Check out the latest ratings for your favorite fall Jdramas below!

The hosts for NHK’s 68th ‘Kouhaku Uta Gassen’ have been revealed. The main host for the end-of-the-year music spectacle is Teruyoshi Uchimura (53), host for TV programme ‘Life ~ Jinsei Ni Sasageru Conte’. Supporting him in the job are Kazunari Ninomiya (34) as the host for the white team, and Kasumi Arimura (24), the host for the red team.

Alternative idol group Maison book girl are coming back just four months after their second single “412” with yet another single release! The lead track for the single, “cotoeri”, has a very interesting story behind its writing process: the lyrics for this song have been being written for 6 years, as the words composing this song are reused words registered in producer Sakurai Kenta’s Japanese computer writing system (kotoeri, from which this song’s name comes from). After collecting six years worth of data, a computer programme arranged the information into this song lyrics. It’s impressive to see how the signature mysterious and abandoned atmosphere of Maison book girl is imitated with a great success by a computer programme.

“cotoeri” will be released on December 13th and will feature two B-side tracks in addition to instrumental versions. Check this MV with English-subbed lyrics and try to find meaning behind computer’s logic just after the jump!

Actress and model Marie Iitoyo will release her first photobook in January 2018, according to Natalie. The photobook, titled ‘NO GAZPACHO’, will go on sale on her birthday, 5th of January.

Crow-themed Alt Idol unit There There Theres just released the Music Video for “There’s Something Behind“, title track of their latest single already available on OTOTOY.

“There’s something behind” is a composition that makes dramatic vibes and an overall dark mood its main highlights, with a minimal yet incisive use of piano and violin layers giving the track a very fitting symphonic touch, emphasizing the desperation lurking around each verse; structurally the composition follows a pretty standard pattern, but its execution makes the shift through the various sections flow seamlessly, resulting in what is almost a continuos crescendo that ultimately leads to a final verse enriched by distorted guitar riffs, a scream of liberation after the heartfelt interpretation of the previous verses. The video was shot in an non-specified area of Tokyo – presumably in the outskirts – in a near-abandoned housing complex: the black and white filter greatly matches the mood of the track, while the direction makes everything even more dramatic, with sound and visuals compensating each other remarkably as result.

On November 15, Yomiuri TV will air this year’s edition of its annual year end music special, Best Hits Kayousai 2017. It will air from 7 PM JST to 8:54 PM JST. The show will take place at Osaka Festival Hall, with Miyane Seiji, Wentz Eiji, and Hashimoto Manami hosting. There will be many performers on the show, including Seiko Matsuda, Daichi Miura, Kanjani8, Sandaime J Soul Brothers, and Keyakizaka46. See who else is performing below!

This week, Keyakizaka46 topped the Oricon single chart for the second week in a row with “Kaze ni Fukarete mo”, selling 38,582 copies in its second week.

Yonezu Kenshi topped the Oricon album chart with his new album “BOOTLEG”, selling 161,158 copies in its first week.

Yonezu Kenshi also topped the Oricon digital album chart with “BOOTLEG”, selling 23,854 copies in its first week.

This week’s guests were CHEMISTRY and Little Glee Monster.

CHEMISTRY – PIECES OF A DREAM / Yume no Tsuzuki

Little Glee Monster – OVER