Tokyo Idol project began on Tuesday at Fuji TV's headquarters in Tokyo's Odaiba area. The goal of the project is to promote Japanese idol culture to audiences around the world. Numerous groups from ...

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With this fascinating and troubling documentary, Kyoko Miyake investigates the Japanese phenomenon of very young female pop singers, known as idols, who cater to a passionate fan base of grown men.

Tokyo Idol Festival is the world's biggest idol festival where idol fans from across the globe come together. In fact, last year's festival featured 138 idol groups on stage with over 41,000 fans in ...

A section displaying goods commonly used for celebrating idols' birthdays is seen during the "Oshikatsu - Merch Collection Expo" at the Tokyo Big Sight convention center in the capital, July 2, 2025. ...

Japanese pop idol Shinjiro Atae came out as gay during a concert in Tokyo to over 2,000 of his fans. The announcement, which he said he’d been wanting to make, is highly unusual in Japan where ...

VTubers, or virtual YouTubers performing through animated avatars, are shifting from a Japan-born niche subculture to ...

Tokyo - In a cramped and dark venue in a sleazy Tokyo district, dozens of middle-aged men cheer at a performer on stage: The object of their adoration is a six-year-old girl. Decked out in make-up ...