Watch Japanese TV on Your PC

Expats are some of the most resourceful people - we know where to find all those hard-to-find goodies, like English books, Basmati rice, and Portuguese sausage. Brian's friend is a Japanese expat in Australia, and she tipped us of to a useful tool I'd never heard of called "Keyhole". It is a software program (available for Windows, Mac and even Linux) that basically streams Japanese TV stations straight to your computer!

I downloaded and installed it on Vista. The install was quick and easy, and the interface super-simple and requiring no setup. Here are some screen shots:

The program can be downloaded - free - here: http://www.v2p.jp/video/english/

This is great for folks who don't live in Japan but would like to watch some authentic Japanese game shows or anime - great fun to be had!

Although we can watch Japanese TV whenever we want, we lazily opt to watch our many-channeled BBTV English channels, and so I am more likely to use the Keyhole to watch in Japanese as I spend more time in front of the computer than not.