Kat-tun, is the latest craze and idol in Japan for many young adults and teenagers.
Consisting of six fine looking men who flourished individually as well, they are ready to rock on Japan more now and in the future. Kat-tun is an all boy band, a product under the label of the famous male groups producer – Johnny Jimusho or Johnny’s and Associates. The members were around since they were all still around junior high school students and have been performing to other older generations of Johnny’s groups and singers like …

Johnny’s Jimusho, Johnny’s Entertainment and Johnny Kitagawa are all big names in Japan, especially among music lovers, young adults and teenagers.
The Japanese modern music industry had seen a huge contribution from the Johnny’s Jimusho, established by the ‘father of boy bands’ – Mr. Johnny Kitagawa since way back in the 1960s. If you are a fan of the recent days Japanese boy bands, perhaps you might find it a little weird to find out that the template of their music was actually much more or less based on enka and …

Somehow, Hiroyuki Sanada gives me the impression as the Asian Robert Deniro.
You might see his face randomly on the TV and certain movies, but he’s actually a well known and respected public figure in the Japanese world of entertainment. You’ll be astounded to see his performance in samurai dramas and movies, and the world got to see the best of him from ‘The Last Samurai’ and also through ‘Sunshine’ which he co-starred next to big names like Tom Cruise and Asian martial art superstar babe, Michelle Yeoh. You’ll probably caught …

Animation is not unusual to Japan – they have the ‘anime’ or the Japanese way of saying animation. The world outside Japan regards whatever kind of animation that the country produced as anime or Japanese animation and it was originated way back in 1917. It’s that old! And we only thought it was somewhere nearer to this century we’re living in now, right? Anime is a major boomer and real big business in Japan, and it has been spreading around the world too. There are millions if not billions of …

People called her ‘The Queen of Pop’, the ultimate ‘The Dancing Queen’ and now even as ‘The Queen of Hip-hop’. With the groovy songs and complicated dance moves, Namie Amuro is really a superb singer who has lived up to her titles, even though there were jumps between her genre of music. Anybody who have seen her on stage would know what I mean. Her performances were always energetic, non-stop dancing with lots of difficult moves (try that with live singing as well) and great showmanship that earns five thumbs …

If you’ve been following this blog, you’ll probably come across the post of the death of Yoshito Usui sensei, the creator, writer and artist for the all time favorite manga (perhaps next to Doraemon) – Crayon Shin Chan. The anime went hiatus for a while before the show was aired again on October 13, 2009. It was announced then the show would continue. Until when? That’s yet to be decided.
For information sake, Crayon Shin Chan was originally a manga or Japanese comic that follows the life of Shinnosuke Nohara or …

This is the first post of Japanese Actors/Actress and that would cover one of my favorite and very talented Japanese actresses of all time – Nanako Matsushima. She was entitled with the Best Actress Award several times on the Television Academy Awards in Japan which was held annually. The first time was in the year 1999, and later she made it onstage again in the 2000, 2002 and 2003.
Nanako Matsuchima was born on October, 1973 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. She is a Libra with blood type A. On February …