Tag: AKB48

Some of you might already know this, but at the end of this month, I’ll be celebrating seventeen years as ...

Sad news for fans of Japan’s top idol group, AKB48. According to a message posted on their official blog, the ...

Japan is buzzing over the enactment of a new Secrets Protection Act which threatens prison terms for government employees or ...

People in J-List's home prefecture of Gunma are going to be extra careful driving this week, for two reasons. The ...

As with the rest of the world, the Japanese are increasingly turning to social websites for sharing links and ideas ...

The "age of JPOP idols" in Japan began in 1971, the first year the term "idol" (aidoru) was used on ...