Pump Up Your Emotions this March on GEM

Discover Tokyo and its surroundings like never before in the travel documentary NEXT STOP, DISCOVERY. Indulge in dining with a twist in the reality series GOCHI: Dinner is on YOU Tonight Season 3. Love for family and professional ethics collide in The Kitazawas -We Mind Our Own Business-. Finally, learn anything and everything under the sun in the intriguing game show Burning Questions! SP2.

NEXT STOP, DISCOVERY

Gear up for brand new episodes of NEXT STOP, DISCOVERY and uncover some of the hidden gems around Tokyo! Using the stations along the railway line as destinations, NEXT STOP, DISCOVERY introduces to you hundreds of inexpensive, interesting, and easily reachable places within Tokyo and surrounding areas. Be captivated by the unique sights, distinct flavor and fascinating history in each neighborhood and get to know the real Tokyo from the inside out!

NEXT STOP, DISCOVERY airs every Thursday at 10:10PM.

Escape the Ordinary this February on GEM

An unexpected new student changes the lives of her classmates in Back to School at 35. Strangers throw boring routine out the window in the reality show Grab the Chance. Finally, cute and extraordinary robots help their owners change their lifestyles for the better in Koshoku Robot.

Back to School at 35

A new student arrives at Kunikida High School, but the gorgeous woman is not what she seems. Ayako Baba (Ryoko Yonekura) joins the third-year class as the students’ new classmates, which leaves them wondering about the intentions of this 35-year-old woman who is back in high school. While something is not quite right about her, Baba deals with issues like bullying and truancy. Just what is Baba’s true identity and motive? Will she survive high school and confront her secret past?

Back to School at 35 premieres February 5, Mondays and Tuesdays at 9PM.

SKYCABLE PROMO: Up Close & Personal with Kento Yamazaki

GEM, your destination for the latest in Japanese entertainment, and SKYcable bring you the Same Time As Japan drama ‘Kiss that Kills’ starring Kento Yamazaki. Meet him in person in an exclusive fan meeting in Hong Kong on January 21, 2018. 

Simply log on to http://www.mysky.com.ph/metromanila/promos/801/2017/12/21/meet-and-greet-kento-yamazaki-in-hong-kong and answer a simple question to stand a chance to win a trip for two! Contest ends on January 7, 2018.

GEM is available on SKY through SKY Select for only Php 50 per month. 

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GEM Celebrates the New Year with Star-Studded Dramas from Japan!

New year is for new beginnings! A professional villain teams up with a girl his polar opposite in May I blackmail you?. A player who doesn’t believe in love gets to relive the final week of his life over and over in Kiss that Kills. Finally, two people broken by their experiences get a second chance at building a real family in anone.

May I blackmail you?

Senkawa Kanji (Dean Fujioka) is a “professional villain” who takes on cases that the police or private investigators cannot handle. He solves cases by blackmailing people to get the answers or clues that he needs. In one of such cases, he meets Mio (Emi Takei), a wealthy university student who has a heart of gold. How will this highly unusual pair work together to solve the cases?

May I blackmail you? premieres January 2, Mondays and Tuesdays at 9PM.

Let Your Feelings Run Wild With GEM This November!

Buckle up for a roller coaster of emotions this November!  Learn from the struggles of a newlywed housewife in the Japanese drama "Caution, Hazardous Wife." See how salary men cope with office politics in the Japanese workplace drama “Heisei Busaiku Salary man.” Join genius detective Hajime Kindaichi as he tries to solve new cases in the murder mystery series “The Files of Young Kindaichi NEO.” Go head over heels with the fate of star-crossed lovers in the Chinese romantic drama “Memory Lost.” After all the drama, relax and root for your favorite K-pop idols as they take acting lessons with hilarious consequences in the Korean variety show “Acting Fighter.”

GEM Features An Outstanding Line-Up From Japan This October!

This October, GEM fills your primetime viewing with the best of Japanese entertainment! Start the month with fun and laughter with variety shows The Quest Season 6 and I’m Old Enough. Join the teachers and students of Kyomeikan Private High in the high school drama My High School Business, which premieres same week as Japan!Finally, follow the crime-solving adventures of genius detective Hajime Kindaichi in two murder mystery specials: The Files of Young Kindaichi -Lost in Kowloon- and The Files of Young Kindaichi -Jungle School Murder Mystery.

The Quest Season 6

Have you ever been curious about the world that we live in? Whether it is on land, at sea, or in the air, the earth is filled with mysteries and adventures waiting to be discovered. Join the hosts of The Quest, now on its sixth season, as they travel to different parts of the world where they must complete a certain challenge assigned to them as well as find the answers to these mysteries. Along the way, their hilarious antics and nail-biting stunts are bound to leave you hanging at the edge of your seats!

“The Quest Season 6” premieres 6 October, every Friday at 10:10pm, first and exclusively on GEM.