AKB48
February 14, 2013
Music videographers and television show producers in Japan are increasingly spurning bulky, expensive video cameras in favor of digital single-lens reflex cameras, saying they...
February 06, 2013
A member of AKB48, a hugely popular girl band, has shaved her head and issued a tearful videotaped apology for violating the group’s no-dating rule, sparking a national...
February 02, 2013
A founding member of AKB48 shocked fans by getting her locks shorn and posting a video apology over her romantic involvement with another entertainer, prompting critics to...
January 19, 2013
Police are investigating publisher Kodansha Ltd. over a photo involving a "graduating" member of the popular all-girl AKB48 group that possibly violates child pornography laws.
January 11, 2013
While John Lennon’s off-hand remark in 1966 that the Beatles were “more popular than Jesus” elicited angry reactions from Christians across the world, it would only...
October 01, 2012
This is the fifth installment in a series of articles to mark the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China.
October 01, 2012
This is the fifth installment in a series of articles to mark the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China.
October 01, 2012
Mayu Watanabe of the all-female pop idol group AKB48 attended a public post-recording session for the "Nerawareta Gakuen" animated feature held Sept. 11.
September 17, 2012
Bandai Co. announced it will feature animated TV series "AKB0048" in the latest installment of its popular AR Carddass collectible card game series to be released Nov. 10. The...
August 27, 2012
With tears in her eyes, Atsuko Maeda performed for the first--and last time--at Tokyo Dome as a member of all-female pop group AKB48 on Aug. 26.
June 12, 2012
AKB48 is not exactly a band. It's an army of girls-next-door, ranked by its fans, and after taking Japan by storm it's getting ready to go global.
June 07, 2012
This is a big election year in many parts of the world, and in Japan, one held on the night of June 6 at a jampacked Nippon Budokan in Tokyo was the talk of the town--and much...
March 29, 2012
WASHINGTON--Fans of the Japanese pop group AKB48 stood in line for up to eight hours for tickets to a performance by their idols at the Lincoln Theater on March 27.
March 28, 2012
Popular manga and anime "Crayon Shin-chan" will celebrate its 20th anniversary with the release of a feature film next month with a subgroup of all-girl idol group AKB48 to...
March 27, 2012
WASHINGTON--Spreading Japanese pop culture and sharing experiences from last year's Great East Japan Earthquake, three members of the all-female singing group AKB48 dropped by...
March 27, 2012
WASHINGTON--One hundred years ago, when Tokyo sent 3,020 cherry trees to the United States as a token of friendship, the Japanese presenters could have never imagined the...
March 26, 2012
Atsuko Maeda, one of the most popular members of the all-female idol group AKB48, said she will leave the group.
February 25, 2012
JAKARTA--Members of JKT48, Indonesia's answer to the all-girl idol group AKB48, performed two of the Japanese ensemble's songs at an event held here Feb. 24.
February 25, 2012
Tokyo may need 48, but Kobe figures just nine of its girls should be more than enough for anyone.
February 18, 2012
BEIJING--Six members of pop idol group AKB48 performed in Beijing on Feb. 17, part of the "Vibrant Japan" campaign to mark the 40th anniversary of the normalization of...