The 5 lovely ladies of KARA show us a snippet of their PV for their 6th Japanese single, ‘Speed Up/Girls’ Power’! More »

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From Girlybubble: A popular Japanese dish, Ochazuke combines two quintessentially Japanese ingredients - plain white rice and green tea. It is commonly served as the final dish in a Japanese course meal otherwise can be served a midnight snack or a hang over cure. More »

From Funsauce: So, if you’re not Asian and you don’t really know anything Asian, it’s sometimes hard differentiating between Asian things, especially languages (don’t get me started into looks and whatnot - I’m Chinese and people think I’m Korean, hah). So how do you tell the difference between Asian languages? More »

Today’s song of the day, courtesy of Denie22, is Promise by MiChi. This upbeat song à la Japanese, reminds me of J-pop with a touch of some Western music, the melange that manifests in here is sure a fusion at its best! More »

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Today’s photo of the day courtesy of lil_bluey_bear features Oguri Shun wearing black make up for a Sony Ericsson ad. Now you know how Oguri Shun would look like if he was born in Africa. More »

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In Japan, 66-year-old Tamiko Matsuta was arrested for attacking a student with her umbrella when he didn’t give up his bus seat for the elderly woman. More »

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From Wirebot:

In an interview with the Studio Ghibli owned magazine, Neppuu, renowned animator Hayao Miyazaki discussed his distaste towards, well, just about everything tech related. His newest device to hate on is the iPad, or as he call it, the “game machine-like thing.” More »

Former Sugar member Ayumi Lee, now known as ICONIQ in Japan, released her Change Myself album earlier this year and later held her first-ever live Japanese concert. Well, ICONIQ is riding the train to fame, because a new single is currently in the works! More »

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After having revealed that their second Japanese single would be releasing in July, Cube Entertainment group 4minute has revealed some more details about their upcoming single. Three covers and the track list for each version of the single have been released! Keep reading to check it out! More »

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Are you ready to get French kissed by three AKB48 members? Sorry, guys, but, no, the group isn’t establishing a kissing booth. They are, however, debuting a new three-member sub-group called French Kiss! More »

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Ayumi Hamasaki is set to release her forty-eighth single next month. The single, entitled MOON/blossom, will be a double-sided single and will hit Japan on July 14th. That date is slowly approaching, and as Ayumi promised on her Twitter, the CD covers have been released! More »

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From Wirebot:

Piggybacking off of the tremendous success freemium games like FarmVille have been having on social networking sites, Japanese game developer Acquire are bringing the free-to-play experience to home consoles for the first time ever with the RPG Bakumatsu heading to Playstation Network on June 26. More »

4minute previously announced that a second Japanese single was in the works for the summer. Well, some new details have been released about the single. Keep reading to get the scoop! More »

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Earlier this month, BoA released the teaser for her upcoming song, entitled “Woo Weekend.” Well, the promotional video for the song has been apparently released, and it’s slowly making its way onto various video sites. Get your fill here on Ningin! More »

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From Wirebot:

Japanese beatboxer, Hikakin, has released video of him performing a Super Mario themed music session. There are 5 classic Mario themes mixed in there, how many can you identify? More »

Today’s video of the day courtesy of LISARRHH features Japanese pen spinners and the art of well, pen spinning. Pen spinning is basically that thing you do when you’re bored in class. These people take it to a whole other level: More »

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From Rekuru: Well Go USA has gotten the rights to Mamoru Oishi’s Assault Girls and will be releasing it on DVD October 19, 2010. Assault Girls is basically about three hot girls (Rinko Kikuchi, Meisa Kuroki, and Hinako Saeki) fighting monsters in a “a desert battlefield in the aftermath of global thermonuclear war” that has left Earth’s surface a barren wasteland with awfully huge assault rivals. More »

Japanese female singer/songwriter YUI has just announced a new album that will be coming on July 14th. The album, entitled Holidays in the Sun, will be YUI’s fourth studio album and fifth general album. More »

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Avex Entertainment recently wrapped up its 2010 Idol Audition. What started with over 7,000 hopeful applicants was narrowed down to just twenty-four girls. That number was split in half, as twelve of these girls were selected to be in a new girl group: SUPER GIRLS. More »

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The forty-eight member group AKB48 will soon be performing in the Chinese territory of Macau! Of course, not all forty-eight members will be attending the performance, only select representative members of the current group. More »

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