AKB48 'Sayonara Crawl' PV
youkuHQ<- couldnt get this to embed.Such a huge senbatsu but didnt rly feel like screentime was divided well.I like the PV + song tho, not as great as previous summer singles but miles better than...
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China, S Korea criticize Hashimoto over comfort women comments
China and South Korea on Tuesday criticized Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto’s comments on comfort women.China’s Foreign Ministry said it saw the comments as further evidence of a rightward drift in Japanese...
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Ishihara Satomi, Iura Arata & Tanaka Rena starring in TBS drama SP "Koi"
Ishihara Satomi, Iura Arata and Tanaka Rena will be starring in the TBS drama SP "Koi" which will be shown during this autumn and is based on the 1996 Naoki Award novel by Koike Mariko which has sold...
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SHINee to release second Japanese album, "Boys Meet U" on June 26th
Universal Music Japan has announced that Korean boyband SHINee will be releasing their second Japanese album entitled"Boys Meet U" on June 26th under its new sublabel, EMI Records Japan, making it...
View ArticlePERFUME - Spending all my time from「Perfume WORLD TOUR 1st 」DVD. Handy Man...
The performance of Spending all my time is currently being broadcasted to promote the upcoming release of 「Perfume WORLD TOUR 1st 」DVD.☆ Purchase Perfume WORLD TOUR 1st on DVD at CDJapan: [x]☆ Purchase...
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May’n to release her 8th single 「ViViD」 in July, hall tour starting October
It has only been a week since she has released her 7th single 「Run Real Run」 last May 8, but May’n already has her 8th single decided. It has been announced that she will be releasing her 8th single...
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GACKT responds to allegations of sexual abuse against him
GACKT's LINE Message - May 15, 2013This is apparently a digest of what he posted in his own blog, so once that has been translated, you all should definitely check it out, there's a lot more written...
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Itano Tomomi to hold online dance contest for her upcoming solo single
It was announced that AKB48’s Itano Tomomi will hold a dance contest “Itano Tomomi ‘1%’ Dance Trial 2013” for her 4th solo single “1%“ that is set for release on June 12th.Participants post their dance...
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MEG unveils long previews for her two new singles "KISS OR BITE" and "SAVE" +...
Japanese electro queen and fashion designer/model/icon MEG will be releasing joint singles on June 5th! These are "SAVE" under MEG and "KISS OR BITE" under her new (special/temporary?) alias "MEG...
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ueto aya & sakai masato to co-star in new tbs drama ‘hanzawa naoki’
On May 15, TBS announced that for the upcoming season they will be adapting Ikeido Jun’s much-discussed novels about the economic bubble into a TV drama titled "Hanzawa Naoki" (tentative), starring...
View ArticleLeave your hearts at the door: Soshite Chichi ni Naru (Like Father Like Son)...
The latest Koreeda Hirokazu's film finally has a teaser. Just in time for the premier screening at Grand Théâtre Lumière in Cannes on the 18th. Will be release in Japan on 5th Oct. SYNOPSISRyota has...
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The Lowdown on Japan’s Cosplay Industry
These days, cosplay functions as a 40 billion yen (US$390 million) industry and has a large impact on Japan’s economy. Now, before moving on, please allow me to clarify that ‘cosplay’ to Japan does not...
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Weekly Oricon Chart: Albums/Singles/Music-DVDs
Sorry this is late...Singer and one half of popular duo KinKi Kids, Domoto Tsuyoshi has reached the no.1 spot in the albums chart with his first cover album, "Kaba". It has been 2 years and 7 months...
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ARTFX Looks Back to 90's Classics With "Trigun" and "Yu Yu Hakusho" Statues
It's like Kotobukiya is recalling Toonami with their ARTFX statue plans. Trigun the Movie: Badlands Rumble: Nicholas D. Wolfwood hits this month while YuYu Hakusho's Kazuma Kuwabara arrives in October....
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