Today the Tokushima police with its office in the city of Mugi planned to have NHK's "Welkame" heroine Kurashina Kana (22) as "chief for 1 day", but due to the approaching tsunami they had to cancel those plans in the last minute.   Kurashina was supposed to participate in the  [ Read More ]

Prime Time Report – Dorama Time Slots – #Week 08 Just ratings alone don't say a lot. What shows air at the same time as your favorite dorama? Notes: – Detailed time-slot competition infos for weekly doramas only (no Dorama-SP's!) – Though Dorama SP's will still be listed with their respective  [ Read More ]

Nestle Japan recently made a survey targeted to young (20~39) working adult men who make themselves a lunch box – bento – at least once a week, the so-called "Bento Men". They usually are known for a devoted and hardworking image and are popular among women who seek a serious  [ Read More ]

The "Excellent Broadcast Program Promotion Meeting" released the results of their 11th big survey and this time they focused on the 19 currently running or just finished doramas of the 5 main broadcasting stations in Japan.   This organization is formed by members of several major Japanese organizations like Asahi  [ Read More ]

Not many hours are left until the big showdown between Japanese figure skater Asada Mao (19) and South Korean superstar Kim Yu-Na (19). Apparently actress Inoue Mao (23) is looking forward to that moment like almost everyone in Japan and South Korea.   Today was the press conference for Inoue's  [ Read More ]

Actress Kurashina Kana (22) became the new image character for the "2009 Mandatory Vehicle Liability Insurance PR Campaign" and attended the press event held in Tokyo yesterday.   "I don't have a license myself and didn't know about self-liability insurances, but now I learned a lot about it. If possible,  [ Read More ]

Actress Kitano Kie (18) had a CD-Debut event in Kawasaki yesterday and performed 3 songs including her debut single "Sakura Saku."   She was overwhelmed by the large crowd of 7000 fans that showed up to cheer her at the event and eventually started to tear up on stage. The  [ Read More ]

Weekly Top 20 (02/15~02/21) Rank (Last) Person/Group Rank (Last) Person/Group 01 (03) 02 (01) 03 (04) 04 (new) 05 (05) 06 (02) 07 (08) 08 (new) 09 (new) 10 (07) Tohoshinki Arashi Kokubo Kazuhiro Takahashi Daisuke AKB48 Kosaka Yuka Uemura Aiko Fujita Makoto Johnny Weir EXILE 11 (new) 12 (11) 13  [ Read More ]