Favoriet TV show

 I have a favorite TV show in Japan. The title is "The Cambrian palace". It's a talk show and documentary that is broadcast at 11PM every Sunday. The main interviewer is Ryu Murakami who is a well-known novelist and author of Almost Transparent Blue or The World In Five Minutes From Now. He is also well informed about the economy. This show invite various Japanese guests who are successful and important business people. And then, the guests and the host talk in depth about the current economy and their road to success. The guests are CEOs of a big businesses like SONY, NISSAN, and Google Japan or smaller Japanese company that everyone has heard of before. Sometimes, even big politicians come on.
 At the beginning of the show, it shows what the guests is like and what they are doing at work. And then, the guest talk about how they've been successful and what is important to them to run a company. They each have their own principles and methods. It's very interesting because they are totally different but they are all very persuasive. Besides it enriches my life even though I won't found a company.
 This show has one more interesting point. Usually, TV personalities care about staying on TV. However, Ryu Murakami is not a TV personality. So he sometimes ask to the guests blunt questions that an ordinary TV personality can't. His questions don't make the viewers bored.
 I've learned a lot of useful things from this TV show and it has been a good opportunity to know amazing people and companies.

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