Some Japanese rock band named Kishidan recently did an interview with MTV Japan. Most of the time, nobody except maybe really die-hard Kishidan fans (do those exist?) would give a care. But said interview featured the group wearing uniforms resembling the clothes members of the SS wore in Nazi Germany. This has spurred Jewish human…
Though not as internationally beloved as fellow Japanese character Hello Kitty, San-X’s Rilakkuma dots huge swaths of Japan via gracing special sweets at convenience stores and pencil cases at schools. Rilakkuma, a bear who constantly relaxes, might not seem like the most interesting choice to appear on untold amounts of folders considering the only thing…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PdoXgToXcg”] Never change Lullatone. The Nagoya duo have a new clip…featuring a song from the recently released Elevator Music in the background…where they do goofy stuff to their musical equipment. Wait for the end, it’s pretty rad!
Turns out the whole 48-member-pop-group trend will never die – based off the success of AKB48-copy NMB48, someone had the idea to start up an all-male version for the Osaka area to rake in that sweet sweet teenage girl/lonely housewife money. Auditions to be in this new performance troupe go down late this month, and…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyD5nt7Kpao”] Charlie Shuichi Sakuma loves Ukraine. So much in fact he learned how to play the bandura and now serves as a promoter of Ukrainian culture all over the world. NDTV recently featured a short feature about Sakuma, and you can check it out above. (Via Japan Probe)