The UK’s biggest J-Culture event returns for another action-packed weekend of all that’s cool from Japan. This time the event moves to its new home at Earl’s Court and features a fantastic line-up of events. There’s the Sake Award Show, World Cosplay Summit Ceremony, Sushi Awards 2012, Third Window Films Showcase and more!

Natsuko Aso will be bringing her own brand of J-Pop to Hyper Japan with stage events on the Friday and Saturday. More Inside  »

A production company is making a fashion film for Markus Lupfer which is intended to feature a Japanese band. The band issue (as mentioned on the J-Pop Go Facebook page) appears to have been taken care of, but the company are also keen to have Japanese extras for the rest of the film.

If you’re Japanese, based in London, available late afternoon/early evening next Monday 16th January and interested in being part of the film then you need to contact charlotte.jones@partizan.com as soon as possible.

As an incentive, there’s free clothing for the lucky ones that get chosen

Tonight sees a special K-Pop event taking place at the O2 Brixton Academy. Cube Entertainment will be staging performances from 4minute, B2ST, and G.NA as part of a rescheduled performance (originally cancelled due to the riots earlier in the year).

The United Cube Concert follows on from an opening concert in Seoul earlier this year, followed by a performance in Tokyo. A final date in Brazil takes place on December 13th.

Cube Entertainment states” “United Cube Concert’s venture into London, the birthplace of pop and rock, during the beginning of the K-Pop movement is especially meaningful and something to be proud of… This will be an opportunity to ignite the flame of Kpop which has gone beyond the boundaries of the digital silk road.”

Ticket Info:http://www.o2academybrixton.co.uk/event/35110/united-cube-tickets

More Details: http://www.allkpop.com/2011/10/united-cube-concert-to-be-held-in-london-in-december

Kanon Wakeshima’s debut UK performance at Hyper Japan earlier this year had been very well received by her fans. To expect a follow up in the same year was completely unexpected – but very welcome indeed.

Outside of her solo work, Kanon Wakeshima had teamed up with An Café’s bass player Kanon to form kanon x kanon. As she had mentioned in her interview with J-Pop Go previously, the team-up seemed like an obvious idea: “We’re with the same company, with the same management and obviously we have the same names – but the music that we’re doing is completely different. So we thought if we do something together then maybe something interesting will come out of this collaboration.” London was the final stop on the recent kanon x kanon tour which had seen the duo performing in Russia, Finland, Hungary, Germany and France. More Inside  »