Lin Chiling | 林志玲| Lin Zhi Ling | Chiling Lin

TOKYO: Taiwan model-actress Lin Chiling's maiden Japanese drama serial "Moon Lovers" suffered from dismal ratings in Japan and may face cancellation, reported Taiwan media. The first episode of Fuji Television's highly anticipated romance drama "Moon Lovers", which also stars Japanese heartthrob Takuya Kimura, garnered ratings of 22.4 per cent when broadcast in May at the 9pm time slot on Mondays. However, ratings dropped steadily until it hit a low of 15.5 per cent during the serial's fourth episode, a record low for a drama starring the ultra-popular Kimura. Kimura's earlier drama "Hero" holds the record for being the highest rated drama serial in the same time slot with ratings of 34.2 per cent. The Japanese actor is so popular in Japan that any drama he appears in was virtually guaranteed good ratings; however, it appears this was not the case for "Moon Lovers". And by the end of the drama's fifth episode, traile

TAIWANESE supermodel Lin Chiling has been picked as the world’s sexiest woman by the Taiwan edition of FHM magazine. In a survey involving by 1.5 million readers, Lady Gaga was in second place after Lin. China Press reported that socialite Aimee Sun was third on the list. Others named were Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai, model Marisa Miller and TV personality Patty Hou. On another matter, the daily reported that the taxi driver who was reported to have raped at least six schoolgirls, was once a newspaper correspondent and had also worked as a manager for a cooperative in Senai, Johor. A former schoolmate of the taxi driver said he used to be active in local associations and politics. “He was a very talented and hardworking person who always wanted to get exclusive stories for the newspaper,” said the former schoolmate, who only wanted to be known as Liew. An old neighbour of the cabbie, known as Phang, claimed that he used to be a gambler who was always pursued by Ah Longs.