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Ex-Ladybaby Members Release 1st Major Single
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THE JAPAN NEWS
Rie Kaneko and Rei Kuromiya, two of the former members of Ladybaby, have made their major-label debut as The Idol Formerly Known As Ladybaby.
The new single is titled “Sanpai! Goshuin girls ☆” (King Records) — “sanpai” meaning “worship visit” and “goshuin” meaning stamps visitors...
Rie Kaneko and Rei Kuromiya, two of the former members of Ladybaby, have made their major-label debut as The Idol Formerly Known As Ladybaby.
The new single is titled “Sanpai! Goshuin girls ☆” (King Records) — “sanpai” meaning “worship visit” and “goshuin” meaning stamps visitors...
- March 29, 2017
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Okinawan Governor Attends Rally to Protest U.S. Base Relocation
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JAPAN TODAY
NAHA — Okinawan Gov Takeshi Onaga took part in a rally held Saturday to protest against the relocation of a U.S. military base to the northern part of the prefecture, vowing to revoke his predecessor’s approval of land reclamation.
It is the first time that the governor, who was ele...
NAHA — Okinawan Gov Takeshi Onaga took part in a rally held Saturday to protest against the relocation of a U.S. military base to the northern part of the prefecture, vowing to revoke his predecessor’s approval of land reclamation.
It is the first time that the governor, who was ele...
- March 25, 2017
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Yoshiki Reflects on X Japan’s History
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THE JAPAN NEWS
Rock band X Japan is revving up their activities.
On March 4, the band performed before about 10,000 people at The SSE Arena, Wembley (formerly known as Wembley Arena), in London, while
“We Are X,” a documentary film about the history of the band, is currently showing in cinemas ...
Rock band X Japan is revving up their activities.
On March 4, the band performed before about 10,000 people at The SSE Arena, Wembley (formerly known as Wembley Arena), in London, while
“We Are X,” a documentary film about the history of the band, is currently showing in cinemas ...
- March 25, 2017
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60-year-old Grandma Does Funky Rice Dance in Tokyo
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JAPAN TRENDS
How cool is this grandma? Cool enough to do a perfectly choreographed “kome dance” (rice dance) with two other female performers (approximately 40 years younger) in kimono.
If you eat plenty of rice, then it seems you are destined to live as long as this 60-year-old lady and stil...
How cool is this grandma? Cool enough to do a perfectly choreographed “kome dance” (rice dance) with two other female performers (approximately 40 years younger) in kimono.
If you eat plenty of rice, then it seems you are destined to live as long as this 60-year-old lady and stil...
- March 24, 2017
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Support for Kumamoto
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JAPAN TODAY
Kumamon, the popular black bear mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture, dances alongside Tom, mascot of the U.S. Embassy in Japan, in front of Kumamoto Castle.
Around 350 people, including U.S. citizens living in Kumamoto, gathered to join in the making of a short film produced by the embass...
Kumamon, the popular black bear mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture, dances alongside Tom, mascot of the U.S. Embassy in Japan, in front of Kumamoto Castle.
Around 350 people, including U.S. citizens living in Kumamoto, gathered to join in the making of a short film produced by the embass...
- March 23, 2017
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Somber Samurai
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THE JAPAN NEWS
Samurai Japan players react after Nobuhiro Matsuda struck out for the final out in the team’s 2-1 loss to the United States in the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic on Tuesday at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
Japan lost in the semifinals for the second straight WBC after ...
Samurai Japan players react after Nobuhiro Matsuda struck out for the final out in the team’s 2-1 loss to the United States in the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic on Tuesday at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
Japan lost in the semifinals for the second straight WBC after ...
- March 23, 2017
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Japan’s Coffee-flavored Toast Spread is Now on Sale
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ROCKET NEWS
Who’s ready to eat their morning coffee?
From the moment we woke up on the morning of March 1, we were looking forward to a taste of invigorating coffee. But we had no plans to brew a pot of java, because there’s now a whole new way to get your coffee fix in Japan.
Coming a little o...
Who’s ready to eat their morning coffee?
From the moment we woke up on the morning of March 1, we were looking forward to a taste of invigorating coffee. But we had no plans to brew a pot of java, because there’s now a whole new way to get your coffee fix in Japan.
Coming a little o...
- March 22, 2017
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X Japan's Yoshiki Talks of New Album, New Film and Exorcising Old Demons
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO — “People say ‘rock is dead.’ It’s not dead. I think it’s about to come back—as long as there are some people like me, somebody crazy, still doing it.”
Fresh from a live show at London’s Wembley Arena, and days after the
release in Japan of a documentary charting the rise of h...
TOKYO — “People say ‘rock is dead.’ It’s not dead. I think it’s about to come back—as long as there are some people like me, somebody crazy, still doing it.”
Fresh from a live show at London’s Wembley Arena, and days after the
release in Japan of a documentary charting the rise of h...
- March 17, 2017
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Yoshiki: ‘We Had to Make Our Own World’
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JAPAN TIMES
Yoshiki Hayashi hardly sleeps. The drummer, pianist, songwriter and leader of rock band X Japan has been in and out of the country constantly these past few months, promoting his band’s new documentary film, “We Are X.” At the same time he has been performing solo concerts, recordin...
Yoshiki Hayashi hardly sleeps. The drummer, pianist, songwriter and leader of rock band X Japan has been in and out of the country constantly these past few months, promoting his band’s new documentary film, “We Are X.” At the same time he has been performing solo concerts, recordin...
- March 16, 2017
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Inada Backtracks on Moritomo Case
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THE JAPAN NEWS
Defense Minister Tomomi Inada on Tuesday admitted her involvement in a civil court case filed by educational corporation Moritomo Gakuen and corrected her Monday statement denying it.
Speaking at Tuesday’s plenary session of the House of Representatives, Inada said she had appear...
Defense Minister Tomomi Inada on Tuesday admitted her involvement in a civil court case filed by educational corporation Moritomo Gakuen and corrected her Monday statement denying it.
Speaking at Tuesday’s plenary session of the House of Representatives, Inada said she had appear...
- March 15, 2017
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