J-Pop

Utada Hikaru sings incredible new one-take version of “First Love,” 26 years after original release

J-pop mega star returns to the biggest hit of her career as an adult, with some help from a special musical partner from her past.

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Mega-hit Japanese boy band Arashi is disbanding

Long hiatus to become permanent following farewell tour.

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J-pop…maybe J-metal?…band Asunojokei blends genres, wins fans in Japan and abroad【Interview】

We sit down for a talk with Kei Toriki about making a musical chimera.

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Sailor Moon and J-pop mega-star Ayumi Hamasaki team up for collaboration, pre-defeat scalpers

Sailor Moon creator draws band-new illustration of the manga heroine and best-selling vocalist.

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J-pop mega star Ado reveals she’s been living in the U.S., may not understand language acquisition

“Usseewa” singer and One Piece voice actress seems unclear on how long it takes to learn a foreign language.

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Awesome Transformers 40th anniversary anime short created in famous studio team-up【Video】

Trigger teams up with top-talent studios and Bump of Chicken for a 40-year love letter to the entire Transformers franchise.

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Foreigners living in Japan have surprisingly old top Japanese karaoke song picks in survey

Top-ranking songs have average age of over 30 years old.

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As punishment for boyfriend pics, idol singer to post good night photos of herself alone for one year

Momoka Tojo apologizes to fans, other members after mistakenly shard birthday photos.

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Ado and GRe4N to perform at One Piece Day 2024, live and streaming

This year’s event includes full concert lineups.

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Secret-identity J-pop singer Ado to hold handshake event with surreal setup to hide her face

Fans have never seen Ado’s face, and that won’t change even after they shake her hand.

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J-pop megastar Utada Hikaru releases new video and recording of “Traveling”【Video】

Let’s go for a ride down memory lane with a new version of one of the singer’s biggest hits.

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J-rock legend Yoshiki composing global theme song for Hello Kitty

Sanrio and X Japan mega-stars announce the newest stage of the decade-plus partnership.

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Setsuna Meteor is getting too old for this idol singer stuff.

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Netlflix stop-motion Pokémon series has new preview video, theme song from city pop legend【Vid】

Psyduck co-stars in series about finding inner peace and daily joy.

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Japanese female rock band Scandal earns a Guinness World Record for staying together for 17 years

17 years and counting!

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New Ghibli anime’s theme song gets music video shot on island that inspired Princess Mononoke【Vid】

Former Vocaloid music creator sings theme for Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron.

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Will Twitter’s rebranding result in poaching ‘X Japan’ name? Legendary musician Yoshiki weighs in

Social media app’s renaming might hit a snag in Japan.

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Boy band Ae! group brings their A-game to music, acting, science, welding, and more【Interview】

We sit down and talk pop with Kansai’s rising boy band stars.

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We sample the Super Cup 1.5 times x Yoasobi collaboration cup ramen that’s now on sale

One of the hottest current J-pop/anisong acts takes their turn at composing cup ramen.

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McDonald’s brings back the Japanese ‘90s with Heisei comeback menu, videos with J-pop hit【Videos】

Any Boys and Girls hungry for some ‘90s nostalgia?

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