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,...

Galileo Galilei announced on their website that their new song "Asu e" (To Tomorrow) will be featured as the opening theme song for the upcoming anime series Mobile Suit Gundam AGE. The anime will premiere in Japan on October 9. The CD for the song, the...

Popular female singer-songwriter, YUI - gave a free live street performance in downtown Shanghai, China. Normally security is such in China that a Japanese singer performing on the street is rare but it is "Shanghai Japan Week". There was little notice beforehand of YUI's street performance so only small crowds filter...

ViViD has announced their third single “FAKE” will be officially released on November 9th! "FAKE" had been previously announced as the theme song for the band's love game, “Koi to Shigoto to Kimi no Produce”. Since the game was announced around 60,000 people have signed-up. The game features ViViD members’ voices for their individual characters....

Korean girl group RAINBOW took the stage and performed “A“, their Japanese debut single on today’s episode of Happy MUSIC. With a heavy dose of “kawaii” the girls shared two things that make them “happy”: milk and the debut single. In addition, the members also gave a...

EXILE topped the Oricon charts this week with their latest single, “Rising Sun / Itsuka Kitto...,” selling almost 202,000 copies. This is their 11th number-one single and their 2nd in a row. Morning Musume is a distant #2 and Korean girl group RAINBOW continues the K-pop invasion with their debut Japanese release hitting #3 (a...

K-pop group MBLAQ announced details of their second Japanese single to be titled, “Baby U!” and set for released on October 26th. It had previously been stated that their new single would be used as the next opening theme song for Nippon TV’s anime “Beelzebub”. "Baby U" will be available in four editions: Limited Edition...

2NE1 just started their Japanese debut tour on September 19 at Yokohama Arena. The girls - CL, BOM, DARA, MINZY - will perform just six shows in three cities and it’s predicted that they will bring about 70,000 attendees! With that many projected to see 2NE1 it will significantly surpass Korean group SHINee's debut tour...

[Update - new post with release details and jacket covers] The girls of SCANDAL announced that the band's new single "Harukaze" will be the next opening theme song for anime Bleach starting October 11. This coincides with the anime begining the Shinigami ...

The “CRANQ” theatre project, formed by voice-acting professionals, announced that its original production, “Kenran toka Ranman toka”, will feature Rie Kugimiya. The “queen of tsundere” voice actress will make her stage debut in the play, which is scheduled to run for one week -...

Metal band Maximum the Hormone's song “Black ¥ Power G Men Spy“ which was released in 2007 on their album, “Bu-ikikaesu“, is selected as the opening theme song for upcoming drama “QP”. For the ending theme song, Lenny Kravitz’s song, “Looking Back on Love...

Koda Kumi’s new single, “Ai wo Tomenaide” is set to release on September 21st. The new single will be her 51st single and it will be featured as the theme song to Japanese drama, Second Virgin. The single will come in 3 versions – Type A...

Elisa's concert scheduled for October 2 at the Tokyo Globe-za theater has been cancelled, as well as other future scheduled concerts and events. Elisa's social media, such as her Twitter account, will not be updated while she is on hiatus. Her management agency Smile Company made the announcement on Sunday that singer is...

Set for an October 26th release Sphere's new single "High Powered," will power the opening theme for the second season of anime Squid Girl or Shinryaku!? Ika Musume. Sphere made the announcement from their "Athletic Harmonies -Dangerous Stage-" event on Saturday. The four seiyuu super team...