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• Arashi sets records with their album! (To no one's real surprise, I bet.) ⌈ 1 ▪ 2 ⌋
  
• Hina joins Aiba's drama, My Girl, as Aiba's daughter's teacher. ⌈ 1 ▪ 2 ▪ 3 ▪ 4 ▪ 5 ▪ 6 [lock] ⌋
  
• Yamada playing a "Left-Eye Detective" with Yoko as his brother. ⌈ 1 ▪2 ▪ 3 ▪ 4 ▪ 5 ▪ 6 ▪ 7 ⌋
  
• Kis-My-Ft2 Tour! ⌈ 1 ▪ 2 ⌋
  
• Happy Birthday to Arashi's Matsumoto Jun!
  
  

tinyangl

• Hey!Say!JUMP continues their tour adding a concert at Tokyo Dome on September 13. ⌈ 1 ▪ 2 ▪ 3 ▪ 4 ▪ 5 ⌋
  
• Yamada and Chinen to guest VS Arashi! ⌈ 1 ▪ 2 ▪ 3 ▪ 4 ⌋
  
• Speaking of VS Arashi, it moves to a golden time slot!
  
• Massu to guest in an episode of Karei Naru Spy!
  
  

• Happy birthday to Sakamoto!
  
• Former Johnny's Jr. Kato Kan has now had a book published! Find out more here.
  
• JE DVDs are dominating sales this year, with Arashi, SMAP, KAT-TUN, and HSJ all in the top 10.
  
• Kimura Takuya will star in the live-action film version of Space Battleship Yamato.
  
• Tegomasu was #1 on the Oricon album chart with 80,000 copies sold.
  
• V6 will be releasing a new single, "Guilty", out September 2nd. 2 | 3
  
• TOKIO will release a new single, "Taiyou to Sabaku no Bara/subekikoto". It will be released August 18th.
  
• Katori Shingo will also release a new single, under the name of his character in his new drama, Kochikame.
  
• Kusanagi's back to a full job after his drinking debacle. Also, new SMAP single -- Sotto Kyutto, out on August 26th. (When it rains it pours, eh?)

• Happy birthday to Kusanagi and Shige!
  
• TOKIO is singing the theme song for Nagase's new drama.
  
• Tegomass's new single, Tanabata Matsuri, dropped! Find it in the appropriate section. Also, they have added extra dates to their tour.
  
• Arashi's new single, Everything, ranked #1 for the week, selling 342,000 copies.
  
• Shounentai's Higashiyama will be starring in the first Japanese production of Curtains
  
• FiVe (well, most of them) will be doing a few lives in the summer.

• Many happy birthdays to V6’s Miyake Ken, KAT-TUN’s Akanishi Jin, and NewS’ Masuda Takahisa~~~~
  
• Nakai and Ueda's Konkatsu's final episode reaches over 10%! ⌈ 1 ▪ 2 ▪ 3 ⌋
  
• SMAP is releasing a new single, the theme song to Tsuyoshi's Ninkyo Helper! ⌈ 1 ▪ 2 ▪ 3 ⌋
  
• TOKIO Live Tour 2009!! Very little on the dates and locations sadly. D:
  
  

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• Happy birthday to Inoo and Fujigaya.
  
• V6's latest single, SPIRIT, sold 65,000 copies and was the #1 single for the week. :D Also, they will sing the theme to Inocchi's new drama, a song titled "Guilty".
  
• Nino will be the next guest on Shounen Club Premium.
  
• Enamoto Yuta, a former member of Johnny's, was arrested for fraud this week. 2
  
• Mabo will star in another Shin Oishinbo special at the end of the year.
  
• Nakamaru will be in a drama special in the fall. 2
  
• Arashi has announced a best-of album and a national tour to celebrate their 10th anniversary. | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

• Morimoto Ryutaro runs into a 17-year-old stalker and has his cell phone stolen. No one is injured. Someone could probably make a killing starting a Johnnys bodyguard business.
  
• Katori Shingo of SMAP will star in a summer drama, Kochikame.
  
• Kota Yabu to star in musical "She Loves Me". 2.
  
• Domoto Koichi of KinKi Kids will be releasing a solo single on July 29th.
  
• Masuda of NEWS has an upcoming butai.
  

