Taylor Swift was all smiles as she landed in Japan today and was greeted by dozens of fans, who had arrived in the early hours of the morning, hoping to catch a glimpse of the singer.
The 20-year-old country star arrived on a flight from London, where she had reportedly enjoyed a whirlwind romantic weekend with rumoured boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal.
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Bump of Chicken is a rock group from Sakura, Chiba, Japan. 
Exile is a 14-member all-male Japanese pop band and dance group. 
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Koshi Inaba is a Japanese vocalist. His real name is Hiroshi Inaba . He graduated from the Faculty of Education at the Yokohama National University, and has a degree in mathematics.
As tens of thousands gathered at Chiba Marine Stadium to experience Summer Sonic headliner Stevie Wonder, Shunsuke Yano was preparing for his own show on the much smaller River Side Garden stage nearby.On stage the Japanese rapper joked about the legend next door: "Why the heck did you choose to come here when Stevie's over there? We have to show our guest some hospitality!"
Released this week, her 10th single, "Wildflower," comes backed with a 15-track covers CD, compiling her versions of time-honored soul and rock 'n' roll songs that were included as B-sides on previous singles (usually as the third track) or recorded live. Because of the inclusion of this second disc, the single will be counted by Japanese chart compiler Oricon as an album, and is almost guaranteed to follow her self-titled 2008 debut and 2009's "Box Emotions" to the No. 1 spot.
Takimoto Miori, who will be playing the lead role in the Japanese remake of the popular Korean drama, “You’re Beautiful (Ikemen desu ne),” has cut 36 centimeters of her beautiful long black hair.