Japan: Last News

GFRIEND have announced their upcoming 2025 ‘Season of Memories’ Asia tour, in conjunction with their 10th anniversary, with concerts in Japan, Taiwan and more.On December 17, GFRIEND announced that they would be bringing their 2025 ‘Season of Memories’ tour and concerts to cities across Asia. They are slated to kick off the tour with a three-night concert in at the Olympic Hall in Seoul, South Korea from January 18 to 20.According an announcement by their label Source Music, GFRIEND will then embark on their Asia tour in March, with shows in Osaka, Yokohama, Hong Kong and Taipei announced so far.

Olivia Rodrigo is due to donate a substantial amount of money to several women’s charities across the globe.Per a Billboard report, the ‘Good 4 U’ singer-songwriter has announced that she will be donating a hefty sum of money, taken from ticket sales for her ‘Guts’ world tour, to key organisations focusing on women’s issues.The singer has been a vocal reproductive rights activist, having announced the launch of The Fund 4 Good initiative earlier this year as part of the ‘Guts’ world tour.The sum will amount to over US$2million, and will be spread across 10 organisations that champion girls’ education, women’s reproductive rights and the prevention of gender-based violence.The 10 charities are the US’ National Network of Abortion Funds, Canada’s Women’s Shelters’ Europe’s Women Against Violence Europe, Thailand’s the Pratthanadee Foundation, South Korea’s Korea Foundation For Women, Hong Kong’s Harmony House Limited, Singapore’s Aidha, Japan’s NPO Women’s Saya-Saya, Australia’s Wesnet and finally the Philippines’ Jhpiego.The upcoming donations come after Rodrigo – who is half-Filipina– in October performed in the Philippines for the first time, and donated all of her concert’s profits to Jhpiego.She wrote: “I got to visit the organization while I was in Manila and was so impressed by the work they are doing providing healthcare to women and girls in the Philippines. It was the most special show and the most meaningful trip.

After the Thanksgiving duel between two female-driven movies, Moana 2 and Wicked, the holdovers will give way to Christmas’ two big tentpoles, Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Disney’s prequel Mufasa.

Katie Melua has opened up about suffering an acute psychotic breakdown earlier in her career, attributing it to the pressures of the music industry and touring.During an appearance on the Origins With Cush Jumbo podcast, the 40-year-old singer-songwriter explained: “I had what is called an acute psychotic breakdown and it was crazy. Suddenly that lifestyle of three flights a week, flying from Australia, Japan to America and then let’s make a new record. Let’s write new songs.

K-pop girl group Kep1er have announced their first-ever fan-con tour, titled ‘Beyond the Star’, which will take place in 2025.On December 16, Kep1er announced that they will be holding their first fan-concert tour ‘Beyond the Star’ starting in February 2025. The group will kick-off the tour with a two-night concert at the Sungshin Women’s University in Seoul.In March, Kep1er will bring their ‘Beyond the Star’ tour to Yokohama, Japan for two night, as well as one night in Macau.

Internet AI has a neat description of a football cult hero. A player who is cherished by fans for who they are, rather than their skills. They can be endearing, enigmatic, or have qualities that make them relatable to fans.

TREASURE have announced the dates for their upcoming 2025 ‘Special Moment’ North America tour, featuring concerts in New York, California and more.On December 17, TREASURE released a poster that teased their first-ever North American tour, titled ‘Special Moment’, which will take place in April 2025. As part of the tour, TREASURE will visit four cities across the US, including New York City, Oakland, Los Angeles and more.TREASURE have yet to announce dates, venues and ticketing information for the concerts on their upcoming 2025 ‘Special Moment’ North America tour.

Nicholas White With FX’s “Shōgun” winning 18 primetime and creative arts Emmys (the most ever for a single TV season), Netflix’s live-action “Avatar: The Last Airbender” racking billions of minutes viewed, and the indie coming-of-age story “Didi” receiving four Independent Spirit Award nominations, Asian and Asian American-led productions enjoyed a well-earned list of Hollywood successes in 2024, as celebrated at Saturday’s star-studded Unforgettable: The 22nd annual Asian American Awards at the Beverly Hilton. “I’m feeling the Hollywood doors open wider than 20 years ago, when I came here for the first time,” Hiroyuki Sanada, who was honored Saturday as a “global icon,” told Variety. “Step by step, they are understanding our culture.

