Four of the Love Live Series 15th Anniversary Tribute Album song covers are live, including the Hatsune and Umamusume ones.

YouTube’s 20th anniversary end-of-year lists capture MENA’s pulse as it launches its new YouTube Recap feature.

Noriyuki Makihara is no stranger to the Japanese music scene. Also known by his nickname Mackey, he is regarded as one of the ...

When the year 2025 started, I barely knew anything about the Japanese horse racing scene. But thanks to Umamusume: Pretty ...

INDUSTRIAL METAL Conflict DLC by HEALTH; Loma Vista. It’s genuinely difficult to describe the place Health holds in the wider ...

ABEMA's annual 'Anime Trend Awards' reveals which titles generated the most buzz among Japanese animation lovers in 2025.

Whether you believe we are living in a golden age of anime or not, one thing is sure: there's never been more of it. Every year, new seasons or entirely new shows are served up for anime fans to ...

2. Dua Lipa said that the "Go girl give us nothing" meme was "hurtful" and "humiliating." She added that she had to "take [herself] off Twitter" because of it. "The thing that made me the happiest — ...

Every December, the same voices return to take over radios, playlists, malls and TikTok. From Mariah Carey’s unstoppable holiday empire to Wham!’s bittersweet nostalgia and Michael Bublé’s modern ...

This was one wild year for music — as the late, great Ozzy would say, it was a crazy train. In 2025, you never knew where your next favorite song was coming from. Some of the year’s best songs were ...