Topping the singles charts this week is the debut single from HKT48 - “Suki! Suki! Skip!” - selling over 250,000 copies. The Fukuoka based sister group of AKB48 formed in 2011 and follows other sister groups SKE48 and NMB48 which previously have released...

The K-ON! (Keion) anime franchise is getting ready to release the “K-ON! MUSIC HISTORY’S BOX” contains all the opening and ending theme songs, insert songs, all the character songs plus more on 258 tracks across 12 CD disks. The “K-ON! MUSIC HISTORY’S BOX...

A complete box set of the music from the K-ON! (Keion) franchise has been announced. The “K-ON! MUSIC HISTORY’S BOX” will contain all the opening and ending theme songs, insert songs, all the character songs plus more for over 200 tracks (planned) across 12 CD...

BUMP OF CHICKEN and their new single “GOOD LUCK” topped the singles charts with more than 135,000 sold. The single is featured as the theme song to film “Always Sanchome no Yuhi ‘64”. As predicated in our Chart Preview it was very close...

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...

K-ON! film didn’t smash any records but had strong opening weekend pulling in a reported 316 million yen (about $4,050,000USD) on 137 screens for December 3-4. This should put the animated film in the #1 spot for the weekend just edging out the Steven Spielberg's “The Adventures of Tintin”...

To mark the unveiling of life-size figures of the five main K-ON! characters exhibit, Universal Studios Japan hosted a concert with the voice cast on November 27th.  Over 5,000 showed up for the 1/2 hour live performance by Aki Toyosaki (Yui Hirasawa), Yoko Hikasa (Mio Akiyama), Satomi Sato (Ritsu Tainaka), Minako Kotobuki (Tsumugi...

Television special School Live Show for Teens "Keion" will air this Friday the 28th (6:55-7:25pm) on the E-Tele, educational channel of the Japanese public broadcaster NHK. Inspired by the K-ON! anime, the reality show will profile seven real-life high school bands in Osaka and put them in a judged battle of...