The Foreign Press Center of Japan [FPCJ] televised this special preview [in both Japanese and English] of the Ig Nobel Prize events, and discusses their place in Japanese Society.
The FPCJ’s accompanying announcement says:
The FPCJ invited Prof. Kiyoshi Furusawa, Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Science Communication Office for Liberal Arts [SCOLA], College of Science, Rikkyo University, to speak on the theme “Creativity of Japanese Researchers as Seen through the Ig Nobel Prize”. Here he discusses the characteristics and originality of the past award-winning research and highlight key points to watch in this year’s announcement.