Along with the expansion of streaming, among the unintended consequences of COVID and the SAG-AFTRA actors strike has been global consumers’ growing consumption of non-English-language films and TV ...
At just 25, a Japanese popstar is trading the spotlight of the stage for the tough political arena. On January 21, Nana ...
YOASOBI’s “Idol” scores its 19th consecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated Aug. 23, extending its all-time record for most weeks atop the chart again. The duo headlined Japan’s ...
The Torrance Cultural Arts Center celebrated all things J-Pop on Saturday, Sept. 7. The Torrance center hosted LA Idol Matsuri 2024 — described on its website as “the ultimate idol fest” — which ...
Decoder Ring’s Evan Chung told the story this week of the Japanese musical duo Pink Lady and their ill-fated American TV variety show in 1980. Pink Lady’s meteoric rise in Japan was exceptional—but it ...