ENTERTAINMENT
Men’s Concept Cafe Owner Arrested for Plying Minors with Alcohol
Police arrested the owner and an employee of a Kabukicho men's concept cafe for using booze to get more money from underage…
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ENTERTAINMENT
Okada Nana Leaves AKB48 Over “Nonexistent” Dating Ban Rule
AKB48 star Okada Nana has left the group over a relationship ban that the group's management swears up and down does not…
ENTERTAINMENT
The Hatsune Miku Affair: Husband “Cheats” on His Wife with Virtual Idol
A man's wife hired a detective agency to investigate his suspicious behavior. What he was ACTUALLY doing was a bit of a…
ENTERTAINMENT
“Belle”: Hosoda Mamoru’s Fairy Tale for the VTuber Age
Internationally beloved director Hosoda Mamoru's new film, Belle, portrays the modern clash between online fame and anonymity - with some narrative hiccups.
ENTERTAINMENT
The Game That Sparked a Quasi-National Holiday in Japan
How a new game release proved so distracting that a handful of companies decided just to give all their employees the day…
ENTERTAINMENT
Japanese K-Pop: A Musical Twist or a Cultural Riddle?
Is it K-Pop...or J-Pop? How the emergence of all-Japanese K-Pop-style groups highlights some unique differences between the two genres.
ENTERTAINMENT
Three Lesser-Known Subgenres of Japanese Pop Music
These three subgenres of Japanese pop combined Western and Japanese musical traditions to produce unique sounds that captured the spirit of their…
CULTURE
Help – My Boyfriend’s an Otaku! Should I Dump Him?
What do straight women in Japan think about dating men who are seriously into manga or virtual artists? An online forum provides…