JAPAN NIGHT is coming to London this summer bringing along the combined musical talents of VAMPS, LING TOSITE SIGURE, [ALEXANDROS] and OKAMATO’S. Staged over two nights this July, Japan Night coincides with HYPER JAPAN with both events taking place at … Read More
Evil Japanese idol group AKB48 have been confirmed for the main villain role in “Star Trek 3,” according to industry news source Variety. J.J. Abrams, who is producing the new Star Trek adventure told Variety that the idol outfit fulfilled … Read More
A few weeks back a curious feature popped up on the Hyper Japan website. It was a puff piece designed to draw attention to the fact that Dempagumi.inc are to perform at the summer event, which is big news considering … Read More
DEMPAGUMI.INC have now officially been confirmed to appear at the summer HYPER JAPAN event. The Tokyo-based idol act, who specialise in the denpa style of J-Pop (read: insanely catchy), have been barreling along since 2008, but it was the rapid-fire … Read More
“People Usually Aren’t Idols for 10 Years, Are They?” Berryz Koubou’s 35th single, released 10 years after their debut seemed to have the optimistic message: Berryz were the idols who would be going against the grain and be around for … Read More
The LONDON AND ANIME GAMING CON has its first event of 2015 next weekend – and J-Pop Go will be on DJ duties for the Saturday night. The LAGC combines a love of anime, gaming, cosplay and Japanese pop culture … Read More
Looking at Japan’s traditional Christmas music show While Christmas in Japan is a very different experience to those that we enjoy in the west, there’s a familiar tradition that arrives every New Year’s Eve in the shape of Kohaku Uta … Read More
Legendary Ghost In The Shell singer passes Sad news this week with the news that ORIGA, whose distinctive vocals were such a vital part of the soundtrack to Ghost In The Shell : Stand Alone Complex, passed away last weekend. … Read More
It was always a most unlikely collaboration: in one corner, the colourful idol outfit MOMOIRO CLOVER Z and the other corner, the classic rock outfit KISS. The finished product is ‘Yume No Ukiyo Ni Saitemina’, a song that was penned … Read More
Last year proved to be a strong year for J-Pop releases – and along with it came a continuation of the desire for some Japanese artists and record labels to expand into a global market. This interest has obviously been … Read More
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