This week, THE IDOLM@STER topped the Oricon single chart with their new single “THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT MASTER 03 Hi-Fi☆Days”, selling 76,591 copies in its first week.

Kis-My-Ft2 topped the Oricon album chart with their new album “I SCREAM”, selling 243,871 copies in its first week.

This year’s edition of Fuji TV’s annual midyear music show, FNS Uta no Natsu Matsuri, will air on July 18. The show will run from 11:45 AM to 11:24 PM. It will be hosted by the hosts of Fuji TV’s Friday night music show, Love music, Chisato Moritaka and Watabe Ken.

The first set of performers was announced recently, and now a new group of performers has been added, 37 in total. This new list includes the likes of Kis-My-Ft2, Crystal Kay, Koda Kumi, and Anna Tsuchiya. See who else is performing after the jump!

This week, Ken Hirai topped both Recochoku and iTunes with his new single, “Mahoutte Itte Ii Kana?”

Flower’s “Yasashisa de Afureru You ni” topped the Recochoku monthly chart for June.

Around last week, rumors of a live-action adaptation film for Hideaki Sorachi‘s hit action/gag manga Gintama began floating on the internet, thanks to Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc who registered the internet domain name gintama-film.com under their name. That rumor was proven to be true, as Weekly Shonen Jump announced a Gintama live-action film slated for 2017 in this week’s issue. Additionally, actor Shun Oguri is set to play the titular protagonist, Sakata Gintoki.

Haruka Shimazaki of AKB48 will be walking the runway for the first time this summer at a-Nation’s 「Girls Summer Festival」. Haruka won’t be the only member of the 48 family to take to the catwalk, as she will be joined by ‘Baito AKB48’ members Yuka Hiji and Fuyuka Shigeto.  The event, hosted by GirlsAward, will take place July 29th at Tokyo Yoyogi National Stadium.  Come see who else are scheduled to show up!

FEMM‘s latest single, “Neon Twilight / Countdown”, is already out, and as it’s usual with FEMM, both songs have received music videos. In “Neon Twilight” both mannequins sing and walk while the lyrics are displayed on screen. Meanwhile, “Countdown” features an 80s revival aesthetic and a new choreography, featuring lots of movement and even LuLa spinning on the floor! Check both MVs just after the jump!

It has been announced that Hey! Say! JUMP and Kis-My-Ft2 will appear together for Fuji TV’s FNS 27 Hour TV, airing July 23-24.  This will be the first time that the two groups will co-appear on a variety show.

Fuji TV currently airs “Itadaki High Jump” featuring Hey! Say! JUMP in which members risk themselves to solve the world’s biggest matters, and “Kisumai BUSAIKU!?” featuring Kis-My-Ft2 where members compete against each other in different situations to be ranked the most appealing.  The two shows’ concepts will be combined, and members of both groups will compete against each other.  Themes will include swimming in a pool, and also a competition in front of a live all-women audience on kissing the most ‘kakkoii’ way.

We’re about half way through 2016, and Oricon recently released its midyear charts for the year! AKB48 tops the single chart with “Tsubasa wa Iranai”, with 1,479,562 copies sold. Sandaime J Soul Brothers top the album chart with “THE JSB LEGACY”, with 619,158 copies sold. Sandaime J Soul Brothers also top the music DVD chart with “Sandaime J Soul Brothers LIVE TOUR 2015 ‘BLUE PLANET'”, with 482,980 copies sold. Arashi tops the music Blu-ray with “ARASHI BLAST in Miyagi”, with 264,199 copies sold. Sandaime J Soul Brothers also top the total sales revenue chart.

Check out the rest of the charts below!