The dead body of a woman trapped in an elevator for a month has been found in the city of Xi’an, China. It is said that the power was shut off without checking to see if anyone was still inside. The elevator was having trouble operating between the 10th and 11th floors of the building. The team of workers came on January 30th to fix the elevator, but only used verbal confirmation to see if anyone was still inside. The workers went on vacation for the lunar New Year and did not return until March 1st. Inside was the deceased 43 year old woman who lived in the building alone. Rules and standards are often ignored in China. Just last July, a woman died when the floor of an escalator collapsed where she was rolled and crushed inside.

See what Japanese netizens had to say about the incident below.

This week’s guests were Yamazaki Masayoshi and Charisma.com. There were also talk segments with KANA-BOON x Maximum The Hormone, lecca, TOKIO, and Brief & Trunks.

Yamazaki Masayoshi – Sora e

Charisma.com – Subliminal Diet

Though AL might be a new band to many, its members are probably more than a little familiar if you’re versed in the nation’s independent rock scene.  Oyamada Souhei, Fujiwara Hiroshi, and Gotou Hiroki were the founding members of popular rock act andymori, which broke up in mid-2014, and Nagasawa Tomoyuki has made a name for himself as an innovative and creative solo artist.

AL will be releasing their first full album “Kokoro no Naka no Shikishi” on April 13th, but plan to reveal several of the record’s tracks ahead of this date.  The first of these songs is “HAPPY BIRTHDAY”, the album’s second track, which the band published to their record label’s Youtube channel today.

Below you’ll be able to both take a listen to “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” and take a look at the cover and track list for AL’s debut record.

After a rather lengthy period of silence, alternative rock trio Sekaiichi are finally set to return with a brand new album on March 30th.  “Round Table” will be the band’s first release of new material since their mini-album “Anaheim Apart” was made available for purchase nearly a year-and-a-half ago in late 2014.

Luckily, the group have chosen to give us a taste of what we can expect from the new record by publishing the music video for its lead track “Grave of Music” to their official Youtube channel.  The video was directed by Ota Shinichiro and finds the band members chilling out on the floor of their studio as a series of projections overlay their bodies.

Read on below for a look at the full PV for “Grave of Music” as well as the cover and track list for the band’s new album “Round Table”.

ONE OK ROCK has already been featured two times in NTT Docomo’s touching CM series “Kanjou no Subete” with “Wherever you are” and “Cry out”. This week Docomo has released the third spot for the CM series, “Kanjou no Subete / Nakama”, and ONE OK ROCK is back providing its background music with their newest song, “Always coming back”. This track will be released as digital single on iTunes this Friday, March 11th. Check out the 30s CM and more information about current ONE OK ROCK activities just after the jump!

Takeshi Kitano, known to the world also as Beat Takeshi, has joined onboard the upcoming Hollywood remake of ‘Ghost in the Shell’. He will appear alongside Scarlett Johansson, who is currently confirmed to star as the lead. Kitano will take on the role of Daisuke Aramaki, chief of Public Security Section 9. 

On 1st March, singer-songwriter Mao Abe posted a message on her official site announcing her divorce. “I apologize to all of you, who rejoiced and wished us luck for our wedding and supported us. It is an unfortunate ending.” Abe starts her message with apologies for letting down her fans, but later on she explains the divorce was a result of mutual understanding.

Kawaii: a term that anyone who has any knowledge of Japan has mostly like heard before. It’s synonymous with the country. But what is it exactly? It’s generally defined as “cute”, but what is “cute” really? A new commercial asks what “kawaii” is exactly. What is kawaii to one person, may not be kawaii to another, leading to different types of kawaii. Another question is what this commercial is for exactly? Find out for yourself by watching the English-subbed commercial after the jump!