Last updated 2009.06.22 @ IDEKPM (GMT)

• Nakayama Yuma is debuting with B.I.Shadow as they sing the theme to his drama, "Koishite Akuma ~ Vampire Boy." This makes them now the youngest Johnny's group. o.o [ 1 ▪ 2 ▪ 3 ] (There's a comm for those who want to follow this group! b_i_shadow. Also, I will be calling them "Yuma w/ B.I.Shadow" for now. Apparently JE can't decide on full name or no. XD)
  
• SMAP's Katori Shingo stars in "Kochira Katsushikaku Kameari Kouenmae Hashutsujo" drama adaptation for the summer season.
  
• Arashi has a new single, Everything! [ 1 ▪ 2 ▪ 3 ⌋
  
• Speaking of new singles, Tegomass gets a new single and album. Their single, Tanabata Matsuri, will also have a Swedish version. [ 1 ▪ 2 ▪ 3 ▪ 4 ]
  
• NEWS/Kanjani8's Nishikido Ryo is chosen to star in this year's "24 Hour Television" drama special, along with Hey!Say!JUMP's Yamada Ryosuke. [ 1 ▪ 2 ▪ 3 ▪ 4 ▪ 5 ⌋
  
  

• KAT-TUN is applying for an official world record after their 8 day run at Tokyo Dome. | 2
  
• Coming Century has announced summer tour dates! Also, 20th Century has completed their national tour.
  
• Swine flu outbreak + multiple hours on an enclosed plane = no trip to Sweden for Tegomass. However, that doesn't mean they're lying low! Summer tour dates in Japan have been announced!
  
• Arashi's new single, Ashita no Kioku / Crazy Moon~Kimi wa Muteki~ came out on Wednesday. Its first day sales were over 230,000!
  
• Kimura Takuya's new movie, I Come With the Rain, premiered this week. It also stars Josh Hartnett and Lee Byung Hun. (a;sdlkjf;aj international release pleeeeeease)
  
• Dreamboys 2009 has been announced. This year's version will star Kamenashi, Subaru, and Tegoshi .
  
• Kusanagi has returned to normal workload. 2

• Hey!Say!JUMP announces their Summer Concert Tour. Locations and dates.
  
• KAT-TUN announces a Summer Tour + conreport.
  
• The Kansai Junior concerts were postponed due to the swine flu. translation.
  
• Yamashita has a summer drama with Kitagawa Keiko called Buzzer Beat.
  
• Nagase has a summer drama described as a comedy about a superspy character.
  
• Tegoshi has an upcoming drama SP/2.
  
• Word is out that Nino has a stageplay called Mishiranu Joukyaku from July 18th to August 11th in Tokyo.
  
• Sakurai Sho will be June's Shounen Club Premium guest.
  

Last updated 2009.06.04 @ IDEKPM (GMT)

• In this week's "don't you wanna see it when we make it worldwide" news, Morimoto Shintarou is getting his first movie role. He has been cast as the lead in the new movie "Snow Prince: Kinjirareta Koi no Melody." The screenwriter, Koyama Kundo, also wrote "Okuribito," which won an Acdemy Award this year. Thus, 17 countries have already picked up distribution rights.
  
• Shintarou has also been added to Nakayama's new summer drama. It's a good thing that boy is so adorable. Speaking of summer dramas, Takki will be in a summer drama with Ryo, Orthos no Inu. 2 | 3 | 4
  
• Takki's summer tour, Takkisama Concert '09, has been announced, with more dates to follow. Also, his single took #1 on the Oricon charts this week.
  
• Toma will star in the movie Ningen Shikkaku, due to air next spring. 2 | 3
  
• KAT-TUN's 8 consecutive concerts at Tokyo Dome started! Also, it was announced that a photobook would be released documenting the 8 days in dome.
  
• Happy birthday to Ohkura!

• JE Domination Day (April 29th) comes to fruition. KAT-TUN, NEWS, and Hey!Say!JUMP dominate the Oricon charts in their respective categories!
  
• Junior Nakayama Yuma gets another starring drama role! And Matchy's supposed to appear as well. :D ⌈ 1 ▪ 2 ▪ 3 ⌋
  
• Speaking of drama roles, Sakamoto Masayuki gets a role in a drama special "Shounen Jidai" as a teacher! ⌈ 1 ▪ 2 ⌋
  
• Official Confirmation! V6 has a new single: Spirit!
  

