There will be a total of 54 groups doing their thing at the second edition of Tokyo Idol Festival, a two-day otaku-pop onslaught held at a specially constructed site in Odaiba. It's a significant step ...

Tokyo Idol project began on Tuesday at Fuji TV's headquarters in Tokyo's Odaiba area. The goal of the project is to promote Japanese idol culture to audiences around the world. Numerous groups from ...

Kyoko Miyake’s pop culture profile spotlighting Japanese singers premiered in Sundance’s World Cinema Documentary Competition. By Justin Lowe The Japanese pop music trend featuring young, ...

How much would you pay for one minute of conversation with a 14-year-old girl? Kyoko Miyake’s unflinching new documentary about the shady transactions that surround Japanese pop stardom is available ...

After a 2013 edition that saw a total of 111 'idol' groups play for 33,000 adoring fans, this year's version of the Tokyo Idol Festival will have to pull off something really special. They're of ...