The industry seems to use this proximity to male fans as a marketing tool revolving around the innocence and youth of idols. Moreover, the career of a Japanese idol is generally short. From a ...

An installation view of “Japanese Art History à la Takashi Murakami” at Gagosian in Grosvenor Hill, London. Courtesy the artist and Gagosian “Japanese Art History à la Takashi Murakami ...

Fast forward and I am making my way up the escalator to the Samsung Hall at SM Aura Premier, and I could already make out the many fans of ‘Phantom Siita’ the very Japanese Idol group formed ...

Bhubaneswar: Odias living in Tokyo celebrated Saraswati Puja for the 20th year last weekend and organised quiz and painting ...

Japanese idol group Phantom Siita held their first show in the Philippines and thanked fans for their support. “Thank you, Manila, for coming to our show and showing us all your support! We had an ...

In her day job, the young Japanese woman is one of the seven members of the popular K-pop group Billlie. “I want to be a bridge between Japan and South Korea,” Tsuki said. Her radio program ...

speaks in an electronically altered squeaky voice and makes creepiness his signature mode of art. Uketsu, whose name literally translates to “rain hole,” both words that he loves, is Japan’s ...

hololive VTuber and virtual idol Hoshimachi Suisei has announced her first new album in two years, SHINSEI MOKUROKU.

Before Marie Kondo stormed into the global consciousness, Hideko Yamashita taught Japan the art of creating tidier spaces. “In many ways, having to face our things is like having to face ...