On 18 August Sho Sakurai talked about the kidnapping of a Japanese man in Syria by the extremist Islamic State during his news corner “Ichimen”. He explained that the Islamic State has had influence from Al-Qaeda since 9/11 and in 2006, while Iraq was regularizing their activities and clearing away the border, the Sunni Islam (the world’s second largest religious body) wanted to create a new country.
FiFi’s majored in Middle East Politics, so when FiFi saw this news report, she wrote the following tweet (which has already been eliminated):
“The way the idol from NEWS ZERO came about the Islamic State = ISIS and the contents were complete nonsense. I’m particularly appalled when he said that the United States and Arabia Saudi were providing weapons to the Asad regime [in Syria], even though the US has not been involved. It’s some kind of cheap talk. This is why terrestrial broadcasting isn’t reliable.”
The new PV can be found as an exclusive on Yamashita’s new DVD “A NUDE.” Luckily for those of who haven’t gotten the DVD yet, you can watch the video here!
The cast for the two male leads for Haruka Ayase’s drama “Kyo wa Kaisha Yasumimasu” (I’m taking a break from work today) has been announced. Ayase plays a plain OL named Hanae Aoishi set to turn 30 years old. Sota Fukushi (21) and Hiroshi Tamaki (34) will be joining her.
Fukushi plays the cool handsome university student Yuto Tanokura, who is 9 years younger than Hanae. Tamaki plays Yu Asao, the CEO of an Italian food company located in the same building as Hanae’s company, who harbor feelings for her.
In the drama, plain OL Hanae never had dating experience until she finds herself dating 21 year old Yuto Tanokura after a one night stand she cannot remember. However, she also gets a proposal from Asao Yu who is popular with women, and a love triangle develops.
The drama will be airing every Wednesdays, 10 pm starting October.
(via Oricon)
EXILE TRIBE‘s new album ‘EXILE TRIBE REVOLUTION’ topped the charts with 251,255 sales, while AKB48 continues their weekly 1 million trend (but just barely) with ‘Kokoro no Placard’, selling 1,005,774 singles.
Check the rest out below!
Recochoku:
1. Nishino Kana – Darling
2. Hata Motohiro – Himawari no Yakusoku
3. Kato Miliyah – YOU… feat. Izumi Nakasone (HY)
4. EXILE TRIBE – 24WORLD
5. Shonan no Kaze – Puzzle
6. EXILE ATSUSHI – Precious Love
7. AKB48 – Kokoro no Placard
8. Takako Matsu – Let It Go ~Ari no Mama de~ (Japanese Version)
9. DOBERMAN INFINITY – INFINITY
10. Eir Aoi – IGNITE
iTunes:
1. Oishi Masayoshi – Kimi ja Nakya Dame Mitai
2. Hata Motohiro – Himawari no Yakusoku
3. Nishino Kana – Darling
4. Kato Miliyah – YOU… feat. Izumi Nakasone (HY)
5. Team Hanayamata – Hana wa Odoreya Irohaniho
6. Eir Aoi – IGNITE
7. ONE OK ROCK – Mighty Long Fall
8. Chiyo Sakura (CV: Aki Ozawa) – Uraomote Fortune
9. Gesu no Kiwami Otome. – Ryoukiteki na Kiss wo Watashi ni Shite
10. Yasuda Rei – Mirror
And since August just ended, we have the monthly Recochoku chart as well after the jump!
Hey! Say! JUMP’s new double A-side single ‘Weekender/ Asu e no YELL’ (‘ウィークエンダー/明日へのYELL) drops September 3. Full PVs for both songs are also released.
As members have described, the colorful set of Weekender PV features slightly strange movements – an ‘animation dance’. There are scenes where they move fast then suddenly move very slow, presenting motion and stillness. The dance expresses through fingertips and arms rather than steps. On the other hand, Asu e no Yell PV features them in blue and white outfits dancing to the song’s youthful and summer-ish tone. Part of the choreography is likened to a cheering song.
Weekender and Asu e no YELL are both currently serving as theme songs for member- led dramas ‘Kindaichi Neo’ and ‘Suikyuu Yankees’, starring…well, the respective PVs quite make that obvious already. Check them out below.
Popular model Kumiko Funayama, also lovingly known as Kumicky, has worked for over 6 years for Popteen magazine as the ‘God of Gyaru’. As she outgrew the Popteen demographic, she realized she should welcome new experiences and has already already graduated as an exclusive model last model, her last issue being this October’s Issue.
In the past we have featured articles trying to figure out why all these fashion magazines, specifically Gyaru, are dying out. In an interview with modelpress, Kumicky and the new editor of Popteen sat down and discussed the magazine’s future and the future of Gyaru style, and Kumicky herself explains how it changed her life.
Gyaru has boasted a long lifespan, but in recent years, the style has been disappearing from the streets. The model and editor have taken notice to this, and conclude that this disappearance from the streets has to do with the idol boom started by AKB48. These groups have their own specific look that is sought out after: pure and innocent, everything Gyaru is not. There have been attempts to bring it back to the music world, though more mature acts like SDN48, but they quickly disbanded and seen as failures.
Following the release of his debut EP UNDER THE BLACK MOON and its promotional clip for lead track ‘Forever Love’ last month, electronic musician TeddyLoid has returned with fresh material: this time, a music video for ‘Black Moon Sympathy’ off his upcoming full-length record BLACK MOON RISING on September 17th.
The PV was directed by Sayaka Nakane, known for her work with artists like MISIA and Quruli, and features model and essayist Hanae as “queen of the black moon” where the story of his album takes place. The zero-gravity scenes were filmed entirely underwater in a diving pool, giving the finished visuals a mysterious atmosphere.
Check it out below!
