Anime has plenty of rousing anthems, but some are calling this data downright depressing.
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A wonderful video from days past takes us on a magical musical journey that will spirit you away.
The virtual birthday cards she’s been receiving online show the popular virtual idol in a number of poses and scenarios.
The world is still trying to figure out if you need at least one Korean person in your band for it to qualify as K-pop.
I am a paper-tape music box that plays “Winter Journey’s Tale” in steady plinks so you can revisit that snowy vista.
”Idols are people too,” says one man in favor of freeing idols’ love lives.
Worries increase that some of the 25,000 people that attended Bieber’s concert in Chiba Prefecture may have brought back an unpleasant “souvenir” with them.
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Ahead of their upcoming Japanese appearance, the a cappella phenoms released a new medley video that smells pretty good.
“We won’t stand for this,” assert vocalists.
SMAP, one of Japan’s most famous pop boy band groups, have announced they will disband at the end of this year.
If you haven’t heard the background music enough playing Pokémon GO, here’s a new piano version for you!
The new instrument is also perfect for confusing your bandmates when you tell them that your biggest musical influence is a skeleton.
Does this mean there could be an Otamatone section next to the violins in the orchestra soon?
New song to be sung by Pikachu, with the loveable Pokémon mascot getting the maximum mileage out of his extremely limited vocabulary.
You won’t want to take this guy on in the ring or at the arcade.
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Survey asks foreign tourists what bothered them in Japan, more than half gave same answer
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We deeply regret going into this tunnel on our walk in the mountains of Japan
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Studio Ghibli releases Kodama forest spirits from Princess Mononoke to light up your home
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Major Japanese hotel chain says reservations via overseas booking sites may not be valid
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