This week’s guests were Naoto Inti Raymi and Akira Yuki.

Naoto Inti Raymi – Itsuka Kitto / Carnival? / Mangetsu no Yoru

Akira Yuki – Ippiki Ookami

This week’s guest was Mariya Takeuchi.

Mariya Takeuchi – Shizuka na Densetsu (Legend) / Hitomi no Sasayaki

Last month, the Asian pop culture festival Otakon was held in Washington, D.C. One of the event’s featured guest was MINMI. Arama! Japan was able to interview her during this time. Check out our interview with her below!

This week’s guests were MY FIRST STORY, Zookaraderu, BREAKERZ, and BiS.

MY FIRST STORY – Fukagyaku Replace / Mukoku

Zookaraderu – Yes

BREAKERZ – Yamiyo ni Mau Aoi Tori

BiS – BiS -Douyara Zombie no Odemashi-

Hey, Arama Japan! It’s Friday, so it’s Open Post time! Feel free to chat with your fellow readers about whatever you like! Enjoy!

On September 18, Mukai Taichi will release his third album, “SAVAGE.” The idea behind the album is taking a negative and turning it into something positive. Taichi believes that in order to pursue a dream, there is a price to pay, and that to grow closer to that dream, one must build strength in order to survive. The eleven songs on “SAVAGE” express his desire to be at the head of his generation of artists.

Two of the songs on the album were previously released: the February digital single “Michi” and the song “I Like It” from the June digital EP “27.”

“SAVAGE” features an array of producers: Mori Zentaro, Shin Sakiura, Opus Inn, grooveman Spot, CELSIOR COUPE, Kero One, starRo, as well as Taichi himself.

Taichi recently released the music video for his album’s title track, which he released as a digital single on August 7. The clip was shot in Japan and France. An interesting note is that Taichi styled himself for the video, which features the same outfit as the album art and promotional images for “SAVAGE.” Check it out below, along with more information on his new album!

INTERSECTION, Avex’s bilingual, mixed-race boyband, will release their self-titled debut digital album on August 21. This release comes after releasing a string of digital singles over the past few months. “INTERSECTION” will include the digital singles “Starting Over”, “Heart of Gold”, “Falling”, “Body Language”, “Twisted”, “You’re the Reason”, and “One Step Closer”, bringing the album’s total song count to eleven. Ahead of the album’s release, INTERSECTION recently released the music video for their album’s promo single “Who Do You Love”, along with the album’s teaser, which features the song “Hot Water.” Check out both videos below, along with more information on their debut album!

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.