During the 164th edition of Viz‘s Weekly Shonen Jump podcast, it was mentioned that in less than 10 weeks, Kubo Tite‘s Bleach will end its 15-years serialization on the magazine. Breaking the news was the former editor-in-chief of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine and the current Vice President for Global Shonen Jump at Viz, Hisashi Sasaki. Previously, it was announced that the latest volume of the manga that the series will end the next volume, the 74th to be exact.

Rena Nounen left her fans in shock after announcing that she will be reprising her stage activities, but under a new alias Non. Nounen, or rather Non, rose to instant fame after her spectacular appearance in NHK asadora “Amachan” in 2013. Later her momentum fell flat, allegedly due to feuds with her agency LesPros. Rumours emerged that Rena will completely retire from entertainment industry when her contract with LesPros ends in June ’16.  

This week, Kanjani8 topped the Oricon single chart with their new single “Tsumi to Natsu”, selling 275,471 copies in its first week.

DREAMS COME TRUE topped the Oricon album chart with their new album “DREAMS COME TRUE THE Ura BEST! Watashi Dake no Dorikamu”, selling 108,797 copies in its first week.

Hello, Arama! Japan readers and welcome to this week’s installment of #1 Song Review! Last week saw Ken Hirai top THE IDOLM@STER. This week, we have 3 newcomers facing off! Find out what various staff members thought of the songs that topped the physical and digital charts this week and share your thoughts on them too!

Rough times have been hitting the Japanese fashion world’s long standing brands and it doesn’t seem to be ending soon. Just today gothic brand h.NAOTO and fairy kei brand Milklim have both announced that they will shut down their physical stores. But it’s not all ending as both brands will remain available online and Milklim’s products will be available at Kera stores across Japan. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said for street-mode fashion brand Goocy as they will be shutting down all operations (including online) completely. All of it’s stores will be closed by the end of August. Continue on to read the official announcements.

This week’s guests were Akiko Wada and Fujiwara Sakura.

Akiko Wada – All Right!!!

Fujiwara Sakura – Soup

Check out the short version PV released for Masquerade, lead track off Hey! Say! JUMP’s upcoming album “Dear.” which will be released on July 27. In the PV, the members show their mature side as they dress in a formal suit and enters a masquerade ball wearing a mask. The dance scene also opens with an acrobatic stunt from Chinen Yuri.

As previously posted, new songs from the album such as B.A.B.Y., Ai no Shubiduba and Eternal, were previewed through radio. You can check out another new song preview for RUN de Boo! below.

Three months after their debut the girls of Keyakizaka46 are back with their new single ‘Sekai ni wa Ai Shika Nai‘. Filmed on the north island of Hokkaido, they head to it’s classrooms and wind farms to perform. With the help of director Ikeda Kazuma and choreographer TAKAHIRO, both whom the group worked with on ‘Silent Majority‘, the girls we’re able to strike a balance of showing their serious nature while still seeming youthful. A highlight of this video is the umbrella dance that the girls perform in the school gymnasium. Take a look below!