The longest running classical music TV programme is Daimei no Nai Ongakukai (TV Asahi, Japan) which has been aired continuously since 6 July 1969. The weekly programme first aired on 1 August 1964 but it briefly finished in September 1968. It features a full orchestra on each show.

The longest running live TV variety show broadcast by the same channel is Fuji Television Network Inc.’s Waratte Iitomo! which has been running for 28 years and 11 days since its first episode on 4 October 1982, as of 15 October 2010.

The longest running live TV show in terms of episodes is Fuji Television Network Inc.’s Waratte Iitomo! The show reached its 7,000th episode on 4 February 2010 after beginning on 4 October 1982. Awaiting full evidence from Japan office.

The longest strand of pasta measured 3,776 m (12,388 ft 5 in) and was achieved by LAWSON INC. (Japan) at Time 24 Building, Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo , Japan, on 20 October 2010. The whole pasta was cooked.

The longest flight duration record for a hand-launched paper aircraft is 27.9 sec by Takuo Toda (Japan) at the Fukuyama Big Rose in Hiroshima, Japan, on 11 April 2009. Takuo Toda is the Chairman of Japan Origami Airplane Assosication.

The longest time controlling a football with the soles is 12 min 47 sec, and was achieved by Akinori Wase (Japan), at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium, Osaka, Osaka City, Japan on 9 October 2011.

The longest uninterrupted transmission of a TV series is 234 hours of the series NCIS, broadcast on the FOX International Channels (Japan), from 29 December 2013 to 8 January 2014. FOX International Channels (Japan) broadcast in succession season 1 through 10 of NCIS, which consisted of 234 episodes.

The longest piece of original music scored for a videogame is ‘prime # 4507’, composed by Hideki Sakamoto (Japan) and lasting 1 hour 15 min 7 sec. It was created for echochrome ii (Sony Computer Entertainment, 2010) and released on 21 December 2010. In contrast with traditional videogame soundtracks which use a level-by-level approach or mix multiple pre-recorded tracks into each other, prime #4507 is one continuous arrangement that plays throughout the game regardless of the player’s progress. According to the claimants: “Normally, in the Continue reading →

On 29 May 2009 a passive walking robot designed and built by the Nagoya Institute of Technology (Japan) walked non-stop for 13 hours and 45 minutes on a treadmill, completing some 100,650 steps over a distance of around 15.2 km. The robot was unpowered and derived its energy from the slope of the treadmill.

The longest gap between a video game’s initial launch and its sequel is 22 years 71 days, achieved by Legend of Kage. The 2D platform series started in arcades in 1985 and was most recently released on DS in March 2008. Featured in Guinness World Records Gamer”s Edition 2010