Los Angeles Japanese television station UTB 18.2 will broadcast the special NHK music event “Kouhaku Uta Gassen” on December 31, 2012, with a repeat showing on New Year’s Day, January 1, 2013. The 63rd annual New Year’s Eve celebration featuring such high-profile J-Pop performers as Perfume, ARASHI, SMAP, Ayumi Hamasaki, Koda Kumi, and AKB48 will …