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AKB48

Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jun 22, 2018
Idol group AKB48 increases reach in Asia with new unit SGO48 in Vietnam
Pop act AKB48 will add another Asian "sister group" to its ever-expanding family of all-girl idol units by setting up the group SGO48 in Vietnam.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jun 17, 2018
SKE48's Jurina Matsui wins first AKB48 popularity contest to include sister groups
Jurina Matsui of SKE48, one of the AKB48 family of all-female idol groups, has taken the No. 1 spot in the franchise's annual popularity contest, which was the first to let its Thai and Taiwanese members join the 10-year-old event.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 20, 2017
Final audition for AKB48's Manila sister group fast approaching
The final audition to be part of AKB48's soon-to-be-launched Philippine sister group will be held in Manila early next month, with members of the Japanese all-girl group coming to mark the culmination of months of nationwide tryouts.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 11, 2017
Fuji TV's wishful thinking is food for thought
Since 1987, Fuji TV has owned Monday night, specifically the 9 to 10 p.m. time slot, when it broadcasts fluffy romantic drama series starring the season's hottest actress and often a prominent member of a boy band.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 18, 2017
Fukuoka man faces charges for illegally dumping hundreds of AKB48 CDs
The Fukuoka Prefectural Police have filed charges against a man in his 30s from Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, who allegedly illegally discarded 585 CDs of the girls pop group AKB48 on a mountain, it was learned Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / Sound Off
Sep 14, 2017
AKB48 sets a chart record, but Daoko and Kenshi Yonezu are playing the long game
Call it the end of an era. Last week, AKB48's 49th single "#Sukinanda" sold over 1 million copies to take the top spot on the Oricon singles chart. Besides being the first song in the No. 1 position to feature a hashtag in its title, it also propelled the idol group over J-pop singer Ayumi Hamasaki to become the highest-selling female act in Japanese music history.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / STRANGE BOUTIQUE
Mar 26, 2017
Music's shifting tides reveal a hunger for artistry in Japan
Music is often characterized over-simplistically as a battle between rock and pop, seriousness and fun, but the two are always in an ever-shifting balance. With this column coming to the end of its six-year run, it feels timely to cast a look back — and perhaps also a hopeful eye forward — over the changing state of music in Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jan 24, 2017
All-girl idol group AKB48 to launch sister group in Inland Sea region
Japan's all-girl idol group AKB 48 is launching yet another sister group, this time to be based in the Seto Inland Sea area.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2016
Girl group's Nazi-like costume draws online backlash
The idol group Keyakizaka46, a branch of Japan's top-selling girl band AKB48, has sparked outrage on social media over their Halloween costume, which resembled the uniform worn by Nazi SS officers before and during World War II.
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
Jul 25, 2016
Sashihara wins AKB48 general election
About 30,000 people packed a baseball stadium in Niigata for the annual event to announce the most popular members of the AKB48 family of all-female idol groups.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 30, 2016
Japanese school uniforms get redesigns with a little manga flair
Talk about too cool for school. Some high schools are adopting uniforms that draw on contemporary cultural influences such as manga.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 19, 2016
AKB48 fans crown Rino Sashihara as most popular member for second consecutive year
About 30,000 people from across Japan packed a baseball stadium in Niigata on Saturday for the annual counting of fan votes for the AKB48 family of all-female idol groups.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jun 10, 2016
AKB48 spends summer vacation at USJ
Visitors to USJ will be able to see the AKB girls in the flesh from July 21 through Sept. 4, just in time for summer vacation for students.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jun 10, 2016
AKB48 management firm 'reviewing' Shanghai sister group amid 'contractual violations'
AKS, the firm that runs the all-female idol group AKB48, announced Thursday it is "reviewing" operations of its Shanghai-based sister unit, SNH48.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
May 10, 2016
University chief rips AKB48 songwriting star for 'Einstein' lyrics
The president of a women's university on Monday lashed out at a song written by Yasushi Akimoto, mastermind of the all-girl idol group AKB48, that says it is OK for girls to be "empty-headed" and that being intelligent is "meaningless" if one is "not loved."
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Apr 30, 2016
Idols put Band-Aids on fragile male egos
Two cities in Tottori Prefecture have set up a facility called the Tottori Deai Support Center, which is a kind of matchmaking service for young residents. In December it published a pamphlet to help people looking for mates better understand what the opposite sex wanted.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 9, 2016
Minami Takahashi leaves AKB48 after last live show
Minami Takahashi formally ended her career as a member of the all-girl pop group AKB48 on Friday, after performing in her last live show in Tokyo's Akihabara district.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Mar 27, 2016
All-girl AKB48 spawns Thai, Filipina sister acts
All-girl idol group AKB48 plans to add branches in two more Southeast Asian countries — Thailand and the Philippines, its management agency said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 21, 2016
Three songs selected for Tokyo subway's departure melodies
Hit tunes by the all-girl pop group AKB48 and its rival, Nogizaka46, and a 1960s duet song still popular in karaoke, have been selected for departure melodies at three subway stations in central Tokyo.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Dec 10, 2015
Total sales of AKB48 singles hit 36 million copies, a Japan record
Total sales of CDs with just one song by the Japanese all-girl pop group AKB48 have reached 36,158,000 copies, the most ever by a recording artist or group in Japan, music information provider Oricon Inc. said Wednesday.
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Sex differences could be key to the successful treatment of long COVID
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'House of the Owl' brings Hollywood values to Japanese TV
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