It has been revealed that Kyary Pamyu Pamyu and Nakata Yasutaka are set to release split single next year.

It was originally announced that Kyary was to release a new single this November with a mystery foreign (non-Japanese) artist, but no further information was released. It has been officially cancelled, presumably in favor of this new joint opportunity.

On January 18, 2017, Nakata will release this new split double A-side single with Kyary Pamyu Pamyu alongside a yet-to-be-named foreign (non-Japanese) artist.

Sayoko Ozaki has been quite the busy bee these past weeks. Just two weeks ago she had announced that she had gotten married (via her blog) and it seems like the good times are still on a roll with her. On October 21st, through her Line blog,  Sayoko had told fans she gave birth to a healthy baby boy! The little bundle of joy was born at 7 am, October 20th; weighing 2656g (5.8lbs). She was discharged from the hospital October 26th. Both mommy and baby boy are doing fine. Come see the precious photos of mother and son; plus find out what Ms. Ozaki was up to during her pregnancy (it’s nuts!).

Hey! Say! JUMP hits the dance floor in their latest music video for “Fantastic Time”. The group has 9 members and they make use of this to groove and move to numerous dance formations featured in the PV. You can watch the whole choreography in the released “Practice Time” video, recorded as the group danced the whole song in one go.

The group will be releasing their new single “Give Me Love”, theme song for Yamada’s “Cain and Abel” drama on December 14.  Set on a mellow R&B sound, Hey! Say! JUMP sings about the “true love” in a heart-wrenching yet powerful way.

If you’ve been missing and needing your fix of Hey! Say! JUMP’s dance routines, this one is for you. They are back at it with this single so check out the videos below.

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This week’s guests were Nishino Kana, Hey! Say! JUMP, Sakanaction, Hata Motohiro, AAA, and JUJU.

Nishino Kana – Dear Bride

Hey! Say! JUMP – Fantastic Time

Sakanaction – Tabun, Kaze.

Hata Motohiro – 70 Oku no Piece

AAA – Namida no Nai Sekai

JUJU – DESIRE -Jounetsu-

Arashi dropped their newest album “Are You Happy?” last October 26. In the album, the group starts from the basic universal joy of listening to music and presenting songs that make the listener feel happy.

Check out the music video for the lead song “Don’t You Get It?”, which features the members just being all kinds of goofy and ridiculous. What do you think of this latest release from Arashi?

The latest numbers are in! Check out the chart below.

Last week popular electronic rock band Sakanaction released “Tabun, Kaze.“, their first new single in over a year.  While they have already published a teaser for the track’s music video, the group have now made the full version of the PV available for public viewing on their Youtube channel.

The video features a mysterious fashion model dancing around on a desolate beach, the whole affair meant to bring the world of the song’s lyrics to life.  This otherworldly MV was directed by Yusuke Tanaka, one of the band’s frequent collaborators who has previously worked with them on the videos for “Yoru no Odoriko” and “Shin Takarajima”, among others.

You’ll find the PV for “Tabun, Kaze.” just beneath the cut, so feel free to read on and check it out.