The AKB48 song “365 Days of Paper Airplanes” has served as the theme music of public broadcaster NHK’s morning TV drama Asa ga kita (Morning Has Come) since the program went on the air in fall 2015.

30 Jul - KLP48, the new Kuala Lumpur-based sister group of Japanese idol group AKB48, has unveiled its first-generation members. The lineup has been finalised following three months of selection and ...

Japanese idol group AKB48’s popularity is so phenomenal that it even has politicians lobbying for concerts in their country. The mega group isn’t so hot in South Korea though, where their own idol ...

Top Japanese girl band AKB48 have released a single created using AI, after it proved more popular with fans than a rival song written by famed J-pop producer Yasushi Akimoto. As part of a songwriting ...

This week marked the release of “Teacher Teacher,” the highly anticipated 52nd single from Japanese idol singer megagroup AKB48. Just how eager were fans to get their hands on the disc? By May 29, ...

AKB48, with more than 40 members, are one of the most successful bands in Japanese pop One of Japan's biggest girl groups, AKB48, have released a single that was partially generated by artificial ...

AKB48's "Sustainable" debuts at No. 1 on the latest Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated Sept. 16 to 22, marking this year's best first-week sales for a single with 1,628,184 copies sold. By Billboard Japan ...

A Japanese pop idol, hair freshly shaved to the skin, takes to YouTube and bursts into tears as she begs for mercy over her transgression. “My name is Minami Minegishi of AKB48 Team B,” she says, ...

Kato Rena, former AKB48 idol, actress, and model, has announced her marriage to her non-celebrity boyfriend. She shared the news on social media, expressing her happiness and describing her husband as ...

Bandai Namco Games is bringing the idols from AKB48 to the arcade, but Sailor Zombie: AKB48 Arcade Edition isn’t a run of the mill music game. It’s a light gun shooter where you shoot vaccine bullets ...

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