Southern All Stars featured on the cover of “anan” for the very first time

Rock band Southern All Stars are featured on the cover of “anan” (2142) which will be released on March 6th. Equally fitting as Southern All Stars is celebrating their 40th anniversary, while an an has been on the front line of women’s magazines for 49 Read More …

Aimyon featured in the “AERA” magazine issue no. 9

Singer/songwriter/musician Aimyon is coming strong after a successful first year. With her new album “Shunkanteki Sixth Sense” debuting at a strong #2 on the Oricon Charts on February 13th, things continue to look positive for the young artist who performed at last year’s “Kohaku Uta Read More …

Kansai Walker NMB48 Special Issue to be released on February 19th

A special Kansai Walker NMB48 issue will be released on February 19th. On the cover, featured are Shiroma Miru, Yoshida Akari, Shibuya Nagisa, Kawakami Chihiro, Yamamoto Ayaka, Kojima Karin and Umeyama Cocona. The members were interviewed and includes future plans of the group, their 20th Read More …

Hiragana Keyakizaka46 member Watanabe Miho is featured on the cover of “Shosetsu Gento”

Hiragana Keyakizaka46 member Watanabe Miho will be featured in the February 2019 issue of novel magazine “Shosetsu Gento”. “Shosetsu Gento” features information on novels, essays, manga and Watanabe Miho appears for the first time in February issue of 2019 which will be released on January Read More …

AKB48’s Okada Nana, Mukaichi Mion and Oguri Yui are featured on the cover of “Bomb” February 2019 issue

AKB48’s Okada Nana, Mukaichi Mion and Oguri Yui are featured on the cover of “Bom” (Bomb) February 2019 issue (released on January 9th). The magazine will feature the three in gravure and an interview with Mukaichi Mion who was recently selected as the next General Read More …

Saito Asuka is featured on the January 2019 cover of “20 ± SWEET”

“20 ± SWEET [Twenty Sweet] 2019 JANUARY” was released on January 10th and features 19-year-olds who will be taking their first steps as 20-year-old adults. The January issue will also feature Watanabe Risa (Keyakizaka46), Ogino Yuka (NGT48), Nagahama Neru (Keyakizaka46), Kitagawa Ryoha (SKE48), Tomonaga Mio Read More …

Nogizaka46 x Weekly Playboy special issue to feature a special thank you to Nishino Nanase (who will graduate in Feb. 2019)

On December 28th, the “Nogizaka46 x Weekly Playboy 2018” from Shueisha will be released. The main feature focuses on Nishino Nanase, who will be graduating in February 2019.  The main feature is a total of 46 pages and the price is Y680. In addition, writers Read More …

Free Download: Metropolis Magazine – January 2019

For those traveling to Japan in January 2019, will no doubt want to download the latest issue of Metropolis Magazine. Featuring a this month’s calendar, Metropolis Recommends, Metropolis movie reviews, Engineered Sound, Kudo Dreams of Fish Burgers, Depachika, Kotoratei, Architecture x Photography, Carter the Unstoppable Read More …

Hoshino Gen is featured on the cover of “AERA”, talks about his new album

Pop star/actor Hoshino Gen released his first album “POP VIRUS” in three years on December 19th and he is featured on the cover and main feature for “AERA” (December 31-January 7th issue, which will be released on December 22nd). In the interview, Hoshino discusses his Read More …

Kimura Takuya is featured on the cover and an interview for Pia Movie Special – Winter 2019

Kimura Takuya is featured on the cover of Pia’s Movie Special – Winter 2019 issue. The special publication was released on December 1st and features an interview with Kimura Takuya on his upcoming film “Masquerade Hotel” (will be screening in theaters on January 18th). Kimura Read More …