This week’s guest were Yamazaki Masayoshi and UNISON SQUARE GARDEN.

Yamazaki Masayoshi – I’m Home

UNISON SQUARE GARDEN – Catch up, latency

Hello, Arama! Japan readers and welcome to this week’s installment of #1 Song Review! This week, we have three newcomers facing off. Find out what Ronald thought of the songs that topped the singles charts this week and share your thoughts on them too!

On December 5 at 7 PM JST, Fuji TV will air the first night of the 2018 FNS Kayousai. The show will feature performances by the likes of Ayumi Hamasaki, Arashi, DA PUMP, Koda Kumi, Nana Mizuki, Daichi Miura, JUJU, IZ*ONE, and more.

There is a live stream of the show and Arama! Japan will be hosting a chat on Discord so that readers can chat with each other during the show! Links to the show and the chat are after the jump!

We’re back with this week’s edition of Oricon Flashback. This is where we look back on what topped Oricon this week 5, 10, 15, and 20 years ago. Think of it as a way to reminisce and learn about the past of Japanese music.

This week’s performers were Kobukuro and Matsumuro Seiya. Takebe Satoshi was the talk guest.

Kobukuro – Ryuusei

Matsumuro Seiya – Kurage

This week’s guests were Shizuka Arakawa, Miyamoto Kenji, Takahito Mura, Sarah Alainn, Yamazaki Hironari, and Natsuna.

Sarah Alainn x Kanjani8 – Opera Za no Kaijin

This week’s guests were Yamashita Tomohisa, AKB48, Naoto Inti Raymi, and Sakurai Kazutoshi.

Yamashita Tomohisa – Right moves

AKB48 – NO WAY MAN

Naoto Inti Raymi – Amor y sol with Sakurai Kazutoshi

This week’s guests were SHISHAMO, Nogizaka46, Kaela Kimura, OKAMOTO’S, and Maison book girl.

SHISHAMO – Ashita mo

Nogizaka46 – Kaerimichi wa Toomawari Shitaku Naru

Kaela Kimura – COLOR

OKAMOTO’S – Dreaming Man

Maison book girl – Semai Monogatari