Editing Panel show (section)

===Japan===
Early [[Japan]]ese panel shows include [[:ja:話の泉|話の泉]] ("Source of the Story"), based on ''Information Please'' on [[NHK Radio 1]] from 1946 to 1964; [[:ja:二十の扉|二十の扉]] ("Twenty Doors"), based on ''Twenty Questions'' on NHK Radio 1 from 1947 to 1960; [[:ja:ジェスチャー (テレビ番組)|ジェスチャー]] ("Gestures"), a charades show on [[NHK General TV]] from 1953 to 1968; and [[:ja:私の秘密|私の秘密]] ("My Secret"), based on ''I've Got a Secret'' on NHK General TV from 1956 to 1967.

Currently, a wide variety of [[Japanese variety show]]s are popular, and many of them feature [[owarai]] comedians, [[Japanese idol]]s, and other celebrities playing games.

Some games involve bizarre physical stunts. ''[[Brain Wall]]'', adapted in English-speaking countries as ''[[Hole in the Wall (UK game show)|Hole in the Wall]]'', has comedians attempt to jump through oddly shaped holes in moving walls without falling into water, ''[[:ja:DERO密室遊戲大脫逃|DERO]]'' and its successor ''[[:ja:TORE全力大挑戰|TORE]]'' have celebrities solve mental and physical challenges to escape traps and hazards or presumably die trying, ''[[Arashi filmography#VS Arashi|VS Arashi]]'' has a team of celebrities compete against J-pop group [[Arashi]] and their Plus One guest(s) in physical games, ''[[:ja:ネプリーグ|Nep League]]'' has various celebrity teams competing in various quizzes that test their combined brainpower in the fields of Japanese, English, General Knowledge, Etc., and ''[[AKBingo!]]'' similarly features members of pop group [[AKB48]] and others competing in physical challenges and quizzes.

Other shows include [[:ja:日本語探Qバラエティ クイズ!それマジ!?ニッポン|日本語探Qバラエティ クイズ!それマジ!?ニッポン]] ("Is it really!?"), a celebrity word game; [[:ja:くりぃむクイズ ミラクル9|くりぃむクイズ ミラクル9]] ("Miracle 9"), a show somewhat similar to Hollywood Squares; ''[[:ja:Numer0n|Numer0n]]'', a celebrity numbers game; and [[:ja:オールスター感謝祭|オールスター感謝祭]] ("All Star Thanksgiving"), a semi-annual celebrity quiz. There are many other games featuring celebrities within Japan's variety genre.

''[[Hikari Ota's If I Were Prime Minister... Secretary Tanaka|Prime Minister Ōta]]'' is a show featuring many comedians and politicians debating fictional proposals in a sort of game show version of a legislative chamber.