Their strength lies in patience and the ancestral skills they bring to the workbench every day, working in the spirit of ...

On this Memorial Day, we turn to the life and legacy of Yukio Kawamoto. The Japanese-American World War II veteran served his country under almost unthinkable circumstances and then spent a lifetime ...

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Fans of popular Japanese boy band Arashi have been hit ... Kazunari Ninomiya and Jun Matsumoto – have been on an indefinite hiatus since end-2020, after leader Ohno expressed his desire to ...

Please look forward to everything we have planned." Arashi was formed in 1999 under the Johnny & Associates agency and went on to become one of Japan's biggest idol groups. Its members are Jun ...

In a post on its social media pages, delivered in both Japanese and English, the five-member team – comprising Satoshi Ohno, Sho Sakurai, Masaki Aiba, Kazunari Ninomiya and Jun Matsumoto – said that ...

Members of Arashi, from left, Kazunari Ninomiya, Sho Sakurai, Masaki Aiba, Jun Matsumoto and Satoshi Ono. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The popular Japanese all-male idol group Arashi, which has been ...

Its members are Satoshi Ohno, Sho Sakurai, Masaki Aiba, Kazunari Ninomiya, and Jun Matsumoto ... its catchy music that’s well-appreciated in Japan and in other countries, said that while ...

The 36th episode of 'Nidon Naesan Dokkab Tour 3,' which will air at 8:20 p.m. on the 3rd, features Kim Dae-hee, Kim Jun-ho, Jang Dong-min, Yoo Se-yoon, and Hong In-kyu, who are going to Japan ...

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Smile is a Japanese television drama series, shown on TBS started last April 17, 2009. Jun Matsumoto plays the lead role of Vito, a half-Filipino, half-Japanese man who always smiles despite all ...

Nov. 2003 Elected as a Member of the House of Representatives (2nd term) Parliamentary Secretary for Internal Affairs and Communications (-Sept. 2005) Nov. 1999 Director, Committee on Cabinet, HR ...