Rating of NHK's "Kohaku" music show drops to record low

Shinichi Mori sings his 1971 hit song "Ofukuro-san" during NHK's "Kohaku" song festival, an annual live program on New Year's Eve, at Tokyo's NHK Hall on Dec. 31, 2015. The viewership rating for the program was just 39.2%, the lowest in the extravaganza's 65-year history, according to Video Research Ltd., a TV audience ratings research company. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo