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Amuro Namie has graced covers and has been featured on many major fashion magazines in Japan. And with her retirement coming up in September, many of the fashion publications are showing their “thank you” by showcasing Amuro Namie for a final time. On the May Read More …
miwa’s new digital single “Unchained Love” was released on May 29th. miwa’s song is being used an insert song for the Fuji TV drama series “Signal choki mikaiketsujiken sosahan” (Signal Long-term unresolved cases investigation team). The song was featured on the 6th episode which aired Read More …
In an interview with actress Inamori Izumi (46), who is currently starring in the Fuji TV drama “Monte Cristo Haku – Kare inaru fukushu” (The Count of Monte Cristo – Splendor of Revenge), marks the 25th year that Inamori has appeared in a drama series. Read More …
Sakai Noriko made her debut as an idol singer in 1986. So, popular and was known as “Nori-P”, she was often featured on television and magazines. But as she distanced herself from her idol image, by 1993, she starred in the drama, “Hitotsu Yane Read More …
It was announced that former Nogizaka46 member Ikoma Rina will star in the stage play version of Akamatsu Ken’s “Mahou Sensei Negima!” (a.k.a. “Negima! Magister Negi Magi”). Ikoma will play the role of Negi Springfield, a mage in-training at Mahora Academy Middle School for Girls Read More …
Momoiro Clover Z’s Sasaki Ayaka made her debut as a solo artist at TOKYO IDOL FESTIVAL in 2016 and held her first solo live at Yokohama Arena for AYAKA-NATION 2016. Also, releasing her first solo single “My Cherry Pie/My Hamburger Boy”. She held her second Read More …
As Kimura Takuya and Kudo Shizuka’s youngest daughter Mitsuki (Kōki) has become one of the most popular figures to be discussed on the Internet this past weekend in Japan for her modeling debut for the magazine, “Elle Japon”, new details are emerging about Kōki. As Read More …
The Korean boy band BTS debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with their latest album “Love Yourself: Tear”. According to Billboard: Love Yourself: Tear’s first-week sum is a bit bigger than expected. On May 21, some industry forecasters predicted the album would bow Read More …
The software sales ranking for May 14 -20, 2018 are out and Furyu’s “Caligula Overdose” for the PS4 tops the charts. SOURCE: ASCII Business Media Works Caligula Overdose – Furyu – PS4 (20,419 estimated sales) Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze – Nintendo – Switch (136,050 estimated Read More …
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of “Shojo Kakumei Utena” (Revolutionary Girl Utena), niconico is distributing all 39 episodes of the anime series for free on the niconico channel from May 26th through June 3rd. Back in 1996, mangaka Chiho Saito created the manga series “Shojo Read More …
The July issue of “with” was released on May 28th and it features Nogizaka46’s Shiraishi Mai on the front cover. “with” had been trying to get Shiraishi Mai to appear for their magazine, but due to her busy schedule, they weren’t sure if they would Read More …
Kimura Takuya (45) and Kudo Shizuka (48) have two daughters, Kokomi (17) and Mitsuki (15) and their youngest daughter Mitsuki made her model debut (using the name “Kōki”) for “ELLE JAPON” for the latest July issue released on May 28th. The announcement received a lot Read More …
For fans of Japanese baseball, the podcast to listen to is the Japanese Baseball Weekly Podcast hosted by John E. Gibson and Jim Allen. This podcast is in English! In podcast episode Vol. 8.16, Jim Allen and John E. Gibson discuss an interview with first-year Read More …
There are many Japanese artists that are making music that is of world standard. TOKYO FM’s Japan Music Showcase will introduce such artists with short interviews and will dig into what actually makes up their music and the deep messages that they are trying to Read More …
Featuring a collaboration between TOKYO FM x Yelp comes the “Real Tokyo” podcast. This week’s episode is about: In our New Segment, “The Specialist”, we interview former Country Manager of Yelp Japan, Tomo Takada, about the wonderful world of Craft Beer that’s taking Japan by Read More …