv and drama series and is winner of the Japan Academy, and many other awards since 2012. He is interested in MGS: Peace Walker, as well as MG 1 & 2.  K: Most people seem to be in their 30’s these days.  Sometimes we have met on set, as well as in Mr. Nishioka’s home. We discuss special research studies such as location details, and how to take videos of specific scenes. His Sunday Heater set is different. Scenes look like you are there. You can use a board, have notes, as well as hand written notes.  K: In my case, I can’t write the notes by hand.  Mikami: My story now is about: The Ministry of Education profiting from the Insurance sy...