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Yonezu Kenshi will release his fifth album "STRAY SHEEP" on August 5. 

His last album "BOOTLEG" sold over 600,000 copies, and won the Grand Prix at the '10th CD Shop Awards' as well as Album of the Year Award at the '60th Japan Record Awards.' The upcoming album comes about two and a half years later, and it will contain a total of 15 songs including his previously released numbers "Lemon," "Uma to Shika," and his self-cover of "Paprika." The jacket cover seen above was illustrated by Yonezu himself.

As someone who spent far too long failing to stick the landing on aircraft carriers in Top Gun, it comes as a bit of a surprise that another Tom Cruise movie almost spawned a video game for the original Nintendo Entertainment System.

May 5 is Children's Day in Japan.

The number of children in the country has declined every year since 1982, and is now at an all-time low.

With the coronavirus keeping customers out of showrooms, a number of automakers are offering extremely enticing incentives.

Superfly will upload 7 of her concerts onto YouTube under 'Superfly Live Archives Festival on YouTube' for a limited time.  

You will be able to watch almost all of Superfly's live works from 2008 to 2017. You can check out the release dates for the seven titles below. 

Japan's Environment Ministry says the country's greenhouse gas emissions were down for the fifth straight year in fiscal 2018.

The ministry says domestic emissions in the fiscal year that ended in March 2019 amounted to a carbon dioxide equivalent of 1.24 billion tons.

Japan's SoftBank Group is expecting an annual operating loss and net loss for the first time in 15 years.

The company says turmoil in the financial markets amid the coronavirus pandemic has hit the value of its investments.

Shonan no Kaze will release their new album "Shonan no Kaze ~Shiho Senpu~" on May 20. 

It's been about two years since the group released their last album "Shonan no Kaze ~Ichigo Ichie~." Their upcoming album will feature a total of 14 songs including the theme song for the PlayStation 4 software 'Ryu ga Gotoku 7: Hikari to Yami no Yukue.' 

Suzuki might launch a second body style of the new generation Jimny, one with better legroom for rear-seat occupants and improved boot space.

On March 23, actress Kuriyama Chiaki (35) opened her official Twitter account and announced that she has left her agency that she belonged to for 30 years. According to persons concerned, the actress left the agency on March 10 and will be launching her own office. 

Kuriyama tweeted, "At this time, I, Kuriyama Chiaki, have left Space Craft Entertainment and will be going independent. I am only grateful to the agency that has guided me for 30 years."

Friday marks 25 years since the deadly sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system by the Aum Shinrikyo cult. Many of the survivors and their families are still suffering.

Members of the cult released the toxic nerve agent inside morning rush-hour trains on three lines in central Tokyo on March 20, 1995. Fourteen people died and about 6,300 others were injured.

A court in Japan has sentenced a man to 16 years in prison for the fatal abuse of his 10-year-old daughter.

The Chiba district court on Thursday handed down the prison term to Yuichiro Kurihara for inflicting injuries to his daughter Mia that resulted in her death.

A high court in Japan has found a man guilty of sexually abusing his biological daughter, reversing a lower court acquittal that triggered a wave of protests.

The Nagoya High Court on Thursday sentenced the father to 10 years in prison as sought by prosecutors.

m-flo have resumed their "loves" project after 12 years. As the first part of this project, they will digitally release a new song titled "tell me tell me" on March 6.

m-flo's "loves" project is a project in which the group collaborates with various artists. From 2004 to 2008, they have collaborated with a total of 41 artists.