Snow Man breaks records with 1.1 million day-one sales of greatest hits album
Snow Man – the nine-member Japanese boy band whose members include leader Hikaru Iwamoto, Tatsuya Fukazawa, Raul, Shota Watanabe, Koji Mukai, RyContinue reading…
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Japan Foundation presents free 2025 JFF online film festival
Japan Foundation has announced their 2025 online film festival for Japanese movie fans. This year’s films are divided into special features: BridgContinue reading…
Leetspeak monsters to perform at Katsucon 2025
Visual kei rock band Leetspeak monsters has been announced as a musical guest of honor for Katsucon. In addition to a concert, fans can expect to Continue reading…
XY drops surprise single “Crazy Love (XIV Version)”
Hot new boy band XY, produced by YOSHIKI, dropped the surprise single “Crazy Love (XIV Version)” on January 27, and the song has already hit #1 onContinue reading…
Phantom Siita’s first North American tour starts this week
Phantom Siita has announced the dates for their first North America Tour “Moth to a Flame”. San Jose – Jan. 28 Anaheim – Jan. 30 Dallas – Feb. Continue reading…
L’Arc-en-Ciel releases Limited Editions of YOU GOTTA RUN from Beyblade X opening
L’Arc〜en〜Ciel recently released an upbeat new single “YOU GOTTA RUN”, which debuted as the opening song for the anime Beyblade X on October 18Continue reading…
Best J-Pop/J-Rock Album Covers 2024
Check out J-Generation′s best J-Pop and J-Rock album/single jackets of 2024, chosen by David Cirone, Nhu Nguyen, Marc Bowie, and Molly CoggshallContinue reading…
SCANDAL launches international social media accounts
“Hi, everyone! Thank you so much for your amazing support for SCANDAL over the years! We are excited to announce the launch of our new internationContinue reading…
DIR EN GREY set to rock fans in California for the first time in over five years
DIR EN GREY is ready to rock the US when they return on April 8 and 9 for a two night special event in Los Angeles, California. This will be theirContinue reading…
BUCK-TICK adds infinity symbol to band name for new album Subrosa
In October of 2023, Japan and the world lost a phenomenal and versatile vocalist, Atsushi Sakurai. Deeply mourning the loss of their vocalist, BUCContinue reading…