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Shōten (笑点; "Laughing Point") is a Japanese TV comedy program that has been continuously broadcast on Sunday evenings on Nippon TV since 15 May 1966, making it the second-longest running variety TV show in Japan.
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The extracted context around Shōten shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Shōten → Japan Another extracted example is Shōten → Ken Obata, Jin Obata. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
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TTTA extracted 16 structured relationships around Shōten. Examples in this analysis include Shōten → Country of origin → Japan and Shōten → Directed by → Ken Obata, Jin Obata. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shōten | Country of origin | Japan | 1.00 | infobox |
| Shōten | Directed by | Ken Obata, Jin Obata | 1.00 | infobox |
| Shōten | Executive producer | Motoi Umehara | 1.00 | infobox |
| Shōten | Genre | Owarai, Variety show | 1.00 | infobox |
| Shōten | Network | NNS (NTV) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Shōten | Original language | Japanese | 1.00 | infobox |
| Shōten | Production company | Nippon Television | 1.00 | infobox |
| Shōten | Production location | Korakuen Hall | 1.00 | infobox |
| Shōten | Release | May 15, 1966 (1966-05-15) – present | 1.00 | infobox |
| Shōten | Running time | 30 minutes | 1.00 | infobox |
| Shōten | Starring | Shunpūtei Shōta (Host) San'yūtei Kōraku San'yūtei Koyūza Hayashiya Taihei Katsura Miyaji Shunpūtei Ichinosuke Tatekawa Harenosuke Takao Yamada | 1.00 | infobox |
| Shōten | Theme music composer | Hachidai Nakamura | 1.00 | infobox |
The concept neighborhoods around Shōten bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Japan, Running and Variety. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For Shōten, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Shōten with Format. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Shōten to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Format & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Shōten · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout
