Baribari Value
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is a weekly panel game show
Game show
A game show is a type of radio or television program in which members of the public, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes...

 that is currently being broadcast from 22:00 (JST
Japan Standard Time
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) until 22:54 every Wednesday; it is produced by Mainichi Broadcasting System
Mainichi Broadcasting System
is a broadcasting station in Osaka, Japan, affiliated with Japan Radio Network , National Radio Network , Japan News Network and TBS Network, serving in the Kansai region. MBS is also one of the major stockholders of Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc...

 (MBS-TV) in Osaka
Osaka
is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

, Japan
Japan
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.

Quiz questions are set by reporters on location, who ask celebrity
Celebrity
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 panelists in the studio to guess the prices of various things. In the show's original format, panelists guessed the prices of expensive or unusual items or services from around the world. In the present format, however, they are asked to guess prices related to the lifestyles of the rich. The rich people visited are generally in Japan, although questions are sometimes sent from overseas.

Baribari started airing in Japan
Japan
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 on April 15, 2003. From the start of its run until October 2005, the show was being broadcast between 22:00 (JST) and 22:54 every Tuesday. It earned consistently good ratings every week.

On October 19, 2005, its showtime was moved to Wednesdays from 22:00 until 22:54. Its ratings faltered for a while, then recovered.

Baribari is well-known as a "celebrity introduction show" in Japan. This quiz show has introduced to the public celebrities such as Japanese celebrity surgeon Yuko Ikeda and her beloved daughter Kanako Ikeda.

External links

  • Baribari Value around the World (in Japanese
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    is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...

    )
  • Baribari Value (special website)
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