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Rock star Yoshiki donates to Meals on Wheels, asks why coronavirus cases in Japan are so low

• Oona McGee
  Mar 20, 2020
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X Japan frontman appears to fight back tears as he talks with a Nobel Laureate about the pandemic.

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• (concerts • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • COVID-19 • moving • music • musicians • Shinya Yamanaka • touching • videos • X Japan • Yoshiki • YouTube)

J-rock legend Yoshiki refuses to do no-audience coronavirus concert, but for a very kind reason

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 3, 2020

Musician who always has love for his fans shows his heart is big enough to love other people too.

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• Japan
• (concerts • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • moving • music • musicians • touching • X Japan • Yoshiki)

X Japan’s Yoshiki makes large donation for Australian wildfire relief, rainforest conservation

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 15, 2020

J-rock legend calls on others to commit to conservation and sustainability.

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• (Australia wildfires • charity • COK • conservation • donation • ecology • music • musicians • Yoshiki)

X Japan’s Yoshiki’s birthday party gets extra-special with a surprise visit from Barack Obama

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 25, 2019

J-rock legend hangs out with the 44th president of the United States at birthday bash in California.

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• (Barack Obama • celebrities • J-Pop • musicians • politicians • politics • X Japan • Yoshiki)

Trouble with stalkers? Japanese moving company offers discount to musicians trying to escape fans

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 25, 2019

Multiple music-related scenarios earn band members cheaper bills.

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• Japan
• (COK • idol singer • idol singers • Idols • moving companies • music • musicians • society • stalkers)

Sting returns to Japan, heads straight for tonkotsu ramen in Fukuoka

• Oona McGee
  Oct 10, 2019

You can take the ramen-loving singer out of Japan, but you can’t take away the singer’s love for ramen.

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• (celebrities • food • Fukuoka • Horin • Instagram • Japanese food • music • musicians • ramen • Santouka • Sting • tonkotsu ramen)

J-rock king Yoshiki meets U.K.’s Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 7, 2019

Monarchs of their respective realms share smiles at posh event.

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• (Buckingham Palace • celebrities • cool • music • musicians • Prince Charles • X Japan • Yoshiki)

X Japan’s Yoshiki apologizes for scarf malfunction while watching polo with Queen Elizabeth II

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 27, 2019

Describes monarch as “very sweet.”

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• (fashion • funny • music • musicians • polo • Queen Elizabeth • queen of England • scarf • U.K. • X Japan • Yoshiki)

Foreigner in Japan randomly walks by street musicians, joins in with epic improvised singing

• Koh Ruide
  Apr 15, 2019

One of the smoothest spontaneous collaborations ever witnessed.

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• Japan
• (amazing music • bass guitar • drumming • electric guitar • improvisation • musicians • street performance • street performer • vocals)

J-rock legend Gackt says he only eats the fish part of his sushi, never touches the rice

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 21, 2019

Musician’s rule against eating rice means half of the sushi he orders gets thrown away.

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• (celebrities • COK • food • Gackt • J-Pop • musicians • rice • sashimi • sushi • weird)

J-pop star Utada Hikaru’s childhood drawing reminds us that dreams can come true

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 29, 2019

Kingdom Hearts III singer shares drawing, message of what she wanted to be when she grew up.

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• (cute • J-Pop • moving • music • musicians • touching • Utada Hikaru)

Man buys CD from amateur musician on streets of Tokyo, stomps on it in front of her face【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 18, 2019

Claims it was an accident, but absolutely no one believes him.

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• (Akihabara • controversy • music • musicians • street lives • Tokyo • vandalism • video • weird)

Japanese boy band pop star celebrates Donald Trump’s visit to Japan with Trump cosplay【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 6, 2017

One of Japan’s most successful musicians ever takes on a new identity as “Katold Trump.”

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• Japan, USA
• (COK • cosplay • Donald Trump • funny • music • musicians • politics • Shingo Katori • SMAP)

Avril Lavigne’s sister and Japanese rock star husband welcome their first child【Photos】

• Meg Murphy
  Oct 23, 2017

The couple, who announced their marriage earlier this year, have just announced a new addition to their family.

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• (Avril Lavigne • celebrities • international marriage • Japanese rock • musicians • One OK Rock)

Japanese Twitter goes crazy for impromptu piano performance at Yodobashi Camera store in Kyoto

• Oona McGee
  Apr 21, 2017

Two strangers came together over the theme song from an 80s film starring David Bowie.

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• Europe, Japan
• (David Bowie • Kyoto • Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence • music • musicians • pianists • piano • twitter • videos • Yodobashi)

Newest boyband out of China has gender-bending twist, hundreds of thousands of adoring fans

• KK Miller
  Apr 10, 2017

FFC-Acrush is sparking all kinds of crushes, no matter who you are.

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• China
• (boys • FFC Acrush • genderbending • girls • Idols • musicians)

J-rocker Gackt further proves his coolness with surprise performance at middle school graduation

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 22, 2017

In what’s become an annual tradition, the star musician gave a group of teens the surprise of their young lives.

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• (cool • Gackt • graduation • J-Pop • moving • music • musicians • schools • surprise • touching)

Sting pictured backstage with Piko Taro during recent trip to Japan

• Oona McGee
  Dec 5, 2016

Japanese Twitter is loving this hilarious photo.

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• Japan
• (music • musicians • pen pineapple apple pen • piko taro • ppap • ramen • Santouka • Sting)

Are Japan’s Three Bs actually bad boyfriend material? We find out!

• ロケットニュース24
  May 4, 2014

Forget space or the deep seas, when it comes to human exploration, dating is the real final frontier. You never know where you might find that special someone–it could be in a club, at school, or even on the train. But conventional wisdom–in Japan at least–says that women should avoid dating these three types of men: Band members, bartenders, and hair stylists (biyoushi, in Japanese).

Now, it’s easy to imagine why so many might believe these Three Bs might be filled with the very baddest of bad boys–after all, what’s sexier than a guitarist who can mix a drink and do your hair? But how do Japanese men in these professions feel about their reputations? Find out below!

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• (bartenders • dating • hair stylists • musicians • romance • Three Bs)

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