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…

Legendary band VAMPS has announced hiatus with undetermined comeback date, leaving millions of fans shocked and heartbroken. Below is the official announcement. —————— To all BLOODSUCKERS, Thank you very…

After 11 years’ wait, the “Japanese Beck”, Keigo Oyamada, also known as CORNELIUS, is finally back with his new LP “Mellow Waves”. 20 Years ago, he released his most important work “Fantasma” which…

World famous Cup Noodle’s Nissin developed the fork “OTOHIKO” equipment that can camouflage noodle sipping sound! Did you know that “Noodle Harassment” is an international issue? People say that the slurping noise Japanese…

The 2018 SXSW Music Festival has just revealed the first round of showcasing artists, of which four bands are from Tokyo, Japan. Running from March 9th through 18th this year in Austin, TX, SXSW presents its participants all sorts of…

On September 26th, 2017, VAMPS brought the UNDERWORLD to The Roxy in Los Angeles, California! No strangers to this cozy live house in West Hollywood, this rock duo performed at this venue before in 2015. In the past, HYDE (Vocals) and K.A.Z…