AKB48 and Hinatazaka46 fans are upset that their favorite groups were left out of this year’s NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen

The performers for NHK’s “74th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen” (7/20) on New Year’s Eve were announced on the 13th at NHK Hall in Shibuya, Tokyo, and fans of the unnamed artists expressed their disappointment on social media. When Hinatazaka (who has participated twice in the Read More …

NHK denies reports that they are having a live audience for this year’s “Kouhaku Uta Gassen”

NHK held their press conference in Shibuya on November 5th.  In regards to reports that the annual New Year’s Eve special will be held with a live audience, chairman Maeda Terunobu (75) said, “It seems that such a matter was reported somewhere, but it will Read More …