Pop/rock band, SCANDAL, has announced that they will release a new single, “Scandal nanka Buttobase,” on October 6th.
This is the 8th single for the girl group and comes as a quick follow up to their second album, “TEMPTATION BOX.” “Scandal nanka Buttobase” will come out just two short months after the album and will be available in four different …
Pop queen Ayumi Hamasaki has finally confirmed the contents of her upcoming single “crossroad” and has announced a promotional mini tour to go with the release as well.
The single will be the 49th from the singer and the lead track will be written by Komuro Tetsuya of globe fame. The coupling track will be a cover version of …
Dance/rock group, POLYSICS, have announced their formal return to music by holding a string of comeback concerts across Japan. On October 1st, the band will hold a one man live event at Shimokitazawa’s CLUB Que called, “Que’s 16th birthday presents ‘Sweet little sixteen’ We are Back!! POLYSICS!!!”
The concert will celebrate the 16th anniversary of CLUB Que opening and will …
Five person visual kei band, Alice Nine, released their new single “Senkou” on the 25th and yesterday they held a special gift exchange event with fans to promote the song. Fans were allowed to personally hand gifts and letters to the band and in exchange, the band handed out posters to the fans. Over 5,000 fans of the band …
Fashion brand, Issey Miyake, will launch a new accessory brand, “BAO BAO ISSEY MIYAKE”.
It is an upgrade from Issey’s “Pleats Please” line, and it will involve mesh triangles with different but simple pieces that are interchangeable.
The first store to sell it will be the Matsuya Ginza in Ginza on September 1. On September 2, the other stores will begin its …
Shinjuku Isetan is getting a new collection of shoes by Salvatore Ferragamo called “My Ferragamo”.
The first floor of Isetan will have a shop, The Stage, and will sell the new collection. They will have a wide variety of shoes that matches elegance with comfortableness. From pumps to ballerina shoes to moccasins, there is one for every individual.
Shinjuku Isetan will open …
Japanese rock group, BUMP OF CHICKEN has recently announced a new single titled “Uchuhikoshi e no Tegami / Motorcycle” slated for release on October 13th. It has been six months since their previous release campaigns for both “Happy” and “Mahou no Ryouri ~ Kimi kara Kimie~.”
This will mark the first time that the group will release …
Superstar artist, GACKT, recently held the last stage of his nationwide tour, “Kirameki otoko juku (煌☆雄兎狐塾)”, on the 29th at Zepp Tokyo. The last stage was titled, “Kirameki otokojuku ~danjyo konyoku mizugi matsuri~ (煌☆雄兎狐塾 ～男女混欲美濡戯祭～)”, and had a dress code where everybody had to show up in bathing suits and beach sandals.
GACKT sang 16 songs and told the audience, “It …
This week’s MUSIC STATION lineup has been announced.
Check it out!
Kuraki Mai – SUMMER TIME GONE
Kobayashi Taro – Misako-chan
Superfly – Wildflower
SPEED – Yubiwa
V6 – only dreaming
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Crowned with the title, “Queen of J-Pop”, selling albums has never been an issue for Ayumi Hamasaki. But the ‘Queen’ has her eyes set on a loftier goal – to shatter the record for the most #1 singles sold on the Oricon chart, and she’s enlisted the help of a certain ‘Prince’ to make her …
The third installment of The Twilight Saga, “ECLIPSE“, will be released on November 13th in Japan, and for this movie, they will be releasing a Japanese dubbed version that the first and second installment of the series did not have.
On the 29th, it was announced that Ueto Aya and Narimia Hiroki will be playing the voices of Bella and Edward. …
We reported earlier that HMV Shibuya was closing its doors on August 22, but nobody knew what was set to take over the landmark…until now.
One of America’s most famous stores, Forever 21, will take over the six stories. What was once a haven for music lovers, and one of the most famous landmarks in Shibuya, will …
The last stage of “a-nation’10″ was held on the 29th at Ajinomoto Satdium, and all the artists of avex appeared together. This is the ninth year that “a-nation” has been held, and it appeared this year in four different cities and with six different stages.
The last stage started off with Koda Kumi, and then SPEED sang two songs, but the audience really started to get going when JUNSU/JEJUNG/YUCHUN showed up. The three guys sang six songs from their new mini-album, “The…”, which will be released on September 8th. The last performer, Hamasaki Ayumi, appeared and performed eight songs, including her new single, “crossroad”, which will be released on September 22nd.
One of the highlights for the day was that the special unit of avex artists, called “a-nation’s party”, sung the official theme song for “a-nation’10″, “THX A LOT”, which was made by Komuro Tetsuya. All in all, 33 artists from 16 different groups sang it together.
“a-nation’10″ pulled in a grand total of 260,000 people to their stages.
Check out the pictures after the jump.
Actress Aoi Yu (25) is set to appear in a new Calbee Potato Chips CM.
The CM was taped using a high speed camera, and only used two seconds of footage to produce the whole CM. The CM shows Aoi Yu eating the chips with her mouth opened wide and gnawing in very slow motion.
“I feel a little embarrassed,” said Aoi …
It has been announced that popular manga, “ONE PIECE“, will take a break on “Weekly Shonen Jump” for four weeks (starting on September 6th issue). “ONE PIECE” is the first series manga for the author, Oda Eiichiro, and it started being published on “Weekly Shonen Jump” in 1997. It has also never taken a break for this long.
The last episode …
