CNN made their ‘Tokyo Hotlist‘ and only 20 of the most ‘shining’ stars beat out the rest. Some may surprise you, some are probably obvious.
Did your favorite celebrity make the list? We’re splitting this in two part and working our way down starting from #20.
20. Keisuke Honda: He is a football fashion icon. The 24-year-old was the midfielder in the …
On August 16, American singer, Katy Perry will make a quick trip to Japan to perform a live concert. No location has be announced as of yet. This will be her third time in Japan, right before she releases her new album, “Teenage Dream” on August 25.
Katy is said she is really excited to go back to Japan and that she …
For the first time in three years Japan’s population has fallen to 127,057,860 as of March. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications say that a majority of it lies within the increase of deaths among the aging population. Population was down 18,323, where a number of deaths exceeded births. This is a record net drop (natural decline) of 73,024.
The …
Back in June we posted that Alice Nine will be releasing their first single of 2010 on August 25 called, “Senkou” (Flash). They have recently just released the PV, and like the title there is a flashing all around. Enjoy!
tip: Marty
Visual-kei rock band, SID, has announced that they will be holding live concerts at the Tokyo Dome for the very first time! The announcement was made during their concert at the Saitama Super Arena on the 31st.
It’s quite fast for them to hold a live concert at the Tokyo Dome, because it has been only 2 years and 2 months …
It was announced on July 26th on Bice’s official site that the singer/songwriter had passed away. Her husband posted the sad news on her site, letting fans know that she died of a heart attack at home. He expressed sadness over the loss of his wife, but thanked the fans for their help and support. The funeral was held for …
Japanese pop mainstay Otsuka Ai has just announced a new single titled “I ♥ ×××” (pronounced ‘I love’). It is the twenty first single from the singer/songwriter and will be released on September 8th.
The single will be used for NHK’s 77th School Choir Competition theme and also for NHK’s “Minna no Uta” this August. The singer left a comment on …
Rock group UVERworld has announced a new single for September 15th. The title is still to be determined, but they have announced that it will act as the theme to the new anime movie “Mobile Suit Gundam 00 – Awakening of Trailblazer,” which will release in theaters on September 18th. The group is definitely using the release to lead up …
Seminal pop idol group Morning Musume has just announced their new single, the 44th from the girl group. There is no title or track lists have been announced yet for the release, but it will probably fall in line with their more recent shift towards mature pop music.
The single will be released in a plethora of versions for fans to …
Big Bang performs their upcoming single, “Beautiful Hangover” on Music Fair.
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tip: mxc
Two of Japan’s movies have been nominated for the Golden Lion Award at the 67th Venice Film Festival. The festival will start September 1, 2010.
The first one is “Norwegian Wood” directed by Tran Anh Hung. The movie is based off of best selling selling author in Japan, Haruki Murakami. The second movie is “13 Assassins”, by the controversial director Takashi …
Just 1km east of Asakusa, the tallest building is being built. The Tokyo Sky Tree stands as of now stands at whopping 408m on Friday. The plan for this building is expected to reach 634m by 2012. The tower is located in the Narihirabashi/Oshiage are of Sumida Ward in Tokyo. Construction for the tower starting in July 2008.
The …
After the release of a new best album this fall, Japanese pop/electronica artist MEG will be taking a temporary break from the music industry.
The announcement was made today through her blog and came as a great shock to her fans. MEG expressed dissatisfaction with her work and said, “my projects have been lacking something important.” She followed it up …
We all know that Japan loves Michael Jackson. In memory of the late King of Pop, fans came together for a dance event in Sasebo, Nagasaki on Saturday (7/24).
There was about 200 fans, all wearing Michael’s signature white glove and performed to “Beat It.” The event was held at the Huis Ten bosch theme park where Michael Jackson …
A mother in Osaka was arrested today after neglecting her two children. The oldest, Sakurako (3), and Kaede (1) were found abandoned in their apartment in late June. Autopsy reports show that they died in the middle of June after not being fed for several days. In short, she starved them.
The mother, Sanae Shimomura said she, “got suck of feeding …
