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F.T Island to release new Japanese single

Korean boy band, F.T Island who recently released their Japanese single titled “Flower Rock” has announced the release of a new Japanese single on November 17th.

This singles album is scheduled to include three new tracks along with one karaoke instrumental track. The track list and the title of the songs will be announced at a later date.

F.T Island’s new …

Porno Graffitti to release a new single in October

Japanese male rock band, Porno Graffitti has announced the release of a new singles album on October 27th. The title of the single has not been released at this point.

This new single album will be their 31st single and will include three new tracks. Their previous release titled “Hitomi no oku wo nozokasete” was released several …

ORANGE RANGE Announces Countdown Japan Debut

ORANGE RANGE has announced their participation in the 2010/2011 Countdown Japan, scheduled for December 28~31.  This will be their first year to participate in the event presented by rockin’on inc!

Japan’s most popular winter music festival, Countdown Japan, is an annual concert held over the course of three days and occurs in two cities at the same time: Osaka …

BIG BANG’s appearance on NiTele’s “DON!”

Nihon TV’s program “Don!” featured a 10-minute special on Korean boy group BIG BANG on September 1st, airing an exclusive interview with the boys and a detailed introduction of the members with Korean MC Kang TaeYoo.  The interview covered topics such as the members favorite foods, their practice schedules in Japan, interesting differences in the Japanese entertainment industry, and their …

ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION Japan tour kicks off next week

Japanese rock band, ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION will kick off their Japan tour titled “Tour 2010-2011 VIBRATION OF THE MUSIC” next week on September 8th. It was announced earlier that Daisuke Kanazawa from Fujifabric will join the tour as a supporting keyboardist.

ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION will be holding a long tour of 75 performances in various cities across Japan. …

Kouichi Domoto’s Bad Desire

KinKi Kids member, Kouichi Domoto, just released his album today, “BPM.”

“Bad Desire” music video after the break.

Oricon weekly charts for the week of September 6th

Results of the Oricon weekly charts for September 6th are out!

See the results after the break!

Final Fantasy XIV has rules and disappoints Rie Tanaka

Game maker SquareEnix has set rules, delayed the beta testing and endorsed a PC that will be capable of playing the newest installment of the Final Fantasy series, Final Fantasy XIV. The PC only costs 315,000yen ($3,750USD).

The computer is called the “FRONTIER” and has an Intel® Core i7-980X (3.33GHz), Windows® 7 Ultimate 64bit, 12GB (2GBx6), triple channel DDR3-SDRAM memory, NVIDIA® GeForce GTX480, SSD …

Will 2NE1 be the next TVXQ?

Girl groups from Korea have seemingly taken over Japan this year, with KARA, 4minute, and Shoujo Jidai all making a splash.  Starting next year though, there’s speculation that YG’s power girl group, 2NE1, will steal the spotlight.

Well, at least Avex certainly hopes so.

We all know that TVXQ (DBSK) was one of Japan’s top boy bands, but now that …

Risa Niigaki terrorized in 3D

Yup, it’s horror in 3D.

Morning Musume member, Risa Niigaki, and C-ute member, Saki Nakajima, will star in the 3D horror film, Gekijouban Hontou ni Atta Kowai Hanashi 3D. There are five stories within the film, but only one, “Shisen”, will be in 3D.  “Shisen” is about a girl, Chisato (Risa Niigaki), who witnesses a woman committing …

“Break me off a piece of that…”: Kuroki Meisa endorses Kit-Kat

Kuroki Meisa

Model-actress-singer Kuroki Meisa is the new face of the Nestlé Kit-Kat brand.

The Japanese site for the product has been revamped to feature the former Emporio Armani model as fictional character ‘Akagi’, who guides visitors around the site. A temporary Twitter account has been created, and it further advocates her association with Kit-Kat by using a promotional photo and the product’s color schemes as the background. Meisa’s commercial has yet to be released, but promotional photos have been leaked to satiate those hungry for a clue.

Demonstrating her industriousness, Meisa has also revealed a preview of her new song, ‘LOL’, along with images from her new single.

See all the images and listen to a teaser of her new song after the jump.

Tsuji Nozomi is having a boy!

Ex-MoMuSu member and current blog queen, Tsuji Nozomi, announced on her blog that she is having a baby boy. Tsuji said, “It’s now the sixth month. Since she said that she wants five siblings, that we’ve gotten one so soon has really made us happy. The children surrounding my daughter are all mostly boys. When this child is …

Nakama Yukie and Dan Rei set to star in winter drama

Nakama Yukie (30) and Dan Rei (39) are set to work together on a new winter drama.

The title of the show has not yet been made, but the story will focus on the complex and thrilling world of women.  Nakama will play the role of the mysterious and wicked woman, and she comes across a normal housewife, who is played …

Introducing Japan’s death chamber

For the first time, Japan revealed one of its execution chambers last week, after two death row inmates were executed at the end of July.

Justice Minister, Keiko Chiba, gave journalists access to the chambers by signing two execution orders in late July. Normally a criminal is placed on death row if they are convicted of multiple …

An inside look at Erika Sawajiri

She’s often the center of controversy, but Erika Sawajiri has earned the right to be called “Comeback Queen”, and she recently took the time to explain her ups, downs, and how the Japanese entertainment industry needs to change.

In her first ever English-language interview (with CNNGO), Erika Sawajiri explains her background growing up, the faxes that were sent to media …