This week’s guests were Nogizaka46, Eito,

Nogizaka46 – Route 246

Eito – Kousui

Kalen Anzai – Bokura wa Tsuyoku Nareru.

Sexy Zone – RUN

Legendary singer Noriyuki Makihara was arrested for violating Tokyo’s stringent stimulate control law earlier in the year. Today he was officially charged after police found “stimulants” in his apartment earlier in the year.

Around 0.083 grams of the unidentified stimulant was found in Makihara’s home, and police confirmed it to be his. Back in 1999 Makihara was already arrested for the possession of stimulants. For his recent sentencing, Makihara faces up to 2 years in prison.

EXILE’s main vocalist EXILE ATSUSHI is prepping for the release of his upcoming 4th studio album titled “40 ~forty~“. For the album ATSUSHI collaborated with a number of artists including AI, Char, and Kumi Koda! His collaboration with Koda will serve as one of the primary promotional songs for the album.

“Osaka Tokyo” was released as a digital single on July 28th, and the official MV for was uploaded today on EXILE’s official YouTube Channel. It’s been 14 years since the two originally collaborated on the 2006 single “WON’T BE A LONG”.

The description for the MV is already teasing EXILE’s upcoming 20th anniversary. The super group made their debut in September 2001 with the single “Your eyes only ~Aimai na Boku no Katachi~“. Koda herself will also be celebrating a milestone soon, as she debuted in December 2000 with the single “TAKE BACK”.

In case you didn’t know, GACKT is now a YouTuber. His channel features content such as online drinking parties and his workouts. He recently released a new video which involves training another part of the body, the fingers. This “finger workout” in reality is a tutorial on how to finger a woman.

The “finger workout” was certified by Kato Taka, the retired male porn star. It has the format of a rhythm game and features a rubber mold that mimics a vagina. Several different “finger workouts” are showcased in the video, which can be seen below!

Arama! Japan will soon be conducting an interview with former Johnny’s Jr. member Maeda Koki! While part of Johnny’s Jr., Koki was part of the group 7 MEN Samurai. For this interview, we are turning to you, the readers, to provide the questions! Submit your questions for Koki below!

This week’s guests were Ryokuoushoku Shakai, MAN WITH A MISSION, and Akai Koen.

Ryokuoushoku Shakai – Natsu wo Ikiru

MAN WITH A MISSION – Change the World

Akai Koen – Junkie

This week, SixTONES topped the Combined Single chart with their new single “NAVIGATOR”, with 621,656 points in its first week.

BiSH topped the Combined Album chart with their new album “LETTERS”, with 58,065 points in its first week.

SixTONES also topped the Single chart with “NAVIGATOR”, selling 621,656 copies in its first week.

BiSH also topped the Album chart with “LETTERS”, selling 54,383 copies in its first week.

Arashi topped the Digital Single chart with their new digital single “IN THE SUMMER”, selling 52,904 copies in its first week.

BISH also topped the Digital Album chart with “LETTERS”, selling 3,026 copies in its first week.

YOASOBI topped the Streaming chart with “Yoru ni Kakeru”, with 6,836,624 streams in its 15th week in the chart’s top 10, topping the chart for the ninth non-consecutive week.

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.