This week, Nogizaka46 topped the Combined Single chart with their single “Gomen ne fingers crossed”, with 603,079 points in its fifth week.

TOMORROW X TOGETHER topped the Combined Album chart with their album “The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE”, with 78,321 points in its second week.

Nogizaka46 also topped the Single chart with “Gomen ne fingers crossed”, selling 589,751 copies in its first week of physical release.

TOMORROW X TOGETHER also topped the Album chart with “The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE”, selling 76,806 copies in its second week.

Yonezu Kenshi topped the Digital Single chart for the second consecutive week with his digital single “Pale Blue”, selling 39,700 copies its second week.

Tokyo Jihen topped the Digital Album chart with their new album “Ongaku”, selling 4,619 copies in its first week.

BTS topped the Streaming chart for the fourth consecutive week with their digital single “Butter”, with 13,664,924 streams in its fourth week.

Tennis superstar Naomi Osaka is the newest cover girl for Vogue Japan’s upcoming August 2021 issue. The theme for her photoshoot and interview is “HERE I AM”.

Osaka is an official ambassador for the French luxury house Louis Vuitton, and on the cover she is dressed head to toe in a sporty style, wearing vivid colors and the famous Louis Vuitton monogram logo. Osaka is currently one of the most famous and successful athletes in the entire world, she has used her star power for good by continually speaking on multiple social issues such as the BLM and “Stop Asian Hate” movements.

This week’s guests were Dragon Ash and Hakubi.

Dragon Ash – Endeavor / New Era

Hakubi – Doukeshi ni wa Narenai

This week’s episode was the second part of a special dedicated to Tokyo Jihen. This week’s guests were Tokyo Jihen, Akimitsu Honma, Tsuneta Daiki (King Gnu), Seki Yu (King Gnu), Chan MARI (Gesu no Kiwami Otome.), and Takahashi Shigeo (Savanna).

This week’s guests were SHISHAMO, Travis Japan, iri, and ATARASHII GAKKO!

SHISHAMO – Chuudoku

Travis Japan – The Show

iri – Uzu

ATARASHII GAKKO! – Freaks

We’re back with this week’s edition of Oricon Flashback. This is where we look back on what topped the charts this week 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 years ago. Think of it as a way to reminisce and learn about the past of Japanese music.

Takuya Kimura has been cast in his very first major international drama series! “The Swarm” is an eight-party environmental thriller based on a novel by Frank Schatzing. Kimura is one of the main stars, joining an ensemble cast of many international other international actors spanning Europe and North America.

The plot of the series follows humankind on the brink of destruction, as they face off against an unknown “swarm intelligence” that lives in the depths of the sea. Due to many years of pollution the swarm is disrupted and begins to strike back at human kind, which threatens the entire livelihood of humans on Earth. The fate of the world lies in the hand of a small group of scientists.

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