As the host of a radio show interviewing K-pop artists and introducing South Korean culture, 20-year-old Tsuki, who hails from Osaka Prefecture, knows her stuff. In her day job, the young Japanese ...

Some Japanese male idol groups become household names thanks to their broad, mainstream appeal. Others, though, appeal to a specific niche, like the newly formed idol unit Aloma. They’ve been earning ...

注目を集めるアイドルやブレークが期待されるアイドルのインタビューと特技を披露した動画を紹介する「動く！アイドル」に、「東京パフォーマンスドール（TPD）」の上西星来さんが登場。動画では、特技のI字開脚を披露している。

Misa Kimura was still a student from Tatebayashi, Gunma Prefecture, when she visited Tokyo’s Harajuku neighborhood for the first time. It felt like stepping into a dream. “Every kind of clothing or ...

Extracurricular activities at schools in Japan can be broadly divided into two categories. Some of them are the same sort of sports teams or cultural clubs as you’d find in many other countries, like ...

Japanese pop idol group Arashi has wrapped up its final concert, putting an end to its activities stretching 26-and-a-half years. The all-male unit shot to national fame with a host of hit songs after ...

SEOUL (Mainichi) -- Tens of thousands attended a Japanese and South Korean cultural exchange event that was held for the 20th time on Sept. 22 in this capital city. Attendees cosplaying as characters ...

Whether enjoyed through streaming or sung at karaoke, “Idol” by Yoasobi, the theme song for the Oshi no Ko anime, was Japan’s most popular song of the 2023 fiscal year. The Japanese Society for Rights ...