Me and my friend Car are about halfway through the j-dorama Haken no Hinkaku [ハケンの品格], starring the lovely Shinohara Ryoko as uber-temp Oomae Haruko, and I have to say how wonderful it is to see Ms. Shinohara finally getting the recognition and accolades she deserves for her work after all these yea...

MorningBerryz brings us such delightful things! I was listening randomly to my iTunes collection today, and stumbled on this song again. MB had graciously made it available from her vast collection of J-pop, many items like this one no longer available. Her main focus is Hello! Project groups like...

Wow! Both Big Bang and FT Island will be releasing Japanese albums this year! (cough, cough, well, Big Bang's will mostly be in english but it will be released in Japan) I can't wait to hear FT Island go nihonggo! I mean, that's what they're studying there for, right? Honggi and Wonbin singing Japan...