Japanese Singing Sensation Piko Taro To Serve As Ambassador of WAKUWAKU JAPAN

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 (Bernama) -- Piko Taro, the Japanese singing sensation who skyrocketed to global fame with his single, PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen), will serve as an ambassador of Japanese entertainment channel, WAKUWAKU JAPAN. WAKUWAKU JAPAN Corporation (WJC) in a statement Friday said in the year ahead, Piko Taro, alongside WAKUWAKU JAPAN, would share the wonders of Japan worldwide. “Piko Taro’s first destination as an ambassador is a visit to Indonesia with WAKUWAKU JAPAN in May of 2017. “This joint collaboration between WAKUWAKU JAPAN and Piko Taro would bring new excitement to the world and its citizens, and will create even more fans of Japan,” according to the statement. Established on May 1, 2015, WJC is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and currently broadcasts Japanese programmes in Indonesia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Mongolia. -- BERNAMA