The Japan Record Award

It's December 30th. I'm watching the Japan Record Award on TV. It used to hold December 31st. When did it change? Anyway, when I was a child I was really interested in the show because I could watch someone crying when they got an award. I was wondering why they could cry easily. Adults around me didn't cry so often at that time. I thought I shouldn't watch someone crying. I felt a little bit guilty and I didn't know why.