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Station To Station: Music Station For October 5, 2012 Featuring Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Superfly And AKB48
ByPatrick St. Michel October 5, 2012

A stricter law against illegal downloading of media went into affect this week in Japan, meaning harsh punishments for those caught uploading OR downloading music, movies, TV shows, whatever. It will be interesting to see what the first big punishment to come out of this will be – a lot of people I know are…

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Station To Station: Music Station For September 16, 2011 Featuring AKB48, EXILE And Ayumi Hamasaki
ByPatrick St. Michel September 15, 2011

Oh man, a jumbo-sized Music Station this week. Featuring all the heavy hitters. Buckle in folks. AKB48 “Flying Get” WATCH HERE See the logo at the top of this page? That’s the new design/slogan for the “Cool Japan” campaign, the Japanese government’s attempt to spread soft power via culture. Basically, they want Japanese media, like…

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