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Japanese lyricist Yoshiko Miura passed away last November 6 due to pneumonia at the age of 74, as confirmed by reports from Asahi Shimbun and Yomiuri Shimbun. A funeral was held in her memory with her close relatives attending the ceremony. Within the anime fandom, the lyricist is well known for her works featured in […]
Some people might raise their eyebrows at the latest “shocking news” on the internet: A Japanese man from Kyoto who was born in 1984 identifies as a 28-year-old to escape the painful reality. Well, I’ll save you the mental calculation and tell you that his real age, as of this writing, is 39. This may […]
Japanese boyband MA55IVE THE RAMPAGE have released their first-ever CD single. Released Wednesday, September 13, the CD features two songs, including the freshly recorded new track ‘INVADERZ,’ while the DVD includes MA55IVE’s first-ever music video! It also features three live videos from the concert event THE SURVIVAL 2022 ~BALLISTIK BOYZ vs MA55IVE~ × PSYCHIC FEVER […]
Netflix revealed an exciting Japanese slate of unscripted content, from outrageous variety shows to unique dating formats. At the APAC Unscripted Showcase, Netflix Japan Content Manager Dai Ota shared a peek at five reality series that feature Japan’s unique entertainment culture. “We’re excited to move into a new phase of our content strategy, ramping up […]
A Japanese man, who spent roughly $14,000 on his custom-made canine costume, had his first walk as a dog and shared this milestone by posting a video on social media two weeks ago. Toco, the man behind the coolie costume, has shared video clips on his YouTube channel under the name, ‘I want to be […]
ICYDK: Not everyone appreciates the bomb promotion (hehe) that people have been doing in support of the blockbuster films Barbie and Oppenheimer. The Barbenheimer trend—a portmanteau of the two summer blockbuster films “Barbie,” a fantasy comedy by director Greta Gerwig about the famous doll, and “Oppenheimer,” the biographical thriller by Christoper Nolan about J. Robert […]
Japanese singer-songwriter Shinjiro Atae came out of the closet in front of over 2,000 fans during a performance in Line Cube Shibuya in Tokyo on July 26. “I respect you and believe you deserve to hear this directly from me,” he said in an emotional speech. “For years, I struggled to accept a part of […]
Recorded as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Japan, an old Buddhist temple had been defaced by a 17-year-old Canadian teen. A Japanese tourist reported the tourist as he carved his name, “Julian,” on a pillar in the Toshodaiji Kondo temple in Nara, Japan. After failing to stop the teen, the tourist then proceeded to […]
If you’re in your 20s now, you probably remember the chorus of “Itsumo” by Filipino rap group DiCE & K9 (now knnown as MOBBSTARR) in the early 2000s. But did you know that the lyrics to the song’s chorus actually bears incorrect Japanese lyrics? To refresh your memories, the Japanese chorus goes like this, Itsumo […]
