We wanted to wish all of our readers a wonderful and restful break over Christmas and New Year. Those interested in Xperia smartphones seem to be a smaller and smaller crowd each year, but we'll still keep kicking around for those that still love Sony's offerings, and wants to keep abreast of key news.

YOSHIKI (X JAPAN) has opened an official blog on Ameba. 

For a limited time, YOSHIKI will be offering English lessons through his blog. In his first post, he wrote, "I hope this will be useful to foreigners who are troubled in Japan as well as Japanese nationals who are troubled overseas under the influence of the new coronavirus. Please use it as reference."