The charts for December 2011 are dominated by another 1+ million selling single by AKB48 with their “Uekara Mariko” selling a huge 1,273,748 and putting it nearly 1 million ahead of the second place single. The rest of the top 5 singles is dominated by boy groups with ...

The singles top spot easily went to Kis-My-Ft2 and their second single “We never give up!” with more than 245,000 sold. Even though Kis-My-Ft2 has been around since 2005 their major label debut was just this past August and their popularity can’t be questioned as the group...

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...

The 9 girls to voice the roles in the upcoming anime AKB0048 as been announced. This is the culmination of a month long selection process that gave all 200 members from AKB48 and sister groups SKE48, NMB48, and HKT48...

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...

After a week delay AKB48 has announced the names of the 30 members who passed the first round of judging to be one of the 9 voice actors (seiyuu) for their Spring 2012 anime “AKB0048.” It was previously stated the results would be released December 2nd but it wasn’t...

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...

  TV Asahi’s music show “MUSIC STATION” guest lineup for their show for Friday December 9th has just been released - Emi Takei, AKB48, Kis-My-Ft2, SMAP, frumpool and BoA - are all set to perform. More details on the...

Via the official website for the anime that will star members from AKB48 the title of the anime was announced, “AKB0048.” Further it was announced that there will be manga adaptions as well as details for how the members will be selected for roles in the anime. Details follow,The...

Two Johnny’s Entertainment groups topped the charts with week - the debut of Sexy Zone on the singles charts and Kanjani8 on the album charts. Overall a strong week for single releases as only last weeks topper SKE48 managed to stay in the top 10 at #8. In a...

Oba Mina made a surprise and tearful appearance at the AKB48 hand-shake event November 12th at Makuhari Messe in Chiba held to celebrate their current single, “Kaze wa Fuiteiru.” When Oba made her appearance the Hall was filled with a huge cheer. She tearfully apologized to the...

Japan Post began offering collectable stamp sets bearing the faces of AKB48 members on November 8th. On the release day AKB48 fans overwhelmed and crashed the Japan Post website. Japan Post released the statement to remind fans, “You don’t need to use the website to order the stamps. You ...

Arashi dominated the singles charts with week with “Meikyu Love Song” selling over 530,000 copies. It was the mega-boy group’s 32nd single to hit #1. The girls of Perfume made a good showing in the second spot with their latest single “SPICE.” With...

AKB48’s 24th single titled “Uekara Mariko” (上からマリコ ) is set for release December 7th and will feature Shinoda Mariko both in the title track song title but also on all 4 cover jacket versions. Shinoda won the center position during the “Senbatsu...

ABK48, KARA, aiko, Ikimonogakari, 2NE1, Koda Kumi, and Kana Nishino are just part of the huge line-up of performing at this year’s “Best Hit Song Festival 2011....

The popular idol group AKB48 held a concert at the Seibu Dome in Saitama this past summer and will release the concert footage on DVD December 28.  The concert, “Yossha ~Ikuzo~! in Seibu Dome” (“All Right ~ Lets Go~!”) was held over 3 days back on July 22nd-24th 2011....