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With the ongoing influence of the earthquake in Japan, Universal Music Japan has decided to delay all new releases (including singles, albums, and DVDs) planned in late March.

Artists affected include Juliet, SDN48, Matsuda Seiko, DREAMS COME TRUE, Fukuyama Masaharu, BIGBANG, Choshinsei, and KARA.

The new release dates have not been revealed yet, but we will keep you updated as Universal releases more information.

Check out the full list of releases affected below (Note: They do not all belong to the same label within Universal Music).

March 23rd:
Billy BanBan - "Kimi ga Shiawase de Arimasu you ni"
Choshinsei - "CHOSHINSEI LIVE MOVIE in 3D 'CHOSHINSEI SHOW' Original Soundtrack"
Inagaki Junichi - "Otoko to Onna - TWO HEARTS TWO VOICES - BOX"
KARA - "Jet Coaster Love"
Kikkawa Koji - "KEEP ON KICKIN'!!!!!"
Kimaguren - "IT'S MY Yuuki"
ManaKana - "Sweet Home"
SDN48 - "Ai, Juseyo"
Shimazaki Hitomi - "Kuchizuke"
V.I (from BIGBANG) - "V.V.I.P Japan Edition"

March 25th:
Spitz - "Sora to Video COMPLETE 1991-2011"

March 30th:
BIGBANG - "BIGBANG 4TH MINI ALBUM Japan Edition"
Chara - "Dark Candy"
DREAMS COME TRUE - "Shijo Saikyo no Yido Yuenchi DREAMS COME TRUE WONDERLAND 2007"
Fukuyama Masaharu - "'THE BEST BANG!!' - ASIA LIMITED BANG!!'
Juliet - "Sakurabu"
Kikkawa Yuu - "Kikkake wa YOU!" Maria - "Deep into You"
Matsuda Seiko - "Seiko Matsuda COUNT DOWN LIVE PARTY 2010-2011"
Momochi Hiroko - "Sakura Namida"
Sunjge (Choshinsei) & Jiyoung (KARA) - "Merry Love"

March 30th:
BIGBANG - "BIGBANG 4TH MINI ALBUM Japan Edition"
Chara - "Dark Candy"
DREAMS COME TRUE - "Shijo Saikyo no Yido Yuenchi DREAMS COME TRUE WONDERLAND 2007"
Fukuyama Masaharu "'THE BEST BANG!!' - ASIA LIMITED BANG!!'
Juliet - "Sakurabu"
Kikkawa Yuu - "Kikkake wa YOU!" Maria - "Deep into You"
Matsuda Seiko - "Seiko Matsuda COUNT DOWN LIVE PARTY 2010-2011"
Momochi Hiroko - "Sakura Namida"
Sunjge (Choshinsei) & Jiyoung (KARA) - "Merry Love"

Source: natalie