Virus Emergency Threatens to Tarnish Japan’s Golden Week (Again)

Rina Sawayama caught up with NME at this year’s BRIT Awards, where she told us about her “Garbage, grunge and pop” inspired second album.

People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan has been released – you can watch it below.The film, which is based on the popular BBC mockumentary series, follows UK garage collective Kurupt FM to Japan after they find out that one of their records is being used on a popular game show.A synopsis of the film reads: “Since the end of their pirate radio station, life has been quiet for the Kurupt FM boys, but everything is about to change.

Sam Masaru Sekoff, formerly a Television Literary agent at The Gersh Agency, has joined Range Media Partners as a manager. Sekoff spent 5 years at The Gersh Agency, starting in the mailroom before being promoted to Agent at the end of 2018. The Japan-born, Florida-bred Sekoff has focused on fostering and advocating for underrepresented and marginalized artists.

Edgar Harrell was the last living U.S. Marine who was serving on the USS Indianapolis during World War II when it was torpedoed and sank.Harrell was stationed aboard the USS Indianapolis in 1945, guarding components of the atomic bomb it was carrying.

ENHYPEN are set to make their official debut in Japan with a new single called ‘Border: Transient’.The boyband announced the Japanese release yesterday (May 10), revealing that the single will include Japanese versions of their Korean-language songs ‘Given-Taken’ and ‘Let Me In (20 CUBE)’ as B-sides.

Emiliano De Pablos Adriana Ugarte, star of hit Spanish TV drama “The Time in Between” and Pedro Almodóvar’s “Julieta,” will play the lead role in Atresmedia original series “Madre.”A remake of successful Turkish TV drama “Anne,” in turn an adaptation of Japanese series “Mother,” “Madre” continues Spanish media conglomerate Atresmedia’s bet on re-versioning recent standout Turkish scripted series.

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Mark Schilling Japan CorrespondentToei Animation, a leading Japanese animation house with a seven-decade history, has announced the release of a new “Dragon Ball Super” movie in 2022.Based on a comic by Toriyama Akira that debuted in the “Weekly Shonen Jump” magazine in 1984 and has sold 260 million paperback copies worldwide, the “Dragon Ball” franchise has long been a money spinner for Toei, with TV anime, films, games and merchandise in the mix.The new film is the second based on “Dragon

Japanese maker of Super Mario and Pokemon games totaled a record 480.4 billion yen ($4.4 billion), up from 258.6 billion yen the year before. The results, released Thursday, were better than the company’s internal profit forecast of 400 billion yen ($3.7 billion).Sales rose 34% to 1.76 trillion yen ($16 billion), the company said.In game software sales, demand remained strong for “Animal Crossing: New Horizons,” with 20.85 million units sold for cumulative sales of 32.6 million units.

Mark Schilling Japan CorrespondentThe Japanese government has formally extended the state of emergency in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo Prefecture, which was originally scheduled to end on May 11, until the end of the month. It has also added Aichi and Fukuoka prefectures to the SoE list.This is the third such state of emergency announcement since the start of the pandemic.

You never know what you can find in your own backyard — but hopefully, you won’t find what this couple stumbled upon!

Japan is calling for strict restrictions just ahead of the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Benoit Paire will not be going to the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

ViacomCBS is joining hands with Tokyo-based internet giant Rakuten to launch the Nick+ kids streaming service in Japan. The partnership was unveiled Tuesday at APOS, the Asia's leading media and entertainment summit.

BAFTA Names TV Awards Hosts Richard Ayoade is returning to host the BAFTA Television Awards for the second year, while actor, writer, and director Gbemisola Ikumelo (Famalam) has been named as the host of the British Television Craft Awards. The main TV awards have been scheduled for June 6 on BBC One, while the craft ceremony will take place on May 24. Nominations will be announced on April 28 at 7:30AM local time in the UK.