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Daily Japan 2007.12.27

Friday, December 28th, 2007

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Daily Japan 2007.12.24

Tuesday, December 25th, 2007

Well, it’s technically Christmas now, but I haven’t gone to sleep yet, so here’s my last update before I take the day off to celebrate with family.

  • Last Friday, Yui Aragaki made her debut as a singer at the Nippon Budokan, performing a special concert for a lucky group of fans. [Pics: Oricon, Sponichi, Sports Hochi]
  • LINA of MAX attended a release event for her solo photobook “LINA SINGS.” [Video: Yahoo] [Pic: Sanspo]
  • Ken Hirai held his regular “Ken’s Bar” concert on the 23rd in Sapporo. [Pics: Sanspo, Sponichi]
  • Haruka Washio was named the winner of the Miss of Miss Campus Queen Contest 2007. [Pics: Mainichi, Oricon, Sanspo, Sponichi]
  • Nao Minamisawa and AKB48 member Atsuko Maeda attended a press conference for their drama series next season, “Shiori to Shimiko no Kaiki Jikenbo.” [Pics: Mainichi]
  • Satomi Ishihara was dressed in a Santa outfit for the opening of “Cinnamon the movie.” [Pic: Sanspo]
  • The movie version of Kenji Otsuki’s “Gummi Chocolate Pine” also opened in theaters this past weekend, and stars Takuya Ishida, Mei Kurokawa, and Nao Omori attended the opening. [Pics: Mainichi]
  • Meanwhile, Kippei Shiina, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Hiroshi Abe, and Lena Tanaka were at the opening of “Moryo no Hako.” [Pics: Oricon]
  • AI was among the performers at a support event for next year’s Olympics. [Pics: Oricon]

Everyone, enjoy your holiday celebrations!

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Daily Japan 2007.12.20

Friday, December 21st, 2007

And my break begins! But does that mean I’m caught up now? Of course not! And I’ve still got Christmas shopping to do…

  • Yoshino Kimura, Noriko Nakagoshi, and Mitsuki Tanimura are starring in the movie version of Kazuo Umezu’s “Orochi.” A PR event was held on the set on Wednesday. [Video: Yahoo, Sports Hochi] [Pics: Oricon, Sanspo]
  • Norika Fujiwara was out promoting “Norika Wedding Style,” a compilation album featuring music used at her wedding reception. [Video: Yahoo, Sports Hochi] [Pics: Oricon, Sanspo, Sports Hochi]
  • Co-stars Takao Osawa and Yuko Takeuchi showed up at a special Christmas screening of “Midnight Eagle.” [Video: Yahoo, Sports Hochi] [Pics: Oricon, Sanspo, Sports Hochi]
  • Kiroro announced that they are resuming activity next month. [Pics: Yahoo, Sports Hochi]
  • Mangaka Takehiko Inoue has drawn the poster for the remake of Akira Kurosawa’s “The Hidden Fortress,” which now stars Arashi member Jun Matsumoto. [Pic: Sanspo]
  • Fuji TV held a press event for “Minna no Keiba,” its new horse racing program hosted by Aki Hoshino and Shunichi Kawai. [Pics: Mainichi, Sanspo, Sponichi]
  • On Thursday, Ayaka held her first sole concert at the Nippon Budokan, performing in front of 12,000 fans. She just turned 20 on the 18th. [Pics: Oricon, Sanspo]
  • Current and former Morning Musume members Ai Takahashi, Eri Kamei, Kei Yasuda, Yuko Nakazawa, and Mari Yaguchi attended a special photo session for the “Lion King” musical. [Pics: Mainichi, Sponichi]
  • mihimaru GT and Kylie Minogue shared the stage at a press event for the documentary “White Diamond.” [Pics: Oricon]

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Daily Japan 2007.12.18

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

Now to get caught up with the past 4 days…

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Now sick, more delays

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

Well, technically I was already sick, but now I’ve caught something worse, and I really feel ill. There are several stories I wanted to write up right now, but I’m struggling even to keep from falling over. Hopefully I feel better in the morning and can catch up on some of it.

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No work done on my birthday

Monday, December 17th, 2007

Well, I was planning on getting some work done today, but I spent the whole day celebrating my birthday and the birthday of my adorable one-year-old nephew. It was fun, but unfortunately for all of you, that means the news is late.

In fact, expect a lot of the news this week to be about a day or so late, since I’ve got a bunch of stuff going on and my schedule isn’t clear until Friday. I’ll do my best to keep the important stuff timely, but minor stories will likely get pushed back.

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Daily Japan 2007.12.14

Saturday, December 15th, 2007

Here’s another somewhat description-light post, a trend that will likely continue until I finish turning this into its own feature on the main site.

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Daily Japan 2007.12.12

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

Ack! More stuff than I have time for! Here’s the quick version:

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Daily Japan 2007.12.10

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

I’m planning to move these Daily Japan media links out of the blog and into their own section on the main site, but I won’t have time to code any of that until this weekend. So for now, I’m stuck with it here in the blog. Anyway:

  • Rina Uchiyama was given the 5th Kimono Award, which is yet another of those industry-sponsored PR awards, like Best Leathernist and Best Jeanist. [Video: Yahoo] [Pics: Oricon, Sanspo, Sponichi, Nikkan Sports, Sports Hochi]
  • Misaki Ito met with 70 lucky fans at a PR event for her book “Twinkle Girls,” which is a collection of excerpts from her blog. [Video: Yahoo] [Pics: Sanspo, Sponichi, Nikkan Sports, Sports Hochi]
  • Haruna Yabuki was at the Sofmap store in Akihabara to promote her new DVD, “Flare.” [Pics: Nikkan Sports, Sponichi]
  • Yui Aragaki served as a special host on the radio show “All Night Nippon.” [Pics: Sanspo, Sponichi, Sports Hochi]
  • Haruma Miura attended his first handshake event to promote the sale of his first photobook. Approximately a thousand fans turned up to meet him. [Pic: Nikkan Sports]
  • Takako Uehara is starring in the musical “The Wedding Singer” this February. A talk event for the production was held in Tokyo on Sunday. [Pics: Oricon, Sanspo]
  • Futsal team carezza held a release event for their new single, “Crazy For Love.” [Pics: Oricon]
  • mihimaru GT held a concert at NHK Hall on Monday. [Pics: Oricon, Sanspo, Sponichi]
  • Figure skater Shizuka Arakawa was named “Best of Ms. Cool 2007,” a prize meant for promoting the Absolut Icebar in Tokyo. [Video: Yahoo] [Pic: Sanspo]

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Daily Japan 2007.12.08

Sunday, December 9th, 2007

Not much going on in the news lately, but I might as well post what’s there.

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