Milly Milly is a bilingual “hafu” singer, and is one of the fresh batch of artists to be signed by avex trax. On July 26th she will release her fourth digital single “I miss you”, a relaxing ballad. Milly Milly has released one digital single per month since her first release under avex “Free”. Still a first year highschool student, Milly Milly got her start in the business very early. Her very first music release was released independently when she was still in elementary school.

avex has also uploaded videos where Milly Milly comments on her songs in English, perhaps there are plans to promote her internationally too? Despite the English comment videos Milly Milly’s music is not available outside of the Japanese iTunes store.

Check out the preview for “I miss you” as well as her comments on the song below!

Today, SKY-HI released his new single “Nanairo Holiday.”  The new single comes in three versions: CD+DVD Music Video Edition, CD+DVD Live Edition, and CD Only.  The Music Video Edition includes the “Nanairo Holiday” music video and music video making, while the Live Edition comes with SKY-HI’s performance during the SKY-HI HALL TOUR 2016 at TOKYO DOME CITY HALL.

“Nanairo Holiday” has the perfect summer feel to it.  Both the song and video have an overall feel-good vibe with a pop sound.  “Welcome to the Dungeon” is the second song packed into the single.  “Welcome To The Dungeon” has a much darker and harder sound to it, blending the sounds of rap and jazz together.

Check out the single covers and the music videos for both tracks below!

Singer and former Morning Musume member Natsumi Abe gave birth to her first child on July 26. Abe and her husband, actor Ikusaburo Yamazaki, made a joint announcement through her agency on the 27th. Both the mother and child are said to be in good health.

“On July 26, a healthy baby boy was born between us,” the statement read. “The moment he was born, both of us cried tears of joy, and we were very thankful.”

The couple began dating in 2011 after starring together in the stage play “Arashigaoka” (Wuthering Heights), and married on December 29 last year. They announced Abe’s pregnancy in February this year.

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Passepied will release their new single “Nagasugita Haru / Hyper Realist” on July 27! Today, the band released the music video for the single’s second A-side. The clip is a simple performance video, but the video puts on the focus on each of the band’s members, showcasing their individual talents and how they come together to create the band’s sound. Check it out below!

This week’s guests were KinKi Kids and ORANGE RANGE.

KinKi Kids – Bara to Taiyou

ORANGE RANGE – Ishin Denshin

Yakuza 6, Sega‘s PS4-exclusive, half-brawler, half-real-Yakuza-life-simulator is set to release in Japan on December 8, and just yesterday, a new trailer for the game was uploaded to its official Youtube channel. Previously, it was confirmed that acclaimed movie director, Beat Takeshi, will appear in the game. In this latest trailer, not only you get to see more of his character, but it also revealed more characters based (and voiced by) famous actors, including Shun Oguri (Crows Zero, Great Teacher Onizuka) and Tatsuya Fujiwara (Kaiji, Death Note). Read on for the trailer and complete list of voice actors!

Electro-rap duo Charisma.com are back once again, four months after their newest mini-album, “Aidoro C”, with a new song called “Moya Moyashite”, though no release formats have been announced yet. This track serves as the theme song for the Kirin campaign for its new drink, “Kirin Nogodoshi All-light”, which also encouraged women to share on Twitter and speak out what makes them feel upset on their daily lives. On the MV, a woman is let down by an unfortunate chain of events, and when her anger and sadness takes physical form and puts her life in risk, DJ Gonchi, CM Itsuka and a trusty eagle come into the fray! Check this MV just after the jump!

On July 27, it has been revealed that Yui Aragaki will star in TBS’s drama “Nigeru wa Haji daga Yaku ni Tatsu”, which will begin airing this October. The original manga by Tsunami Umino is a love comedy about a couple that begins their relationship with a ‘contract marriage’, in which the husband is the employer and the wife is the employee.  Umino’s work has won the 2015 Kodansha Manga Award (Best Shoujo Manga) and is currently serialized in Kodansha’s Kiss.  It has been 3 and a half years since Aragaki last starred in a TBS drama, the most recent being “Soratobu Kouhoushitsu”.