The industry seems to use this proximity to male fans as a marketing tool revolving around the innocence and youth of idols. Moreover, the career of a Japanese idol is generally short. From a ...

The niche they carved out in the Japanese entertainment industry is now filled by popular idol groups like AKB48, Nogizaka46, and Momoiro Clover Z. But the idol industry has a dark side.

An activist investor is demanding that Japan’s Fuji Media Holdings Inc ... the facts behind the uproar over former J-pop idol turned TV host Masahiro Nakai, according to a letter it made ...

Richard Magarey, better known as Ladybeard, is a cross-dressing pro wrestler and a heavy metal singer from Adelaide who’s made it big in Japan. Ladybeard is a Japan-based Australian wrestler ...

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