AKB48 are the focus of an article in today’s Metro newspaper. The recent stabbing incident at an AKB48 handshake event appears to have brought the idol group back under the scrutiny of the Western press. J-Pop Go’s Paul Browne was … Read More
The AKB48 world was rocked by an incident earlier today in which 2 members of the outfit were reported to have been assaulted. During a handshake event held today at the Iwate Industry Culture & Convention Center in Takizawa City, … Read More
2013 proved to be a very busy year in the world of J-Pop, particularly for the UK which saw some significant events and pointed the way forward for an intriguing future. We look at the highlights of the year, including … Read More
It’s time for another J-Pop Go News Briefing bringing you some J-Pop news, gossip and stories from around the wonderful web. This time we’ve got stories on GACKT’s new compilation albums, AKB48 scoring more chart success, DAZZLE VISION release their … Read More
Several months after the drama that surrounded AKB48 member Minami Minegishi (in which Minegishi was photographed spending the night at GENERATIONS’ Alan Shirahama’s home in breach of the strict no-dating rules of AKB48), Minami appears on the cover of woman’s … Read More
One of the biggest news stories to break recently surrounds a new live action adaptation of the popular PATLABOR series. With details now emerging that AKB48 have been approached to provide not only the theme song, but also AKB48 members … Read More