Which celebrities are drawing the most attention and have the highest name value? The answers were revealed through the June issue of information magazine ‘Nikkei Entertainment!‘.

This ‘Talent Power Ranking’ is held every quarter by Nikkei Entertainment and was created by ARCHITECT Co., Ltd.. They take a survey and examine people’s “degree of ( Read more... )

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A hilarious parody of BIG BANG’s Japanese PV for “Tonight” has been uploaded onto Universal Music Japan’s official YouTube channel!

The group, who call themselves “PIGBANG” - consists of entirely of Japanese comedians, with Hiking Walking’s Suzuki Q-Taro as V.I, NON STYLE’s Inoue Yusuke as SOL, Football Hour’s Iwao Nozomu as G-Dragon, Joyman’s ( Read more... )

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The 2011 Tokyo Marathon took place on Sunday. Ethiopian runner Hailu Mekonnen won the race with a time of 2 hours, 7 minutes, and 35 seconds, while Russia’s Tatiana Aryasova won the women’s race with a time of 2 hours, 27 minutes, and 29 seconds.

33 Japanese celebrities completed this year’s race. The fastest of them was comedian Neko Hiroshi, at an ( Read more... )

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