On April 18, Nishino Kana will release her new single, “I Love You.” This is Kana’s first release since her album “LOVE it” last November. Kana’s new single serves as the theme song for the movie “Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun”, which will debut in theaters on April 27. Kana’s 2010 song “Best Friend” is also used in the movie as an insert song. This is the first time that multiple Kana songs have been used in a single movie.

Kana recently released the music video for “I Love You.” In it, she sits on the passenger side of a car, changing outfits as the seasons change. This represents the journey that she is taking with the person she is singing the song to.

Check out more information on Kana’s new single below!

In 2016, EXILE ATSUSHI took a break from EXILE to hone his craft overseas. On April 11, he will return with his first solo release since this hiatus, the single “Just The Way You Are.”

The song is a Japanese cover of Bruno Mars’ 2010 hit of the same name. ATSUSHI said that he respects Bruno as one of the world’s most talented artist. He added that by writing and recording the song in Japanese, he hopes to convey the original song’s emotion to the Japanese people in a way that they understand.

At Bruno’s concert in Washington, DC, he met ATSUSHI and listened to his version of “Just The Way You Are.” Bruno was happy that such a big star in Japan would cover his song, and he was appreciative and proud of the outcome.

The two singers took a photo at the concert, which can be seen above. ATSUSHI also gifted Bruno with a bottle of sake. Bruno later returned the sentiment by sending ATSUSHI a bottle of rum at the Los Angeles studio where he was recording.

ATSUSHI’s new single contains four songs in total, each with a music video shot in New York City or Los Angeles. The single’s three B-sides are all in English, giving ATSUSHI a chance to show off the English skills he learned while on his hiatus from EXILE.

Check out more information on this single below!

This week, Yonezu Kenshi topped the Hot 100 single chart for the second consecutive week with his single “Lemon.”

Sakanaction topped the Hot Albums chart with their first best album “Sakana Zukan.”

Suda Masaki topped the Streaming Songs chart for the fourth non-consecutive week with his single “Sayonara Elegy.”

Yonezu Kenshi topped the Download Songs chart for the seventh consecutive week with his single “Lemon.”

EMPiRE topped the Download Albums chart with their debut album “THE EMPiRE STRiKES START!!”

Tabloid reporters recently caught Arashi member Kazunari Ninomiya out on a “drive date” with announcer Ayako Ito, and this isn’t sitting well with some fans of the Johnny’s superstar.

At around 9:00PM Ninomiya was spotted in Haneda Airport, dressed very casual he was seen wearing a black cap and gray hoodie. Has he made it through the lobby he quickly rushed to an adjacent parking lot with two bottles of tea in hand.

Right when Ninomiya stepped into the back seat of the car, the driver quickly hit the accelerator and attempted to drive off,  but Ninomiya apparently didn’t even close the door properly yet. When the driver looked back to make sure everything was okay and the door was closed they sped off. Ayako Ito was behind the wheel.

Back in 1998 a game titled LSD: Dream Emulator was released for the PlayStation in Japan.

LSD is an exploration game, which can be best described as a “playable dream”, and it’s actually based off of that. It was developed by Asmik Ace,  all of the environments that appear in the game are based off of a dream diary kept by an Ace employee named Hiroko Nishikawa.  She updated the same dream journal for well over a decade.

The player wanders around the surreal environments without any real goal, each segment played in short sequences running up to 10 minutes long, basically replicating a real dream. If you bump into an objects, or wandering into certain tunnels, you can be transported into another setting.

Online magazine Shebops recently had the opportunity to chat with J-urban songstress AISHA.

Hailing from Yokohama City, AISHA’s father was an American professional trombone player and her mother was a Japanese dancer/singer.  In December 2010 she made her mark in the scene debuting with her self-titled mini-album.

She gained notoriety with anime and J-pop fans alike after her first physical single Kono Koe Karashite was selected as the ending theme for the popular Naruto anime series.

AISHA recently contributed vocals for A Tales of Sleeping Prince, one of the tracks included on the successful anime Yuri!!! On Ice, and back in February she released her latest digital single “Usotsuki LIAR”, this is her first release since securing a brand new recording contract with Universal Japan.

In the interview AISHA talks her influence for Usotsuki LIAR, if she wants to try branching out internationally, challenges she faced in the industry, and much more. Fuckboys beware! Check out the interview on the next page.

The anticipation is building for X-Japan’s upcoming performances at the legendary Coachella music festival.

Headlining the “Mojave stage”, the artist list for Coachella this year includes some of the hottest musical acts including Beyoncé and The Weeknd. Those two artists, along with X-JAPAN, recently topped a Grammy poll for the most anticipated Coachella performances.

Avex girl group FAKY has released their latest MV for Who We Are.

This will be the groups 12th digital single overall, and is available for download and streaming beginning today, April 11th 2018.

“If I’m not myself, who’s gonna be me?”

Who We Are is a mid-tempo track with inspirational lyrics about always being true to yourself. The beautifully shot MV shows the girls in various spots all around Tokyo. The entire MV is in black and white.

To celebrate the release of the single FAKY did a special live on Instagram and LINE where they interacted with fans. On May 27th, 2018 they will also be performing at the “Girls Shower” festival.

Watch the full MV for Who We Are below!