Fancy having Namie Amuro on your cup? If you recall, Koppu no Fuchiko (literally "Fuchiko on the edge of the cup") was originally a Gachapon capsule toy created by Kitan Club. The mini mini Office ...
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The sad truth is that sometimes Japanese consumers are a simple bunch, at least in the eyes of the ad men. Forget complex marketing strategies or clever stunts. The way to their hearts is just to put ...
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The website for UK fashion magazine i-D currently features Japanese idol group Babymetal. Online you can find an interview with the three young Japanese ladies, "bringing kawaii-metal to the ...
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Idol unit BiS's latest music video is directed by none other than fashion legend Nigo. "Nerve" has been released as a collaboration with 2.5D and Vice Japan, and features the female idols partly all ...
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Move over AKB48. There's a new idol group in town and they've got pigtails. In fact, that's their main asset. The "Japan Twin Tail Association" has been around for a little while, promoting their ...
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Two members of AKB48, Japan's largest music idol group, have been attacked by a fan with a saw at a "hand-shaking" event. On Sunday May 25th, the 24-year-old male attacker injured popular members ...
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Artist Takashi Murakami has directed the music video for virtual idol Hatsune Miku's song, "Last Night, Good Night (Re:Dialed)". It has also been re-mixed by Pharrell Williams, whose "Happy" has ...
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Everywhere you go at the moment you seem to hear the Pharrell Williams song "Happy". "Zero air-play, nothing. And the next thing you know, we put out the video on November 21 and all of a ...
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The second Canadian pop star to run afoul of Japan this week! Following Justin Bieber's innocent visit to a certain shrine in central Tokyo, now comes Avril Lavigne's music video where she pines for ...
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Another day, another intriguing Hatsune Miku collaboration. From expensive opera productions to every piece of merchandise an otaku can get his hands on, Hatsune Miku is not just a virtual idol, ...
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While the Japanese media always seems to be dominated by upbeat reports of the "millions" of sales that AKB48 ostensibly achieves, the real story of the Japanese music industry is one of serious ...
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This might be the most bizarre advertising collaboration we've ever heard of... but one guaranteed to become a meme. Welsh-born, naturalized Japanese naturalist (get it?) CW Nicol has loaned his ...
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Fancy joining AKB48? It was announced yesterday that the idol mega group is now recruiting a new member to join the ranks for a limited time only. The newbie will be over 30 years old, a stark ...
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Work by the composer of the most famous pieces of Japanese contemporary classical music from this century is now alleged not to have been composed wholly by its official creator. The score for ...
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AKB at the ASEAN summit... Did we think we'd see the day? It's come, also confirming that they (or their successors) will almost certainly be main stage at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games opening ...
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