Today in Japanese television: have a world champion race walker attempt to break a record, then have samurai chase him to see if he breaks into a run.

Ordinarily, this is where I make some comment about how the Japanese are the most brilliantly perverse people on the planet, which gives me the opportunity to talk about tentacle Hello Kitty porn or whatever.  But not today.  This concept is simply too impressive to sully with "groping schoolgirls on public transportation" or frottage jokes.  And you know how I love frottage jokes.  And frottage. 

[TV in Japan