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A man who slashed two teenage singers in the popular Japanese female pop group AKB48 last year was sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison, a news report said. Satoru Umeta pleaded guilty… By ...

I never thought I'd say this: AKB48 was the most influential music act of the decade. Wait, hear me out. The world of J-pop saw the 2010s begin a little early, on Oct. 21, 2009, to be precise. That's ...

TOKYO—Pop quiz: What act sold a million copies of its last three singles the first day of release? Not Lady Gaga. AKB48 is a 92-member girl band from Japan whose one song has garnered some 56 million ...

The girls from popular Japanese mega-idol group AKB48 are featured in the latest promotional video for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS. The clip opens with the Mii creation of Mayu Watanabe. She ...

The AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 200 2014 (AKB48 リクエストアワー セットリストベスト200 2014) was held from January 23 to January 26, 2014 at Tokyo Dome City Hall, and then on April 6th, 2014 at Saitama Super Arena ...