Last week, AKB48 announced that it’s cancelling its “General Election” for 2019, meaning that for the first time in a decade, fans won’t be offered the chance to vote for their favorite singer from ...

Mega-popular all-girl idol group AKB48 has again swept the annual Japan Gold Disc Awards. AKB48 this week picked up the "Artist of the Year" award for 2012 at the 27th Japan Gold Disc Awards, an ...

AKB48, one of Japan’s most popular girl groups, has released a new single written in part by artificial intelligence after it won the fan vote in a televised contest. The single, titled “Omoide Scroll ...

The “general election” of the popular idol group AKB48 has become a major event on the calendar every year, not only among fans but average Japanese as well. Surprisingly few people know, however, ...

Tears of joy filled Fukuoka on Saturday as Rino Sashihara won pop group AKB48's 41st Single Election, but that didn't stop jeers from flooding online chat forums. Sashihara, who is a member of sister ...