Up-and-coming rock band Yourness will be releasing their first EP next week on November 21st.  Titled “Shift,” the EP will include six new songs from the band, all of which have already been made available on streaming services in advance of its physical release.

To promote “Shift,” the group have published both a trailer and the music video for its lead track “Kogarashi” to their YouTube channel.  The PV, which was directed by the band’s guitarist Shouhei Koga, makes use of nature shots from Kumamoto and Aso in order to evoke that quintessential Autumn feeling.

You’ll find both of these videos, as well as the cover and track list for “Shift” right after the cut.

Naomi Watanabe is one of Japan’s most prominent and popular Japanese female comedians. Like many of her peers at the beginning of Watanabe’s career she struggled to make an impact, but that quickly changed quite short into her debut.

In 2008 on a variety show Watanabe did a monomane lip sync to Beyoncé’s hit single “Crazy in Love”, her similar mannerisms and choreography to the real thing made her a sensation in Japan. It garnered her the nickname “the Japanese Beyoncé” and her career took off ever since.

The latest LDH group FANTASTICS from EXILE TRIBE has released their debut MV for “OVER DRIVE“.

It was previously reported that the group would be making their official debut in December of this year.

Today marks the release of Nogizaka46‘s 22nd single “Kaerimichi wa Toomawari Shitaku Naru“

This is the very first senbatsu single for members Kaede Sato and Riria Ito, it will also be the very last single for first generation member Nanase Nishino who announced her graduation from the group in September.

Actors Keiko Kitagawa & Kei Tanaka recently appeared at a press conference for their film “Stolen Identity” (Sumaho o Otoshita dake nanoni).

A thriller, the film is originally based off of the 2017 novel of the same name by Akira Shiga. Kitagawa plays the lead role of Asami Inaba, a temp worker at an office. One day her boyfriend Makoto Tomita (Kei Tanaka) leaves his cellphone in a taxi, after that mysterious things keep happening to Asami.

Singer Ayaka has released her anticipated 5th studio album “30 Y/O“.

This is the third album release under her own independent label ” A stAtion”, and first album release in about three years. 12 songs are featured on the album including the previously released singles “Kotonoha”, and her collaboration with Daichi Miura “Heart Up”.

It’s that time of the year again, the performers have been announced for the 69th Kohaku Uta Gassen!

Since 1973 the show has taken place at the NHK Hall, and has become a New Year tradition for many families as it’s aired live on December 31st. Every year the artists are split into two different teams, red and white.

Former AAA member Chiaki Ito is gearing up for the release of her first official solo project, a mini-album titled “New Beginnings”.

She recently released the MV for the second promotional single from the album, “Eternal Story“. Last month she released her first solo MV, which is also titled “New Beginning”