In a rare move in this conservative nation, Shinjiro Atae, a J-Pop idol, announced on social media and during an in-person event Wednesday, standing in front of a few thousand fans onstage in a ...

Japanese pop idol Shinjiro Atae came out as gay during a concert in Tokyo to over 2,000 of his fans. The announcement, which he said he’d been wanting to make, is highly unusual in Japan where ...

For more than two decades, Japanese record label Avex (responsible for megastars like Ayumi Hamasaki, Do As Infinity and Gackt) has been known for defining the sound of J-pop in the late ‘90s and ...

Koji Fukada is set to direct “Love on Trial,” a film inspired by real cases in Japan where J-Pop idols have been sued for violating “no relationship” contracts. “Love on Trial” reteams the renowned ...

Dom Nguyen, who you might know from the Megatokyo Amerimanga, is our kind of otaku. He's an avid importer of Japanese games, everything from RPGs to dating sims. He composed a love song to a ...

BiS-Kaidan is a cross-generational coup de pop, uniting two acts from opposing ends of Japan’s musical spectrum. BiS (short for Brand-New Idol Society) are representatives of Japan’s “idol” scene, a ...

Last week, J-pop idol and NGT48 member Maho Yamaguchi revealed that she had been attacked by two men at her home in Niigata, Japan, in December after returning home from a performance. The Japanese ...

How much would you pay for one minute of conversation with a 14-year-old girl? Kyoko Miyake’s unflinching new documentary about the shady transactions that surround Japanese pop stardom is available ...

Driven by an unwavering passion for becoming an idol, Yu Azuma, a first-year student at Joshu East High School, embarks on a journey to form an idol group. To make her dream a reality, she recruits ...

J-Pop Idol Kenshin Kamimura Found Guilty of Indecent Assault in Hong Kong By Jessie Pang HONG KONG, August 13 (Reuters) -J-pop star Kenshin Kamimura was found guilty by a Hong Kong court on Wednesday ...

This robot is a better dancer than half of the Japanese pop idol groups it's trying to emulate. While we're not going to torture ourselves (or you) by deep-diving into the curious phenomenon of ...