Studio Ghibli’s ‘Aya And The Witch’ Heads to NHK

It is safe to say that the BTS fandom is listening to Stay Gold on loop. The beautiful song marks the Bangtan Boys' Japanese comeback.

Rick Astley has shared a new cover of Foo Fighters‘ classic track ‘Everlong’ – you can check out the video below.The ’80s star struck up an unlikely friendship with Foos frontman Dave Grohl back in 2018 when he was invited to join the band onstage at Japan’s Summer Sonic festival.

BTS' romantic new song "Stay Gold" has topped this week's new music poll.In the poll, published Friday (June 19) on Billboard, music fans voted for the previously unreleased big-beat ballad as their favorite new release from the past week.

If you're a fan of BTS, these past few months have been exciting as the septet is rolling out so much new content for us to be entertained by. Whether it be their docuseries, Break The Silence or even the celebrations for the 7th anniversary, i.e.

J-pop hitmaker Aimyon shared the new music video for her latest single, "Hadaka no kokoro" ("Naked Heart").

Aimyon shared the new music video for her latest single, "Hadaka no kokoro" ("Naked Heart").The video for the ballad about unrequited love and loneliness consists of a single long take of the 25-year-old artist singing in a shower room.Fully clothed, she starts off dry under a single ray of light -- "How much longer do I intend to stay alone like this?" she sings.

J-pop artist Gen Hoshino released a song he wrote and recorded on his own during quarantine called "Oriai / Halfway" on Friday (June 19), along with the accompanying music video.

BTS is back!

"In a world where you feel cold, stay gold," croons Jungkook, in the beginning two lines of Stay Gold, which is the lead single from BTS' fourth Japanese album, Map of the Soul: The Journey. For the unversed, after the rousing success of Map of the Soul: 7, which released on February 21, 2020, BTS announced the Japanese version of the album, which would include 13 tracks.

TWICE are taking over!

A third song called "Usotsuki" by J-pop duo Yorushika will be featured as the ending theme in the upcoming Netflix movie A Whisker Away (Japanese title: Nakitai watashi wa neko wo kaburu), following "Hana ni bourei" and "Yakou."

BTS have announced the release date for their new Japanese single ‘Stay Gold’ ahead of the release of a new Japanese-language album.The track will feature on ‘Map Of The Soul: 7 ~ The Journey ~’, which is due for release on July 14 and marks the band’s first Japanese album since 2018’s ‘Face Yourself’.After a teaser for ‘Stay Gold’ was featured in an advert for the album recently, the band’s label Big Hit Entertainment have now confirmed the single will arrive on June 19.Longer teaser snippet of

The U.S. Embassy in Tokyo criticized Japan's public broadcaster NHK on Tuesday for airing an "offensive and insensitive" anime video that attempted to explain the Black Lives Matter movement and the ongoing protests against police brutality that have swept the United States.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorJapanese public broadcaster NHK has apologized and deleted a video on the Black Lives Matter protests following criticism from viewers and diplomats.The clip from Sunday’s edition of news show The World Now featured an animation of a musclebound black narrator, who described the economic hardships of African Americans in the U.S.

Mark Schilling Japan CorrespondentJapanese public broadcaster NHK has apologized following a furor over an animated video purporting to explain the Black Lives Matter protests in the U.S.The video aired on NHK’s Sunday “The World Now” program and was uploaded to the broadcaster’s Twitter feed.

Studio Ghibli have confirmed that their next film release will be called Aya And The Witch.Based on the children’s book Earwig And The Witch by the late Diana Wynne Jones — the writer behind Howl’s Moving Castle — the new film has been directed by Hayao Miyazaki’s son Gorō.Announced last week by production company NHK Enterprises, Aya And The Witch will premiere in the winter later this year on Japan’s NHK general TV under the name Aya to Majo.

By John Hopewell

J-pop singer Nana Mizuki will premiere the full concert footage from her NANA MIZUKI LIVE PARK 2016 concert at 7 p.m.