HYDE – the lead vocalist for two of Japan’s biggest rock bands, L’Arc~en~Ciel and VAMPS – has announced that he will be performing three additional headlining U.S. shows in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Boston. As…

SNOW MIKU 2019 is a festival that”Yuki (Snow) Miku (Hatsune Miku)” supports for Winter Hokkaido. The “SNOW MIKU” festival has been held by “Sapporo Snow Festival” since 2010 as the Crypton · Future · Media Co.,…

Los Angeles’ most popular anime-themed food operation on wheels, Okamoto Kitchen announces the launch of a Kickstarter to expand their unique mashup of Japanese comfort food, pop culture, and anime in 2019 with the production of an entirely…

Singer-songwriter Oh Shu has announced the release of 7 inch analog of his new double A-side single, “don’t hurt pride / Muzhhik”. Born in Shanghai and raised in Tokyo, Oh Shu has made his music works known as the…

Japanese actor Shun Oguri has been confirmed to make his first hollywood appearance joining the upcoming monster film Godzilla vs. Kong. Although the role he is to play is not yet announced, it is said that Oguri will be playing an…

Tomoya Kanki, the drummer of Japanese rock band, One Ok Rock, better known as “Tomoya”, has been accused of having a repeated sexual relationship 7 years ago with a female high school student who was only 16 years old back then.…

“Yuimetal had expressed her desire to return performing with the group in the following months after last December’s performance due health concerns,” says the statement made by the band. “During her absence, both Su-Metal…

Kao Nivea released a limited design “Nivea cream” illustrated by cartoonist Momoko Sakura who died on August 15th at her age 53 on September 8th. Momoko Sakura is one of the most-famous Japanese manga creators who was best known…

This year, Kawaii Kakkoii Sugoi was given the exciting opportunity to cover the second annual Crunchyroll Expo at the San Jose McEnry Convention Center! With 45,000 guests attending over the three-day weekend, Crunchyroll Expo saw an…

Japanese superstar HOTEI returns to Europe in October 2018 with live dates scheduled in Belgium, France, Switzerland, Italy, and the UK. Hotei will be playing his first ever headline show in Italy in Milan, and makes return visits to the…

As one of the most epic math rock bands over the recent years, toe certainly do not need to change style with each release in order to prove themselves. They only do what they like to do and do it best. It’s hard to put out a record…

We asked SCANDAL questions about their newest album “HONEY” and about their upcoming tour! Check out our EXCLUSIVE interview below: 1) Which song do you enjoy performing most from your latest album, “HONEY”?…

YOSHIKI will create a special musical performance to celebrate the Grand Opening of JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles at Hollywood & Highland on Friday, August 24th, opening all its doors to the public starting August 25, 2018. JAPAN HOUSE has…

Japanese rock band, SCANDAL, has announced their 6 city U.S. and Mexico tour dates in cities including San Francisco, New York City, and Mexico City. On this tour, they will be promoting their latest album “HONEY” released this…

PAPP star, PIKOTARO, is releasing his latest sushi themed song, prior to the Tokyo Olympics in 2020! The title is “Can you see? I’m SUSHI”!! “Japan is THE Sushi country but there were not so many songs about sushi, so now I hope people all…