Today South Korean band F.T. Island held a special event for their new song “SATISFACTION,” that was released on April 20th in Tokyo. On that occasion, the band also announced that they are going to perform at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on July 29th. F.T. Island debuted in Japan last May and have been...

Korean girl group Shoujo Jidai will have a guest appearance in the upcoming “Sazae-san” drama special, airing at the start of next year. This will be the group’s first time in a Japanese television drama. Details about the special were first announced last month. It is the third one to star Alisa Mizuki (34) as...

The promotional push for popular Korean girl group KARA continues with the news that they will be the stars of their own television drama, scheduled to begin airing on TV Tokyo and its affiliates on January 14 (Fridays 12:12am). Titled “URAKARA,” the show will feature the members of KARA as themselves, taking on a series...

Korean female idol group SNSD, also known as Shoujo Jidai, has been featured on the cover of the weekly Japanese economics magazine “Nikkei Business”. Nikkei discusses the reasoning behind SNSD’s successful break into the global music markey. The Korean idol group, SNSD, known in Japan as Shoujo Jidai has been featured on the...

YoonA’s popularity is on the rise especially among netizens in Japan. On October 3rd, there was a massive upload of YoonA’s videos as well as pictures on the Japanese community site “2ch”. Oddly enough, this website is known for associating rumors and accusations against South Korea. However, netizens seemed to protect their Korean...

Korean girl group KARA will have event on Ameba. SP PigTV Square KARA dance event notice 28~30 September – 3 days event Special Event Super girl group KARA Debut single ‘Mr’ is a smash hit! Today, 28 (Tuesday), a new area (room) was created with cool clothes, can be purchased starting 17 o’clock These 3...

Well not really but at least its a start! 2PM is set to hold their first ever event in Japan! 2PM will held their first ever event in Japan on Dec 8th at Ryogoku Kokugikan Gymnasium. And if you want to attend this event, you should buy the limited edition of their 1st album which...

CNBLUE, who made a debut in Japan last year, will be making a comeback in the Japan with the single “Don’t Know Why”. The single, to be released on the 16th, will have 2 songs – “Lie” has been determined as the title song. CNBLUE will also be having a live tour all over Japan,...

With Girls’ Generation, 4minute, KARA, and Brown Eyed Girls, Korean girl groups seem to be storming Japan. While Japanese K-pop fans are delighted, there are others who criticize this phenomenon, saying that this influx of translated K-pop tunes in Japan is lowering the quality of the Japanese music market*. *Editor’s Note: Before anybody flips out...

Sankei Sports reports today that G-DRAGON , the leader of Korean group BIG BANG, is in a relationship with ViVi fashion model Kiko Mizuhara . According to several sources, the two met in Japan after BIG BANG’s major label debut last year. BIG BANG debuted in Korea in 2006, but they just released their first...

Shoujo Jidai  appear at front page of Japanese Sky Magazine issue as for their beginning stage at Japan.These girls will set to make their official J-pop debut next month, and they’ll not be the only Korean girl group to do so. Kara also has already had a special gig in February, while 4minute has just...

What exactly can you do with 4 iPhones w/music apps, a decent voice, and a reasonable dose of cute? Well, after you video your cover of Beyonce’s “Irresistible” and Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” accompanied by the iPhones musical apps and upload to YouTube you can expect about  4+million plays and getting signed to a new...