Japanese Entertainment News & Pop Culture since 1993
A lot of major networks in Japan are under scrutiny for not reporting about the sexual assault caused by the late Kitagawa Johnny, former president of Johnny’s Jimusho. TV TOKYO has released the following statement: At today’s press conference, Johnny & Associates received the report Read More …
On April 10th, TV Tokyo announced that it will carry out an apology campaign on numerous economic newspapers for the fact it said the popular programs of the station can be watched in real time from anywhere in Japan, but people wrote on SNS under Read More …
The status of TV Tokyo drama “YouTuber ni Musume wa Yaran!” may be affected as 11 people involved in the drama tested positive for COVID-19. TV Tokyo announced, “A total of 11 people involved in the drama “Youtuber ni Musume wa Yaran!”, which is broadcasted Read More …
TV Tokyo announced that their music program “JAPAN COUNTDOWN” will be ending on September 26th. The music show has been showcasing sales charts of singles and albums and what kind of music is popular now since October 1998 as a follow-up to the program “TOWER Read More …
TV Tokyo Holdings announced that it will have many of their employees working at home starting on April 21st. Due to the spread of the novel coronavirus, TV Tokyo and BS TV Tokyo have requested for employees if they want to voluntarily take days off Read More …
TV Tokyo announced on April 13th that it will voluntarily take four business days off starting on April 15th (Wednesday) through April 20th (Monday) as a preventative measure against the novel coronavirus. According to TV Tokyo, “We aim to reduce the employee participation rate to Read More …
Kodansha announced that they will have a live entertainment building in Ikebukuro, Tokyo and the name will be “Mixalive TOKYO”. The location will be the former Cinema Sunshine Ikebukuro location in the central part of Ikebukuro Station East Exit near Sunshine 60 Street and will Read More …
There have been many mecha anime series since “Space Runaway Ideon” aired on television in 1980-1981 and the two films release back in 1982. There have been mecha anime series that show the tragedy of war and the finality of it such as Ideon. If Read More …
Kuwata Keisuke, vocalist of Southern All Stars is a hardcore bowler and bowling fan and has said many times if he wasn’t singing or working on music, he would have aimed to become a professional bowler. But Kuwata has brought his love to bowling by Read More …
“Fruits Basket” will have a new series airing in 2019 and was announced on “Hana to Yume”. “Fruits Basket” is based on manga by Takaya Natsuki and was serialized on “Hana to Yume” from 1998-2006. The new series will be following the manga closely (the Read More …
On March 14th, it was announced that SKE48 would be doing a six-day five-minute program to promote public baths in Japan on TV Tokyo would be airing on March 21, 22, 26, 27, 28 and 29. But with SKE48 doing a campaign event to promote Read More …
Eguchi Yousuke is known for starring in dramas for major networks, but for the first time, Eguchi will star in his first drama for TV Tokyo. Eguchi will star alongside with Koike Eiko and Sugimoto Tetta and the drama will air in April on Mondays Read More …