AKB48’s newest single, “Ue kara Mariko” sold over 1 million copies making AKB48 the first group ever to have 4 consecutive first week million selling singles. They are tied now with rock band GLAY with 5 consecutive million selling singles (their first single of the...

Galileo Galilei’s 2nd album “PORTAL” is just announced for release on January 25th, 2012. The album will include their 3 recent singles, “Aoi Shiori”,  “Asu e”, and “Sayonara Furontia” along with 11 other songs for a total...

TV Asahi’s long running weekly music show “MUSIC STATION” will be off next week December 16th while they prepare for their mega year-end show “MUSIC STATION SUPER LIVE 2011.” The 4-hour event will be broadcast live from Chiba Makuhari Messe on December 23rd starting at 7:00PM.  More...

Hi-Fi Camp has a new single “Boys be Ambitious!!/Hikari” announced for a March 7th 2012 release. The title track “Boys be Ambitious !!” will be featured as the ending theme song for anime series “Fairy Tail” beginning in January 2012. More...

Watch or download Acid Black Cherry’s live concert held back on July 23rd, 2011 at Fuji Q Highland Conifer Forest. Concert video and download links follow. Making this concert available for free viewing or downloading is part 3 of the band’s, “Thanks 4 You ABC Dream CUP 2011”...

Shoko Nakagawa (Shokotan) has new single, “Horoscope”, ready to drop on January 11th 2012. The title song si currently featured as theme song for Fuji TV’s variety program “Uchi Kuru!?”.  Jacket covers, track list, and unfortunate region-blocked full length music...

For the second week ten new singles have hit the Oricon weekly charts and the boys from KAT-TUN are on top with their 17th consecutive #1 single “BIRTH.” Korean mega-duet Tohoshinki (TVXQ) in a strong second spot with their winter ballad “Winter Rose.”...

Koda Kumi is releasing her 10th album “JAPONESQUE” February 1st 2012 January 25th. The new album from the pop diva features 17 tracks including singles “Love Me Back,” “Ai wo Tomedaide,” and “Poppin love cocktail feat.TEEDA” and...

A strong month for powerhouses Arashi (#1 single, #7 album), AKB48 (#7 single) and its sister group SKE48 (#2 single) and subgroups Not Yet (#4 single), French Kiss (#5 single), and Johnny’s Entertainment groups Sexy Zone (#3 single) and Kanjani8 (#2...

Girls Generation (SNSD) will release something close to a best singles album as their first Japanese album release. Officially titled “Re: package Album ‘GIRLS' GENERATION’~ The Boys ~” and on somewhat short notice will get its Japan release December 28th. A more details follow though...

Maki Goto’s  final live concert, “G-Emotion FINAL~for you~”, was held at Chiba Makuhari Messe December 4th. The concert was performed twice on the 4th for the over 10,000 fans that gathered. A sometimes emotional Goto, who went with a concept of “the Goto ...

Korea's largest music festival “26th Golden Disk Awards Ceremony” is set for the Kyocera Dome in Osaka Japan and span two days on January 11-12 2012.  The “Golden Disk Awards” aka Korea's Grammy is best known to the POP music world as “K-award”,...

Cocoa Otoko has a new single “Sayonara ja Nakute / Seishun Ouka” set for December 14th release and a new album set  for release in January but the group has announced that they will dissolve this coming March 2012. Details follow,Via Cocoa Otoko’s official website, “It’s sudden, but Cocoa...

  [New post Jan-15th with "Serment" release details] As with the first two seasons of anime Shakugan no Shana, singer Mami Kawada will provide an opening theme song for this third season, Shakugan no Shana III (final). Mami Kawada tweeted on December 4th that she...

Sandaime J Soul Brothers second album, “TRIBAL SOUL” is now set for a December 7th release and will include singles “FIGHTERS” and “Refrain” for a total of 11 tracks. More details on the release including jacket covers...