Top Japan pop group take up the ice bucket challenge

Japan's top pop idol group and their producer take up the ice bucket challenge and nominate Toyota president Akio Toyoda next as the challenge takes Japan belatedly by storm. Rough cut (no reporter narration)

Published

5 months ago

Categories

Entertainment, World, Seriously?

Topics

Celebrity, Asia, Music, Seriously?

People

Akio Toyoda, Hiroshi Mikitani

Places

Japan

Companies

Toyota Motor Corporation

Transcript

(ROUGH CUT - NO REPORTER NARRATION) STORY: Japan has gone ice bucket challenge crazy, with the nation's top pop idol group posting their video online on Wednesday (August 20). Following a concert at the Tokyo Dome, Japanese female pop group AKB48 kicked off the challenge with their producer Yasushi Akimoto. Representing the 300 members of the group present, Mayu Watanabe accepted the challenge and proceeded to dump a bucket of cold water on her head in front of fellow members. Akimoto then proceeded to nominate the Akio Toyoda, the president of Toyota, the world's largest auto manufacturer. The ice bucket challenge was also performed by high-profile Japanese businessmen such as CEO of Japan's biggest online retailer Rakuten Inc., Hiroshi Mikitani on Thursday (August 21).