[floatr][/floatr]MTV Japan will hold a rock music exam in five cities on the 10th June this year. MTV is offering a san-kyu (level three) qualification for 3,900 yen and a ni-kyu (level two) qualification for 4,500 yen. It will be possible to take both. The exams will be an hour long and consist of 100 questions such as "What bait is used on the cover of Nirvana's Nevermind to fish for the baby". Applications will appear in major bookstores nationwide from March and an official textbook to accompany the exam will be released by publisher Nippon Shuppan Hanbai. Testing centres will be in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo and Fukuoka. Successful candidates will be awarded a certificate and a badge. Rock n' Roll!
(I suspect this story will be appearing in the overseas press shortly)