(2008.01.30) CHEMISTRY - Face to Face

NEW ALBUM
『Face to Face』
発売日:2008年1月30日
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01. -overture-
02. Sora no Kiseki
03. Kimi no Kisu
04. This Night
05. Suna no Tobira
06. Yakusoku no Basho
07. Kagayaku yoru SUPPORTED BY MONKEY MAJIK
08. hold on
09. ai no wa
10. Daydream
11. Tookage feat. John Legend
12. deep inside of you
13. Saigo no Kawa
14. Kokoro to Kotoba

Album is in 192kbps. Read more

Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” made of sushi

Sushi chef Ken Kawasumi shows a replica he created of Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” made of sushi at a press event in Tokyo, March 6, 2008. Kawasumi displayed his skill of transforming sushi into a colorful work of art at a special event celebrating the publishing of his new book “The simplest way to make decorative sushi rolls”. [Buy at Amazon.co.jp] (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Tokio Discography

TOKIO is one of the most popular groups and one of the few actual bands handled by Johnny’s Entertainment. They debuted in 1994 under the Sony label, however they switched to Universal Music J in 2001.

Members

  • Nagase Tomoya (長瀬智也)
  • Matsuoka Masahiro (松岡昌宏)
  • Kokubun Taichi (国分太一)
  • Yamaguchi Tatsuya (山口達也)
  • Joshima Shigeru (城島茂) (Leader)

Information

TOKIO got their name from old romanization of Tokyo City. TOKIO is also an all-around band as they act, dance, compose and perform.

In 2004, they celebrated their 10th year anniversary mark along with the release of 12 albums and 19 singles with the album TOK10. Read more

(2008.02.27) Tohoshinki - If…_Rainy Night (TRICK 3)

Artist: Tohoshinki
Single: If…!? / Rainy Night (Trick Version 3)
Language: Japanese
Genre: R&B, Pop, Ballad
Release Date: 26-February-2008
Bitrate: 320kbs

01 If…!?
02 Rainy Night -JUNSU from TOHOSHINKI-
03 If…!? (Less Vocal)
04 Rainy Night -JUNSU from TOHOSHINKI- (Less Vocal)
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Going by the Book [Kmovie] (Jeong Jae-yeong, Son Byeong-ho, Lee Young-eun)

AKA
바르게 살자
Ba-leu-ge Sal-ja

Summary
Recent rises in the number of bank robbery cases are driving the citizens of Sampo into panic. A newly appointed police chief (Son Byung Ho) is brought in to shed some light into the matter. Hoping to boost the unit’s public image, but more so his own, the greedy chief conducts field training aimed at fighting crime. But he is in for the biggest ridicule of his life! Taking the role of a mock bank robber is Jung Do Man (Jung Jae Young), a low-ranked traffic officer who believes in putting out his best on any given task, be it directing traffic or playing a robber for the in-house drill. While most of the team are looking to skate over the dreadful training, Do Man takes his role to a professional level - so much so that a SWAT team has to be called in to bring the training to its end. While the entire nation cheers on this pretend criminal through a national broadcast, Do Man continues to perfect his role. After all, he’s just Going By the Book!

Cast
Jeong Jae-yeong
Son Byeong-ho
Lee Young-eun
Go Chang-seock
Lee Cheol-min
Ju Jin-mo
Lee Han-wi
You Min-Seok
Jo Deok-hyeon
Gong Ho-seok   Read more

Good news for Jpop lovers: Google, copyright body strike deal allowing cover songs on YouTube

Closet pop idols breathed a little easier Thursday after the announcement of a deal between video site YouTube and a large recording rights body, allowing punters to record and post their own versions of songs by major artists like Mr. Children and Spitz without fear of legal reprisal.

Japan Rights Clearance Inc. (JRC) announced that it had made a comprehensive contract with YouTube’s parent Google over the use of about 5,000 recordings that JRC manages.

It is the first time that Google has struck a contract with a rights management company in Japan over the use of music.

Under the contract, Google will pay an undisclosed royalty to JRC on behalf of YouTube users. In turn, JRC will no longer ask Google to delete videos of users’ cover versions of songs by JRC artists, except where they defame the artist.

However, users can still be accused of violating the Copyright Law if they post footage from music TV programs or music DVDs without permission, since those copyrights are also shared by broadcasters and record companies.

A similar deal between Japan’s largest rights management body, the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC) and video sites run by Yahoo! Japan Corp. and two other companies has been in place since July last year.

Tokyo International Anime Fair 2008

(Tokyo, March 27, 2008) The 4-day-long world’s largest anime fair expects to have more than 100,000 visitors from around the world. The event will open to the public on March 29.

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[Album] Younha - SONGS -teen’s collection-

Younha - SONGS -teen’s collection-
Release Date: March 26, 2008
Language: Japanese
Genre: Pop
Artist: Female             Read more

Love on a diet [Cmovie] (Andy Lau, Sammi Cheng, Lam Suet)

Love on a Diet (traditional Chinese: 瘦身男女) is a 2001 Hong Kong romantic comedy film produced and directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai, and starring Andy Lau and Sammi Cheng. The movie’s main attraction was that the two leads played characters who are obese. For their roles, both actors had to wear prosthetic suits. Read more

Elva Hsiao Discography

Biography

She speaks and writes some English, due to having lived for a year or two during her highschool years in Vancouver, Canada. While in Vancouver, she entered the New Talent Singing Awards Vancouver Audition 1998 with her birth name of Hsiao Ya-chih (蕭雅之). She became one of the 12 finalists but did not place in the top 5. The song she sang was CoCo Lee’s “Love Me A While Longer 愛我久一點”. Also in the competition that year were 3 other Taiwanese celebrities, 183 Club member Jacky Chu 祝釩剛 (who was the winner), DJ Ruby Lu 盧春如 (1st Runner-Up) and 蜜雪薇琪 (Michelle*Vickie) member Michelle Hsu (now known as Mimi or Michelle). Read more