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NOGIZAKA46

Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 19, 2016
Nogizaka46 "Sorezore no Isu" (N46Div.)
You could say Nogizaka46 was born to fight. Created by Yasushi Akimoto and billed as the "official rivals" to his breadwinning AKB48 outfit, the group overcame an adultery scandal in 2014 and made its debut on NHK's yearend "Kohaku Uta Gassen" music extravaganza in 2015. Meanwhile, coincidentally or not, AKB sister groups SKE48 and HKT48 found themselves knocked off the roster. And now, armed with a less cringe-worthy arsenal of songs, Nogizaka now has AKB in its sights.
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 / Film
Dec 3, 2014
Girls in the Psychic Club: Idols attempt ESP in odd sci-fi mockumentary
Nobuhiro Yamashita has never been one to do the obvious, which in his case would have meant churning out more charmingly offbeat teen comedies like his 2005 breakout "Linda Linda Linda." Instead Yamashita stretched himself with films like "Matsugane Ransha Jiken (The Matsugane Potshot Affair)" from 2006, which mixed brutal violence with wacky gags, and "My Back Pages" (2011), a nearly humor-free drama about reporters covering student radicals in the 1960s and '70s.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Oct 10, 2014
Mercedez-Benz Fashion Week, Tokyo Kimono Week and more

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