Prime Video Japan has confirmed a 3 August premiere for the new season of "The Bachelor Japan", and unveiled its latest bachelor: former professional basketball player turned wellness ambassador, Keiichi Hasegawa. Hasegawa appeared in season two of "The Bachelorette Japan", where he reached the final two choices. The 10-episode season five, set in Mexico, will go live at 10pm.

Along with "The Bachelor Japan" season five, ContentAsia’s Formats Outlook 2023 research shows at least five new titles for Japan in the first half of the year. 

The other four are remakes of Banijay Rights’ "LEGO Masters Japan" season one; "Gold Boy", a movie adaptation of iQiyi drama, "The Bad Kids"; BBC Studios’ adaptation of "Dr Foster"; and Warner Bros’ dating reality format, "Love Transit".

Japan accounted for nine of the total 202 formats commissioned/on air in Asia in 2022, according to ContentAsia’s Formats Outlook. 

Japan ranked eighth (level with Korea), behind Thailand (34), Vietnam (30), India (27), Philippines (21), Mongolia (15), Indonesia (14) and Malaysia (10).

Four of the nine titles/seasons on air or commissioned last year were dating shows, which included three seasons of MBC Korea’s "We Got Married" S1/2/3.

The fourth was season two of "The Bachelorette Japan".