Celebrity YOSHIKI and Josh Groban Release New Version of X JAPAN’s “Forever Love”
YOSHIKI and Josh Groban release a new live version of X JAPAN's ballad "Forever Love," recorded at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
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Celebrity 16-Year-Old Idol Chiyu Yuine Exits Dress Code Over ‘Serious Contract Violation’
Dress Code's youngest member, 16-year-old Chiyu Yuine, has left the group after what it called a serious contract violation. No details were given.
Celebrity Olympic Gold Medalists Rika Miura and Ryuichi Kihara Announce Engagement
Figure skating pair 'Rikuryu,' who won Olympic pairs gold at Milano Cortina, announced their engagement in matching medal-winning costumes.
Celebrity Yurina Hirate Delivers Genre-Bending Solo Show at Budokan with ‘Anatatachi no Karute’
Yurina Hirate played her first solo Nippon Budokan show on Aug. 20, blending music, theater and poetry in a 70-minute piece about refusing to be defined by others.
Streamer Streamer Apologizes After Climbing Tokyo’s Cursed Masakado Burial Mound On Livestream
A livestreamer on Kick apologized after climbing onto Tokyo's legendary Masakado burial mound and screaming during a broadcast, sparking online backlash.
Social Media Model Rie Ayase Doubles Down After Backlash Over Her ‘Y50 Million Salary’ Marriage Wish
Model and influencer Rie Ayase went viral for wanting a husband earning 50 million yen a year — and now says the backlash brought her real DMs from men who qualify.
Celebrity Shun Oguri and Lily James’s ‘Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo’ Trailer Drops, Theme Song Is Ado’s New Single ‘Raven Sky’
The full trailer for Takashi Miike's Hollywood-Japan crime thriller 'Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo,' starring Shun Oguri and Lily James, is out — with Ado's new song 'Raven Sky' as its theme.
Celebrity YOSHIKI Donates ¥10 Million to Flood-Hit Hometown of Chiba
X JAPAN leader YOSHIKI has donated ¥10 million to Chiba Prefecture after record rainfall devastated the region, continuing his decades-long pattern of public disaster relief giving.
YouTube Hajime Shacho Unveils Hidden Room Disguised as a Fridge in His ¥500 Million Mansion
YouTuber Hajime Shacho revealed a secret room hidden behind a fake refrigerator door in his ¥500 million Shizuoka home, and was stunned to learn it cost ¥6 million to build.
Social Media Ex-‘Aojiru King’ Yuta Misaki Gets ChatGPT Account Banned After Fake Crime Threat ‘Test’
Entrepreneur Yuta Misaki says his paid ChatGPT account was suspended for violence after he typed a fictional crime warning as an experiment, warning fans that AI chats aren't private.