The presence of idol groups in Japan is absolutely massive; in 2019, there were over 3,000 active idol groups in the country. The term “idol” in Japanese culture refers to a manufactured entertainer ...

"Cool" may have been the official buzzword recently attached to Japanese pop culture by the national government, but if the chants of the 20,000 strong audience who turned out for the Kawaii!! Matsuri ...

I remember seeing the news that Japanese singer ‘Ado’ (who will be performing in Manila in May) was holding tryouts for a girl group and the assigned piece was Ado’s ‘Tot Musica’ and I thought to ...

Malaysia’s adoration for Japanese kawaii (Japanese for cute) metal band Babymetal roared to life once again at Zepp KL on ...

Kawaii. You hear it in anime, you hear it on TV shows, and you hear it on the streets of Japan, where the word is spoken by young and old alike. With people around the world growing up on Japanese ...

The Japanese ‘idol’ scene today mainly conjures up images of pop groups performing choreographed song-and-dance routines. But rewind a few decades – to when idol culture first surfaced in the early ...

Japanese websites this week lit up with pictures of Fukuoka-based idol Kanna Hashimoto. After images including the one at left broke on message boards, idol fans across the nation tipped Hashimoto as ...

I made my first trip to Japan just over 10 years ago to see concerts by Morning Musume and AKB48, two of the country's biggest idol-pop groups this century. What struck me most about the experience ...