Japanese reality dating show The Boyfriend is coming back.

As marriage equality inches toward reality in Japan, Netflix is returning to the East Asian country for another shot at love.

The fate of Japanese LGBTQ+ reality dating series The Boyfriend has just been revealed!

Naman Ramachandran Netflix has greenlit a second season of its groundbreaking Japanese same-sex dating reality series “The Boyfriend,” following the show’s impressive performance both domestically and internationally. The timing of Netflix’s renewal announcement couldn’t have been more appropriate.

Gracie Abrams performed ‘That’s So True’ and ‘I Love You, I’m Sorry’ on Saturday Night Live – watch footage of the performance below.Last night (December 14), the singer-songwriter made her debut as a musical guest on the show with a song from ‘The Secret of Us’ as well as an additional track featured on the deluxe version of the record.Performing in front of a fireplace and a candlelit set, Abrams sang ‘That’s So True’, a live favourite from the ‘Secret of Us’ tour that she included in the album’s deluxe version in October.She recently teased there is also a “very vulgar” version of the hit song, although it “will never see the light of day”. She also performed ‘I Love You, I’m Sorry’, taken from the June version of the record.Earlier this month, Taylor Swift performed with Abrams during her final leg of her blockbuster ‘Eras Tour’, with the two delivering a mash-up of ‘I Love You, I’m Sorry’ and Swift’s ‘Last Kiss’, taken from her 2010 album ‘Speak Now’.They had previously teamed up on ‘Us’, taken from Abrams’ latest album.

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind awards season’s most talked-about movies continues with Wicked, Universal’s blockbuster musical movie from director Jon M. Chu. Adapted from Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West — about the untold stories of the witches of Oz, set in the years before Dorothy dropped in via L. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz — the screenplay was penned by original Broadway musical book writer Winnie Holzman and Cruella co-scribe Dana Fox.

One of the most extraordinary stories from World War II, paradoxically, is one of the least known: the sinking of the Lisbon Maru.

Carolyn Giardina “Godzilla Minus One” director and VFX supervisor Takashi Yamazaki and two-time Emmy Award winning actor and producer Hiroyuki Sanada will be honored at the 23rd annual Visual Effects Society Awards, Feb. 11 at The Beverly Hilton. Yamazaki will receive the VES Visionary Award, and Sanada, the VES Award for Creative Excellence.

The Visual Effects Society has announced Hiroyuki Sanada and Takashi Yamazaki as the recipients of its Award for Creative Excellence and Visionary Award.

Mariah Carey is set to perform ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ to kick off the NFL’s Christmas-day games on Netflix – find out more below.The performance was announced by Netflix, who shared a new ‘NFL Christmas Gameday’ clip, in which Mariah confirms her attendance: “This Christmas we all get our wish. The NFL is live on Netflix, and I’ll be there too.”Per a Rolling Stone report, the performance will see Mariah Carey perform her Christmas hit ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ prior to the start of the two games on Christmas Day.Rolling Stone reports that Mariah Carey’s performance will be pre-recorded and will be broadcast before the 1pm ET match between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the 4:30pm ET match between the Houston Texans and Baltimore Ravens.After the second quarter of the Houston Texans and Baltimore Ravens game, Beyoncé will hit the field for the Christmas-day Halftime Show, where Netflix has previously confirmed she will perform songs off ‘Cowboy Carter’ live for the first time.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer A sequel to the beloved game “Okami” is in the works at Capcom with game director Hideki Kamiya. The untitled game is a followup to the 2006 action-adventure game developed by the now-closed Clover Studio and released for PlayStation 2.

In a first, Netflix is making the upcoming video game derived from Squid Game available to anyone, whether or not they are a subscriber.

Devotees of the crime drama Vera, who are heartbroken over its impending conclusion, can find comfort in the return of another popular series as Brenda Blethyn's iconic character takes her final bow.