The music video for go!go!vanillas’ new song ‘EMA’ has been published to the group’s official YouTube channel. It features a high school girl so busy with her dancing she has no time to sit down and eat her toast. Without even realizing it she danced her whole day away.

The four-member band, who cites their inspiration as Oasis and the Beatles, will hold a release party at Shinjuku red cloth live house on August 20th for their new song. They also revealed they have a “super important announcement” for this event.

Here is the Recochoku chart for the week of 7/9 – 7/15:

1. Ikimonogakari – Love Song wa Tomaranai yo
2. Takako Matsu – Let It Go ~Ari no Mama de~ (Japanese Version)
3. Sonar Pocket – Saishuu Densha ～missing you～
4. EXILE ATSUSHI – Precious Love
5. Yoshida Yamada – Hibi
6. E-Girls – E.G. Anthem -WE ARE VENUS-
7. ayaka – Nijiiro
8. Sandaime J Soul Brothers – R.Y.U.S.E.I.
9. Miyuki Nakajima – Ito
10. Hazzie – sumire.

On iTunes, Ikimonogakari’s “Love Song wa Tomaranai yo” also spent the whole week at #1.

Are you guys familiar with Kyary Pamyu Pamyu’s ‘PONPONPON’ PV? Well, meet the Japanese artist and designer behind Kyary’s Harajuku inspired fashion and design, Sebastian Masuda.

Pioneer of the Harajuku Kawaii culture and founder of the iconic  ‘Sensational Kawaii’ fashion shop and brand, 6% Dokidoki, Sebastian Masuda brings his first exhibition Colorful Rebellion — Seventh Nightmare in the US. The exhibition opened last July 12 at Young At Art Museum in Florida, and it is still ongoing! The exhibition previously ran from February 27  – March 29, 2014 at Kianga Ellis Projects in Chelsea, New York.

As described by My Modern Met, stepping into Japanese artist Sebastian Masuda’s installation Colorful Rebellion — Seventh Nightmare feels like stumbling into a wonderland that is simultaneously vividly bright, candy-sweet, and disorienting. This features a room bursting with manufactured objects of cuteness, including bundles of fake fur, stuffed animals, plastic jewelry, girl’s hair accessories, dollhouses, and other colorful toys that completely cover the walls and ceiling of the room. In the middle of the room is a bed, which visitors could lay upon and gaze up at the explosion of “Harajuku kawaii” closing in on them from every direction.

In this ranking conducted by goo, they were looking for females who had the softest, most gentle facial expressions. The 1,067 responses were collected over the course of a one day study period.

Thanks to Pitch Perfect, Japan is finally realizing the greatness of the cup game. Earlier this month Suzu released a song using the cup game and recently more and more Japanese artists are incorporating it into their music.

Vocally based girl group Little Glee Monster recently uploaded a video to their YouTube channel of their new song using plastic cups technique recorded in just one take!

Japanese rock band SuG is back again with a new summer-themed song and music video.  The band performs their song by a poolside with a large, barb-wired American flag next to them. The staples of summer, BBQ and BMX, are also featured in the video. As well as dancing, bikini-clad girls even share a kiss in one scene. The members themselves are also shown having fun with the extras in various scenes.

SuG’s newest single B.A.B.Y. will be out on July 23rd and will come in three versions. Check out the music video below!

Looks like Kimutaku can heave a sigh of relief..for now.

FUJI TV’s ‘HERO 2’ first episode aired last night, July 14, and has reportedly recorded an audience rating of 26.5% in the Kanto region. The first season was aired last 2001, and after 13 years, Kimura is back as prosecutor Kuryu Kohei. HERO 2’s rating is currently the highest TV rating achieved this year.

The first episode ratings is also higher than Yonekura Ryoko’s Doctor X premiere episode ratings of 22.8%, recorded last October 2013. This is also the first time for a premiere episode to achieve more than 25% since Nakama Yukie’s Gokusen 3 (26.4%) aired last April 2008.

The first season of HERO recorded an average rating of 34.3%, with its highest audience rating at 36.8%. This was followed by an SP in 2006 and a movie in 2007.

The decision for a sequel were met with mixed reactions. Many fans got excited but also a lot of fans of the original series expressed disappointment at the change in many of the original cast lineup. Nonetheless, expectations were high and luckily, the first episode has smoothly sailed. Will HERO 2 be able to keep its momentum? That has to be seen in the next episodes.

For now, you can enjoy this HERO 2 OP below.

For those of you who don’t know what an open post is check out the one from last week. Basically it’s just a designated post where you can chat about anyone and anything. For those who remember aramatheydidnt’s FFA, it’s basically the same thing.

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