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Actor and singer Tamaki Hiroshi, who recently switched his label to Universal, is finally going to release a new single and a new album after more than two years of focusing on his acting career and touring through Asian countries.

His new single is called “FREE” and will be released on May 25th. It’s said to be a fresh up-tempo song that is going ( Read more... )

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On April 13th, SUGIZO will release his new songs, “NO MORE NUKES PLAY THE GUITAR” and “The EDGE“, digitally through the iTunes store and major mobile music sites.  These songs mark SUGIZO’s first solo works in around a year.

“NO MORE NUKES PLAY THE GUITAR” is an aggressive instrumental number arranged by Numanoid vs MaZDA with a message of opposing ( Read more... )

Earlier this week, Becky visited the Tohoku region as a volunteer. Her mission there was to bring a smile to the faces of all the children suffering from the tragic disaster.
Before visiting the shelters, Becky visited the surrounding areas and surveyed the damage done by the earthquake. She had realized it was very different to see the devastation ( Read more... )

SMAP member Nakai Masahiro appears to have secretly visited a shelter in Fukushima on April 7th, showing his compassion for the disaster victims.
According to reports from Fuji Television, Nakai arrived at the shelter in a mask, hat, and sunglasses to hide his identity, but made sure to greet everyone by at least taking off his shades. Apparently, ( Read more... )

On April 2nd, singer Aoyama Thelma showed up at the charity live “SMILE!! NIPPON“, which was held at Fuji-Q Highland (amusement park) in Yamanashi Prefecture.
She performed six songs in total, such as “Soba ni Iru ne“, “Nandomo“, “Zutto.“, “WANNA COME AGAIN“, and she then told the audience, “Through this disaster, I’ve noticed that it is a very ( Read more... )

Earlier today, Morning Musume’s Takahashi Ai gave an announcement to everyone on her blog.
She wrote:

“We, Morning Musume, will begin our spring tour on 4/3 at Oomiya Sonic City.

Right now, everyone is focusing on helping the victims and restoration from the “Great Tohoku Earthquake”.

We, Morning Musume, have also been thinking about what we ( Read more... )

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11 groups and 13 people from “Top Coat” Entertainment Production attended the “Kokoro wa Hitotsu” charity handshake event at Ebisu Garden Hall in Tokyo on April 2nd. The fans that brought donations were allowed to have a handshake and a high five with some of the stars. Fans were able to get up close with a lot of the agency’s talents and this ( Read more... )