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グローバルポップグループ「NOW UNITED」 ⽇本代表メンバーを! (応募締切2⽉23⽇)

新しいグローバルのポップグループ「NOW UNITED」は既存のグループとは異なり、踊りや歌だけ ではなく、リアルタイムでグループの⾳楽や私⽣活にアクセスできるようになるのが⼀つの特徴です。 若者が如何に熱意のある演技ができるのかがオーディションのポイントとなります。「⽇本の⾊鮮や かでスケールの⼤きい⾳楽と踊りの世界が⼤好きで、今回のグローバルグループにもその要素を取り ⼊れることがとても⼤切だと思いました。踊れて歌えるのはもちろんのこと、それ以上に世界を舞台 に⽇本を代表できるタレントを求めています。」とサイモン・フラーもコメントしております。

Ladies of Japan: Last chance to be “The New Spice girl!” or World Idol! Apply By February 23rd!

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Heal Your Expat Heart: Find Your Element Workshops Next Class March 15th

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Ghost in the Shell: The Matrix of Sci-Fi Anime

With the newest Ghost in the Shell film in theaters, and a live-action version on the horizon, it's important to take a look back at what made the original so…

TGIF in Tokyo! Tonight June 17th “This and That Cafe” to Feature Amazing Lineup of Artists

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Android Festival Takes Over Roppongi Hills–Ends June 20th.

From June 16-20, the Android Company is holding a festival they’re calling “Matsuri with Android” at O-Yane Plaza in Roppongi Hills.

日本の報道の自由を守ろう!報道推進賞に記者等をノミネート。23日が締め切り!

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Make It A Swinging Sunday Night: Pole Dance Tokyo Student Showcase

Pole Dance. It started as something sexy, turned into an art-form, a fitness boom, and it's still as sexy as hell. From the people who made Pole Dance an International…

Should Fuji-Sankei Group be red-faced over scheduled blackface music program in Japan?

This photo of two Japanese musical groups posing together in blackface, white gloves and costumes, gained attention when tweeted by several journalists and many others. Some consider it racist.