Hinatazaka46 Debuts at No. 1 as Official HIGE DANdism Leads Streaming on Japan Hot 100

They’re stars of two of the biggest shows on television and “The Walking Dead”’s Norman Reedus and “This Is Us”’ Milo Ventimiglia take their bromance on the road in Sunday’s episode of AMC motorcycle road trip series, “Ride with Norman Reedus”.

The Olympic flame arrived in Japan today from Greece as doubts continue to grow that the Games can be held on schedule due to the worldwide coronavirus pandemic.

J-pop rapper SKY-HI dropped the new music video for "Don't Worry Baby Be Happy," his latest trilingual single featuring Thai pop star Stamp.

Japanese public broadcaster NHK has devised a range of programming and technological responses to the coronavirus outbreak which has disrupted normal life and forced millions of people to live and work from home.

Japanese company Toei is launching a designated YouTube channel to give fans access to classic Tokusatsu genre shows from the 1960s to the 1990s, it announced Wednesday.

Official HIGE DANdism's "I LOVE…" returns to No. 1 on this week's Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated March 9 to 15, scoring its third week at the top spot by dominating four metrics of the chart's measurement: streaming, downloads, video views, and look-ups.

HBO Max's upcoming crime thriller Tokyo Vice has joined the growing list of major Hollywood productions to hit pause in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The series, helmed by four-time Oscar nominee Michael Mann, had been shooting on location in Tokyo since March 5.

Everything about Chanmina can be described with one word: “unique.”Well, there are a few more words.

Japanese melodic punk band WANIMA was one of the first major-label J-pop groups directly affected by the novel coronavirus outbreak in the country, when one of the first reported cases was a fan who had attended its early February concert in Fukuoka.

J-pop boy band JO1 (pronounced "jay-oh-one") shoots to No. 1 on the latest Billboard Japan Hot 100 (dated March 2 to 8) with its debut single, "INFINITY." The new 11-member group, formed through the audition program PRODUCE 101 JAPAN, led physical sales with 344,299 copies sold and also topped Twitter mentions, where they have charted for seven weeks.

My Chemical Romance has postponed upcoming tour dates in Japan due to the global coronavirus pandemic.

By Jake Kanter

LDH JAPAN -- home of popular J-pop vocal and dance groups EXILE, Sandaime J SOUL BROTHERS, GENERATIONS, E-girls and more -- has announced it will make approximately 40 of its artists' live concert footage available for streaming on its official YouTube channel free of charge for a limited lime until the end of the month.

Terminator: Dark Fate shoots to Number 1 following its release on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K UHD. The sixth instalment of the franchise (and direct sequel to Terminator 2, bringing back series leads Linda Hamilton & Arnold Schwarzenegger) knocks last week’s chart-topper Joker to Number 3.

Disney and Pixar’s animated fantasy adventure “Onward” led international box office charts, but the rapid spread of coronavirus has impacted moviegoing overseas.

“The Journalist,” Michihito Fujii’s drama about a young female reporter who investigates a scandal that extends to the highest reaches of Japanese politics, won the Best Picture prize at the 43rd Japan Academy Awards ceremony, held in Tokyo Friday.

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom have postponed their upcoming nuptials in Japan, according to multiple reports. Per People magazine, citing a source, the couple -- who is expecting their first child together -- was all set to wed in early summer. However, due to the coronavirus (COVID-19), they've reportedly decided to put their plans on hold.