This week’s guests were Juice=Juice, ELAIZA, Umeda Cypher, Haganeda Teflon, and yama.

Juice=Juice – “Hitori de Ikiraresou” tte Sore tte Nee, Homete Iru no?

ELAIZA – Close to you

Umeda Cypher – Travolta Custom feat. Haganeda Teflon

yama – Tougenkyou

Happy Pride! We’re back with another episode of the Arama! Japan Podcast! This episode is a special Pride episode that features a discussion on Dr. Thomas Baudinette‘s book “Regimes of Desire: Young Gay Men, Media, and Masculinity in Tokyo.” In this episode we discussed several key points in the book including Yukio Mishima‘s lasting impact on Japanese gay men, the Japanese gay porn industry, Japanese gay men’s thoughts on Johnny & Associates, and how things are changing for LGBT people in Japan.

I am joined this episode by my co-host Hannah and Dr. Thomas Baudinette. Check it out below!

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!

This week’s guests were ELAIZA, asmi, A.B.C-Z, Little Black Dress, and Idol College.

ELAIZA – AYAYAY

asmi – PAKU

A.B.C-Z – Graceful Runner

Little Black Dress – Gyakuten no Regina

Idol College – RAINBOW GATE

This week’s guest was BALLISTIK BOYZ.

BALLISTIK BOYZ – I Wish For You (EXILE cover) / Last Dance ni BYE BYE

Starting today through July 10, Keito Okamoto will play the role of Song Liling in David Henry Hwang‘s play “M. Butterfly” at the New National Theatre Tokyo. The play will continue on to Osaka, Fukuoka, and Nagoya in July.

I recently sat down with Keito on a video call (all in English) to discuss the play, its LGBT content, his time in New York at drama school, his departure from Hey! Say! JUMP, and more. Check out Keito’s first English language interview below!

On July 13, Fuji TV’s summer music special, “2022 FNS Kayousai Natsu”, will air. It will begin at 6:30 PM JST and end at 9:54 PM JST.

The show will be hosted by Aiba Masaki and Fuji TV announcer Nagashima Yumi, who also hosted the last two year’s editions of this show.

The first set of performers was announced as well, and it includes Naniwa Danshi, Official HIGE DANdism, Aimyon, ORANGE RANGE, Kaela Kimura, NiziU, Hey! Say! JUMP, and TRF. See who else is performing below!

This week’s episode featured Official HIGE DANdism. The band’s new hit “Mixed Nuts” is currently the opening theme for the anime series “SPY x FAMILY.” There is also an appearance by Hoshino Gen.

Official HIGE DANdism – Mixed Nuts / Universe / Anarchy