Rising J-Pop Duo YOASOBI Reveal Influences From Anime to Folk: Interview

The first episode of the tvN's variety show Summer Vacation premiered on July 17. The series, which sees South Korean celebrities escape to a home vacation with friends, family or even alone to an abode outside the busy cities, kicked off the reality show with Jung Yu Mi, Choi Woo Shik and Park Seo Joon.

Two men and two teens have been charged in the death of rising rapper Pop Smoke, who was killed during a Los Angeles home-invasion robbery in February, the district attorney’s office said Monday. Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey said in a statement that Corey Walker and Keandre Rodgers were charged with murder that occurred during the commission of a robbery and burglary.

LOS ANGELES -- Two men and two teens have been charged in the death of rising rapper Pop Smoke who was killed during a Los Angeles home-invasion robbery in February, the district attorney’s office said Monday. Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey said in a statement that Corey Walker and Keandre Rodgers were charged with murder that occurred during the commission of a robbery and burglary.

Sofia Richie is all smiles while hanging out with some friends over the weekend in Los Angeles.

J-pop duo Yorushika shared a clip teasing snippets of all the tracks on their upcoming third studio album with an unconventional theme.

J-pop band Mrs. GREEN APPLE recently celebrated its fifth anniversary with fans in a very 2020 way: They created a special band-themed island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the popular Nintendo Switch game keeping players around the world busy during this period of social distancing.

Just when you think BTS was planning on being MIA, a few days before the release of their fourth Japanese album, Map of the Soul: The Journey, Namjin is here to quench ARMY's thirst with their hilarious antics. It was in May, where ARMY was not just blessed with an RM and Jin selfie, a V Live session along with an Eat Jin session, but the pair also hilariously trolled each other on Weverse, breaking the site in the process.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorFunimation, a leading provider of anime content, plans to expand its streaming service to Brazil and Mexico this fall, offering select subtitled and dubbed anime series in Spanish and Portuguese.The company, an independent joint venture between Sony Pictures Entertainment and Japan’s Aniplex, already operates globally, with nine offices in six countries.

Rebecca Davis editorTencent Music Entertainment Group (TME) has established a strategic partnership with Japan’s CoMix Wave Films Inc., the animation studio and distribution firm best known for works by helmer Makoto Shinkai.The new partnership will see the original soundtracks from 17 popular Japanese animated films put up on TME’s music platforms: QQ Music, Kugou Music, Kuwo Music and KTV app WeSing.Two of Shinkai’s films have been hits in China in recent years.

Gospellers celebrating 25 years in music and the boy band DISH//, whose latest version of "Neko" written by hitmaker Aimyon is taking off, mainly on social media.

Woody Allen’s film “A Rainy Day in New York” was expected to be released more than two years ago. However, with the filmmaker’s past coming back to haunt him with allegations of sexual abuse still being lobbed his way, combined with his comments about #MeToo, ‘Rainy Day’ was dropped by Amazon Studios and has yet to be released in North America.

released “A Rainy Day in New York,” starring Timothée Chalamet and Elle Fanning, digitally on June 5 in the U.K. and has set a July 27 home video and DVD release.

“Scott Pilgrim vs. The World” is usually considered one of the best video game movies ever made because of how well it translated that medium into a film, despite being based on a comicbook.

Kanye West and Kid Cudi enter the "4th Dimension" in their new Kids See Ghosts animated show, and the two premiered a preview clip today (June 26).

Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida's annual pay rose 14 percent in yen terms. The Japanese entertainment and consumer electronics giant in a Friday regulatory filing disclosed that his pay for the latest fiscal year increased from ￥397 million to ￥454 million.

Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida's annual pay rose 14 percent in yen terms.

It goes without saying that the ARMY is looking forward to getting their hands on Vogue Japan's upcoming issue featuring BTS. The seven-member Korean band - comprising of RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook - dressed to kill in the cover picture.

her0ism is a Japanese music producer with numerous hits in his home country and abroad under his belt, who has been based in Los Angeles since 2016. Ryo Ito is also a hit-making J-pop music producer who has played a key role in introducing co-writing as a way of making music in Japan.