Top Japanese girl band AKB48 have released a single created using AI, after it proved more popular with fans than a rival song written by famed J-pop producer Yasushi Akimoto. As part of a songwriting ...

One of Japan's biggest girl groups, AKB48, have released a single that was partially generated by artificial intelligence, after a televised songwriting contest. The competition saw composer Yasushi ...

The year is 2014. A lotus blooms on front pages of newspapers and saffron flags deck the streets. The air is abuzz with reports of a ‘landslide’ victory, a wave sweeping across India. The world’s ...

Ten years ago, a J-pop idol shaved her head in apology and shocked the world. Little did we know, she was simply giving us a glimpse into the future of celebrity culture. Back at the start of 2013, ...

Premiering his latest single, ‘I Shot You’, on his Youtube channel on 27 June, Malaysian singer-songwriter-producer Namewee featured Japanese AV star Yua Mikami in his video, clocking over 1.4 million ...

Musicians and other artists are getting inventive in the face of COVID-19, holding free streaming concerts and the like. But this might be the most, uh, creative idea we’ve heard of yet. AKB48, the ...

In the United States, one of the most controversial issues surrounding the COVID-19 coronavirus disease pandemic of early 2020 was a debate over whether the Trump administration failed at adequately ...

Correction: A previous version of this article stated that the LG G3 was the first Quad HD smartphone. However, that title goes to the vivo Xplay 3S. We have updated this article with the correct ...