Veteran Japanese comedian Ken Shimura, who was hospitalized for pneumonia on Monday, tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, his agency announced Wednesday. His condition is not currently critical.
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Japanese band MAN WITH A MISSION shared the cover artwork and track lists for two of its 10th anniversary projects set to drop in April.
The wolf-masked rockers are celebrating 10 years in music with a trilogy of releases this year. The first in the series will be a collection of B-sides and covers, and the second will feature remixes of the band's tracks by various artists.
MAN WITH A "B-SIDES & COVERS" MISSION, due April 1, compiles 14 fan favorites included in the band's past singles, plus a
Veteran Japanese comedian Ken Shimura, who was hospitalized for pneumonia on Monday, tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, his agency announced Wednesday. His condition is not currently critical.
J-pop singer-songwriter miwa is celebrating her 10th year in music by making the complete versions of all of her past music videos available on her official YouTube channel.Like many other pop artists in Japan, only selected videos by the 29-year-old singer were available online in their entirety.
As the world shuts down and goes into isolation amidst the coronavirus pandemic, Nadia Bartel has opened up about how she is struggling to adjust to life as a single mum.
Warner Bros. International Television Production and Japanese pay-TV broadcaster Wowow are partnering for a third season of Japan's hit local-language remake of Cold Case.
Japanese pay-TV group, Wowow has greenlighted a third season of its local adaptation of U.S. hit series “Cold Case.” It is expected to premiere in winter 2020.
J-pop singer-songwriter Leo Ieiri is releasing her first EP, a short-but-sweet collection of covers of well-known songs by other Japanese acts, spanning from the 1970s to the 2000s.The 25-year-old artist chose what songs to cover from more than 10,000 requests sent in from fans. "I really appreciated so many people sending in suggestions for what songs they wanted me to sing," she shared.
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.