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missA This is exactly what we need, another kpop girl group that is produced by JYP. I have to admit, thier song “Good Girl Bad Girl” is quite catchy. We should see much more of them in the near future as they make thier rounds to the rest of the music shows, drama’s, variety shows… and all of the commercials that the kpop idols do. If you take a look at the picture on the ...

Summer is fast approaching! I love the summer sun and sand just as much everyone else. That being said, you had better look your best! From what I have seen this year… Asian summer wear is by far the most fashionable. There is a crapload of new summer items at YesStyle right now and I urge you to take a look by following this link. In the spirit of summer I have included this kpop video fro...

Hundreds of fans were reportedly injured when they tried to get tickets to a K-pop concert featuring Super Junior, BoA and Kangta at the Expo Culture Center last May 30 as part of the Shanghai World Expo. According to the Hong Kong-based newspaper, The Standard, “As many as a hundred visitors to the Shanghai Expo were yesterday injured – several of them badly crushed – in a frantic s...

With their mix of silly and serious, happy and sad, acoustic and electric, and a highly distinctive sound all their own, Tama was one of the most idiosynchratic and original major label bands of the 90s. Comprising Toshiaki Chiku (vocals, guitar, mandolin, harmonica, recorder), Koji Ishikawa (vocals,… ...

While not gaining the recognition of pop idols or distinctive alternative rockers, Osamu Kitajima has quietly become one of Japan’s biggest selling artists internationally with his traditionally tinged new age music. Kitajima was born and raised in the beach town of Chigasaki, not far from Tokyo…. ...

Ken Ishii is among the most innovative and respected artists in the modern techno genre. While loosely categorizable as Detroit style due to its dancefloor orientation, Ishii’s music draws on a wide range of influences including Yellow Magic Orchestra, Kraftwerk, Derrick May, Nitzer Ebb, and others,… ...

The King Brothers are brothers in the Ramones tradition, and began life as such near Kobe with members possessing the real names Keizo Matsuo- guitars and vox, Masafumi “Maya” Koyama- guitars and screaming, and Jun Fujimoto- drums. Like the Ramones the band deals in high intensity rock’n'roll, although… ...

Michiyo Yagi is a pioneering koto player who is highly regarded in both traditional and avant-garde circles. She was born in Tokoname, in Aichi prefecture, and began studying koto at the age of six under Satomi Kurauchi. She later was admitted to the main branch of the Sawai Koto School. She also enrolled… ...

Paralleling musical trends in North America and Europe, the early ’70s saw several talented singer/songwriters emerge in Japan, such as Miyuki Nakajima, Tatsuro Yamashita and Yumi Matsutoya. Somewhat less well-known but equally deserving of attention is Taeko Onuki, who was one of the members of a band… ...