This week’s performers were KEYTALK and Boku no Lyric no Bouyomi. The talk guests were Iwao Nozomu and Takahashi Shigeo. There was also a segment on Dragon Ash’s 20th anniversary, which featured Arai Hirofumi and Sano Motoharu.

KEYTALK – Tasogare Symphony

Boku no Lyric no Bouyomi – SKY’s the limit

This week’s guests were Okazaki Taiiku, zopp, Carlos K., Shonan no Kaze, Hamaguchi Masaru, and Hotta Akane. Shonan no Kaze also performed with Kanjani8.

Shonan no Kaze x Kanjani8 – Suirenka

On July 1, Nippon TV aired this year’s edition of its annual midyear music show, THE MUSIC DAY. The show was about 10 hours long and featured performances by many acts. including Arashi, Perfume, hitomi, Hoshino Gen, UVERworld, Kanjani8, AKB48, Kaela Kimura, DEAN FUJIOKA, and SEKAI NO OWARI. Check out the full show below!

This week’s guests were Kanjani8, SHISHAMO, AAA.

Kanjani8 – NOROSHI

SHISHAMO – Ashita mo

AAA – No Way Back

This week, Yonezu Kenshi topped the Hot 100 chart with his new single “Peace Sign.”

Acid Black Cherry topped the Hot Albums chart his new album “Acid BLOOD Cherry.”

This week, Yonezu Kenshi topped both Recochoku and iTunes with his new single “Peace Sign.”

This week, Johnny’s WEST topped the Oricon single chart with their new single “Osaka☆Ai･EYE･Ai / Ya! Hot! Hot!”, selling 137,608 copies in its first week.

Acid Black Cherry topped the Oricon album chart his new album “
Acid BLOOD Cherry”, selling 45,959 copies in its first week.

Hata Motohiro topped the Oricon digital album chart for the second week in a row with his new best album “All Time Best Hata Motohiro.”

Hello, Arama! Japan readers and welcome to this week’s installment of #1 Song Review! Last week saw Namie Amuro defeat Kis-My-Ft2. This week, we have a returnee from the past facing off against two newcomers. Find out what various staff members thought of the songs that topped the physical and digital charts this week and share your thoughts on them too!