Japanese pop idol Shinjiro Atae came out as gay during a concert in Tokyo to over 2,000 of his fans. The announcement, which he said he’d been wanting to make, is highly unusual in Japan where ...

In a rare move in this conservative nation, Shinjiro Atae, a J-Pop idol, announced on social media and during an in-person event Wednesday, standing in front of a few thousand fans onstage in a ...

For more than two decades, Japanese record label Avex (responsible for megastars like Ayumi Hamasaki, Do As Infinity and Gackt) has been known for defining the sound of J-pop in the late ‘90s and ...

BiS-Kaidan is a cross-generational coup de pop, uniting two acts from opposing ends of Japan’s musical spectrum. BiS (short for Brand-New Idol Society) are representatives of Japan’s “idol” scene, a ...

What stands out most in a Sakurazaka46 performance is the scale — 33 members singing and dancing, often perfectly in sync. The large ensemble’s tightly choreographed unity isn’t just a spectacle, it’s ...

(Bloomberg) -- Former teen performers who say they were sexually abused by Japanese impresario Johnny Kitagawa are asking politicians to strengthen the country’s laws against child sexual abuse.

Exploitative contracts that force young female Japanese pop stars to forego relationships and sex are at the heart of director Koji Fukada's latest film, which has premiered in Cannes. The 45-year-old ...

PARK CITY, Utah -- There's a scene in Tokyo Idols where Rio Hiiragi, a pop star trying to make it big, bikes to small provinces as a publicity stunt to meet her fans. She's wearing a cute yellow ...