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He’s Japan’s host with the boast

From the Associated Press

There’s no escaping Norio Minorikawa on Japanese TV. He hosts news shows, talk shows, wildlife shows, even his country’s version of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.”

On Tuesday, the personality known to fans as Monta Mino reaped the benefit of that work: a Guinness world record for most live hours on the tube by a TV host: 21 hours and 42 minutes every week, on 11 programs.

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