A close battle with the singles but EXILE and their release Rising Sun/Itsuka Kitto… edged out Fukuyama Masaharu’s Kazoku ni Naoru yo/fighting pose. Rounding out the top 10 is Pistol from Acid Black Cherry. Singles for September 2011 1. “Rising Sun/Itsuka...

For the first time ever the single and album weekly charts are topped by Korean groups. The girls of T-ARA land in #1 selling over 200,000 copies of their Japanese debut single Bo Peep Bo Peep, while the boys of Tohoshinki or as they are also known TVXQ hit #1...

HEY! HEY! HEY! Music Champ is on hiatus this week to prepare for an 18th year anniversary special show on October 10th. The show will run a full two hours and feature mainly Korean groups as they dominated the charts for the past 2 weeks (Sept 19th –Oct 2nd). The early line-up for...

Korean group SHINee’s smash it Lucifer is set for a Japanese language release on October 11th. This will be the group’s 3rd Japanese single, the CD/DVD jackets and track lists for the two Limited and one Regular editions are listed below. All versions come with a different  DVD feature. We’ve...

Morning Musume wrapped up their live tour, Morning Musume Concert Tour Fall 2011 Ai BELIEVE ~Takahashi Ai Graduation Special~, at the Nippon Budokan on September 30th. It was leader Takahashi Ai’s final performance and official graduation from both Morning Musume and Hello! Project. The concert kicked...

“BIRTH” is KAT-TUN's newest single and was chosen as the theme song for member Kamenashi Kazuya’s upcoming drama “Yokai Ningen Bem” (will start on October 22nd 9PM). The single is now set to drop November 30th. “Yokai Ningen Bem”, is a live-action drama adapted from twice produced...

Juggernaut of idol groups, AKB48 has unveiled the jacket covers to their 23rd single, “Kaze wa Fuiteiru”. *Above is the DVD cover. The costume design and color palate are a bit of a departure for AKB48 – muted green and a medieval nymph or fairy look with...

Wow! A great charitable cause, "The Great East Japan Earthquake Recovery Festival 2011," is set will be held on October 29th and 30th to support the disaster victims from this past March’s Tohoku earthquake and resulting tsunami. The event features a jam-packed line-up of jpop music groups and comedians which will...

The girls of SCANDAL have announced that they’ll be holding their first performance at Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan and the event is set for March 28th, 2012! Leader Haruna commented, “It’s always been a big dream for us as a band to perform at the Budokan.  We haven’t yet reached our goal, but we...

Hey! Say! JUMP’s new single “Magic Power” sold 217,000+ copies and is their 8th consecutive #1, going back to their debut single in 2007. Enka artists, Hikawa Kiyoshi ranked #2 on the charts, giving him his 19th top 10 single. Hey! Say! JUMP – Magic Power – 217,661 Hikawa Kiyoshi –...

The "May'n ☆ Go! Around!!" will be held at the Yokohama Arena south of Tokyo on March 20th 2012 and it will be May’n’s (20) first full arena solo concert. Her fan club members will be able to buy tickets early from September 28 to October 4. Also recently...

The current six-member girl cross-dressing unit Fudanjuku x Nakano Fujo Sisters has announced that they’ll be recruiting a seventh member for their group. Fudanjuku is the “second face” of main unit Nakano Fujo Sisters, and they’re widely known both in Japan and...

The fifth Japanese single “Winter Magic” release is fast approaching and Korean girl group Kara has released the CD jacket covers and news the single will be available on the Chaku-Uta download service being 9/28 at midnight. Kara’s “STEP” after 7 million YouTube views will...

Perfume has announced that their new single will be titled, “Spice” and it will be featured as the theme song for the upcoming TBS drama "Sengyoshufu Tantei", starring actress Fukada Kyoko. It will be the trio's first tie-in with a drama and the girls were excited upon hearing the news, “We’re overjoyed that we have...

The "China-Japan-Korea Music Festival" held performances September 25th at Beijing National Stadium (the Bird's Nest) that featured EXILE and their sister group Happiness representing Japan, f(x) representing Korea, and Seishun Bishoujo representing China. The event sponsored by the Chinese Government was held to...

Soon to be graduated though still Morning Musume leader Takahashi Ai will be promoting the beauty of Fukui Prefecture across Japan. Takahashi is from Fukui, and so the appointment was a particularly special one for her. She was granted the title of “Fukui Brand Ambassador” officially by Fukui’s governor, Nishikawa Issei,...