Namie Amuro will have her Best Fiction tour released on Blu-ray on Sept. 9 and be one of few artists to ever grace such a high definition format. Oddly enough, Japan who is light years ahead of technology is handicapped by the world’s out of date standards and sees few releases on Blu-ray. More »

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2008 has been an exciting year for a fair number of Asian celebrities. On deciding who to spotlight, I took into account the recent histories of the celebrities’ careers and how 2008 is a good indication of what they stand to gain in the future. And of course, I filtered out celebrities that had any publicized drama, career blunders, and/or scandals; this is the happy section, after all! A couple of these picks may not be the biggest names, but I’m more than sure they’ll be riding their notable upswings well into 2009 and beyond. More »

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