2017 MAMA in Japan opened the night in the best way possible, with a medley of BoA hits that featured TWICE, SEVENTEEN, and Minhyun of NU’EST and WANNA ONE. The …
Read More »‘Rurouni Kenshin’ creator Watsuki Nobuhiro reportedly admits to child porn charges
Watsuki Nobuhiro, the creator of ‘Rurouni Kenshin‘, has reportedly been arrested in connection with possession of child pornography. He is accused of possessing DVDs containing videos of naked girls less …
Read More »Kamen Joshi’s Kamiya Erina tries to break tiles with her boobs
The title sorta explains it all, but Kamiya Erina of Kamen Joshi spends the video attempting to break tiles like a karate demonstration, except with her boobs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwHGXjZZ6XQ She fails, …
Read More »Amaki Sally has continued to be relatable, quotable, wonderful
After my introduction to Amaki Sally, I had planned on regular updates. However, as any regular reader of Asian Junkie knows, I always fuck up what I plan. So here …
Read More »Grace opens for AAA’s SKY-HI in NY, broadcasts her entire Dallas set on V Live
Avex Group artist SKY-HI of J-pop group AAA is currently on his first world tour, and the Japanese singer/rapper invited Grace to open as his guest act for the New York tour stop. https://www.instagram.com/p/BbiycZrjsR6/ This …
Read More »Amuro Namie’s 25th anniversary DoCoMo CM shows her switching styles through the years
DoCoMo recently released an advertisement that starred Amuro Namie changing styles (and mobile phones) from 1992, 2000, 2010, and 2017, a period of time that also happens to line up …
Read More »TWICE confirmed to appear on ‘Kohaku Uta Gassen’, first for K-pop since 2011
NHK has confirmed that TWICE will appear on the 68th edition of ‘Kohaku Uta Gassen‘. The producer of the show explained the selection of TWICE, saying, “They debuted in Japan …
Read More »Jiyoung (ex-KARA) scores lead role in Tokai TV remake of ‘Orphan Black’, continues to thrive
Four days ago, I saw Jiyoung (former KARA) post a picture on Instagram of her in a bunch of different outfits and thought, “Oh ‘Orphan Black’ is a cool photoshoot …
Read More »Cool Japan is flopping to fuck and back, zero people are surprised
Cool Japan is a gigantic flop thus far according to a recent report by Nikkei, which should come as a surprise to absolutely nobody. Without a more sophisticated strategy and …
Read More »[Event] Oi-SKALL Mates bring Japanese ska and their energetic show to LA
Sometimes I feel like we get stuck in this rut of K-pop or J-pop and we never step outside of it. We become attached to our genres and never venture …
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