  Limited Edition A: ⌈ CDJapan ▪ Yesasia ⌋
  Limited Edition B: ⌈ CDJapan ▪ Yesasia ⌋
  Regular Edition: ⌈ CDJapan ▪ Yesasia ⌋

  
  
  

swtjemz

• Lots of new releases this week! Support your favorite artists! (Regular Edition links only.)
  

  NEWS - Koi no ABO: CDJapan | YesAsia | HMV
  KAT-TUN - Break the Records -by you and for you-: CDJapan | YesAsia | HMV
  Hey! Say! JUMP - Hey! Say! Jump-ing Tour '08-'09: CDJapan | YesAsia | HMV

  
  
• All three were #1 on the first day. Also, KAT-TUN and NEWS's songs dominated the download music rankings (which many say take away from album sales, especially).
  
• Kusanagi Tsuyoshi will not be indicted for last week's drinking incident. However, JE has banned Kusanagi from drinking. They've also strongly warned everyone else in the company about public drinking -- damn, that's going to put a crimp into Jin's social life. At the moment, it looks like Kusanagi will return to a normal workload in July.
  
• Sakamoto announced on his radio show that V6 is going to have a new single, called SPIRIT. It'll be released on June 17th. Listen to a clip here. | 2
  
• After this year, Takki will no longer do "Takizawa Enbujou." Instead, he'll do a new show, "Takizawa Kabuki."
  
• NEWS has been announced as the main personality for this year's 24-hour TV! 24-hour TV is an annual charity telethon, which will be held this year August 29-30.

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• SMAP's Kusanagi Tsuyoshi was arrested for public indecency on April 23rd after he was found naked and drunk in a Tokyo park. While he wasn't prosecuted for the crime, he was immediately stripped (...ha) of many promotional jobs, and was cut out of some of his future TV shows (including SMAPxSMAP). 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
  
• May's Shokura guests are: NEWS (week 1), Yamapi and Takki (week 2). The SCP guests are Okada, Tsubasa (singing guest), and Yasuda and Kazama (Kagotsurube report).
  
• Koki is joining the cast of Hissatsu Shigotonin 2009, upon Ohkura's character leaving: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
  
• Takki's new PV, Sha la la (1 | 2 | 3 | 4), is out!
  
• Puzzle sold 212,058 copies in its first week. Well done, guys!
  
• Tegomass are returning to Sweden!

• K8's new album dropped! (Links to the whole kit-and-kaboodle can be found below.)
  
• Both Tsuyoshi's album and single were #1 on the charts this week.
  
• Nagono's butai, Frying Pan and Gun, is coming out on DVD.
  
• Happy birthday to Arioka Daiki!
  
• Shige's character in his new butai is addicted to sex. Also, the "seminar" in question is about the Medici family. Be still my geeky, Florentine-loving heart.

• If you weren't following news_jpop this week, you wouldn't know at all that it was Yamashita Tomohisa's birthday! If you were following... I'm so sorry for all the posts you had to skip through. XD
  
• Also with a birthday this week, Domoto Tsuyoshi had his big 30th birthday! Which he celebrated with a single and album release!
  
• Arashi gets a double A-side with their theme song to Sho and Yoko's The Quiz Show and a CM song! ⌈ 1 • 2 • 3 ⌋
  
• If you weren't following news_jpop, you would also not know that NEWS' Koi no ABO PV came out. All filled with cractastic fun, disco balls and white suits. Seriously. Hysterical, guys. ⌈ 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 (.mp3) ⌋
  
• Jin's hand gets a place in the headlines. *_____________* Popeye scans, yo! ⌈ 1 • 2 • 3 ⌋
  
• Inoo had his entrance ceremony for Meiji! ⌈ 1 • 2 ⌋
  
  

Last updated 2009.04.2 8:02PM EST (-5GMT)

Hey there, this is musikologie, finishing this post up for swtjemz as she is busy busy busy! And then tinyangl can post her week, and I can finish mine, and it's the ciiiiiiiiiiiiiii~~rcle of jesummary!!

• Happy Birthday, Okamoto Keito!!! You're still mousaPi's favorite and always will be!
  
• Arashi's All Around Asia 2008 DVD ranks in within the top 3 highest first week sales in history!!! Congratulations!
  
• Arashi will be doing the theme song to Sho's drama but not Jun's.
  
• KAT-TUN's NEW ALBUM & TRACKLISTING!!!! 2 3 4
  
• HSJ to do a summer dome concert tour?

Last updated 2009.04.17 1:44PM EST (-8GMT)