The romantic relationship between former AKB48 member Atsuko Maeda and actor Ryo Katsuji has been under the spotlight since their date was witnessed in Omotesando, Tokyo. The two have been knowing each other for a fairly long time but have…

Legendary guitarist, solo artist, human rights activist MIYAVI has released a new music video for his latest song – “Long Nights.” The video is a musical/vocal duet between guitarist MIYAVI and Afghan phenom rapper, Sonita, who has drawn…

Japanese guitarist MIYAVI has surely been firing up the acting engine these years with the controversial character in Oscar nominated Unbroken and some short appearances in blockbusters like Kong: Skull Land. Now, he will return to the film…

DYGL’s new single “Bad Kicks” has proved to us again that this band is better built than anyone else within this Japanese indie rock generation, and may very well fall short of finding contenders domestically in the next three years. I knew…

Rock band, FLOW, announced their Latin American tour titled FLOW 15th Anniversary TOUR 2018 “Anime-Shibari”—Latin America Tour—as part of their world tour. The tour will feature all 21 anime theme songs by FLOW. The Latin America Tour…

Earlier this month, South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Festival has announced its third round of showcase artists with the addition of 11 new Japanese acts. We are positive that the list will keep growing with more showcase artists to be added…

Talent agency Johnny’s has just announced the debut of a six-piece boy group “King & Prince”. This is the first Johnny’s boy group debut in 4 years. The members are separated into two groups of Kings (Hirano Sho,…

Though recent lineups have been criticized as popularized and light on rock acts, Coachella is becoming more welcoming towards Asian artists. Last year, Korean Hip-Hop group Epik High has been included in Coachella’s 2017 lineup. This…

It is already a new year here in Japan. 70000 people celebrated the New Year in the countdown at the scrambled intersection in Shibuya, Tokyo. Happy year of the dog!

Tokyo psychedelic band “Kikagaku Moyo” just announced their next North America tour plan. Having released an EP “Stone Garden” and supported a handful of bands of similar style such as Pond and King Gizzard & The…

Aiba Masaki, member of pop group “Arashi” reportedly has been dating a woman his own age from Kansai according to Japanese tabloid media “FLASH”. In the news, the apartment where Masaki currently lives has been…

Amazarashi, the mysterious Aomori rock duo is releasing their 4th full album “Local City’s Memento Mori” today. Known for providing opening and ending themes to multiple popular anime works such as “Tokyo…

This fall, explore one of the earliest, and largely unknown, encounters between Japan and the West in the 16th century, as seen through the eyes of artist Hiroshi Sugimoto. In celebration of Japan Society’s 110th anniversary, Hiroshi…

Japanese post-rock/math-rock band “toe” is releasing a compilation album “That’s Another Story” including old song covers, ad music and collaboration with fellow musicians on January 24th, 2018, while adding…

Yesterday, Streets of Rage SEGA’s iconic beat ‘em up joins SEGA Forever, a growing collection of classic SEGA games that are free-to-play (with ad support) for mobile devices. All games in the SEGA Forever collection are available to…