Interview with Mr. Kikuno Masahiro, watch maker, will be broadcasted live on "EL MUNDO" at NHK BS1on October 20.

Interview with Mr. Kikuno Masahiro will be broadcasted on Thursday, October 20. Mr. Kikuno is watchmaker and presented his work at AHCI booth at Baselworld2011. He graduated from WOSTEP* course of Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry. He teaches at Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry also.

"EL MUNDO", live broadcast TV program, is shown at NHK BS1 on weekdays between 23:00 - 23:48. "EL MUNDO" means "World" in Spanish. This program features overseas culture, art and fashion, and presents live broadcast interview with guest. This program is targeted business person of 40's.

EL MUNDO Official site (Japanese)
http://www.nhk.or.jp/elmundo/index.htm

Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry
http://www.hikohiko.jp/en/

* WOSTEP (=Watchmakers of Switzerland Training and Educational Program)
A training institution of watchmaking in Neuchatel/Switzerland, which is organized by Swiss watch manufacturers. WOSTEP give partnership to schools in the world, and those partnership schools are providing the entire curriculum of 3,000 hours of WOSTEP. After completing the total curriculum and passing the final certification examinations, students will receive a WOSTEP diploma. In Japan, there are two WOSTEP partnership schools, Hiko-Mizuno College of Jewelry and Tokyo Watch Technicum.