(Source: Sanspo) 23 year old Kitagawa Keiko attended the premiere of her new movie, Matataki, at Shinjuku Balto on 19th June and took the opportunity to give a shout-out of support to Meiji University alumni Nagatomo Yuto, a Japanese defender in the national team, currently in South Africa for the World Cup.

They had met in their 3rd year at college after being introduced by mutual friends. Kitagawa Keiko was supporting the Japanese team that night against Holland (they eventually lost 1-0 to Holland) and hoped that Japan would "defend their goals and get as many points as possible".

In her new movie, Kitagawa Keiko plays a girl who loses her boyfriend in an accident which traumatizes her and causes her to lose her memory of their times together. 1 comments

(Source: Sanspo) Matsushima Nanako (36) will appear in a movie called "The story of you and dog - a dog movie" (roughly translated) scheduled for release next year, alongside Omori Nao. This omnibus movie is the second in the series of dog movies, the first of which was released in 2005.

Nanako revealed that she loves dogs and has assisted in the delivery of her dog's puppies. I'm just happy she has a new movie out. 1 comments

(Source: Sanspo) Oguri Shun (27) was filming the manga-turned-movie "Gaku Minna no Yama" when these photos were taken. The movie also stars Nagasawa Masami and is directed by Katayama Osamu. Read more about this mountaineering manga, which is known as "Peak: Everyone's Mountain" in english, here. 0 comments

(Source: Sanspo) After the announcement of her impending marriage to Eita was made on June 14th, Kimura Kaela's single Ring a Ding Dong has topped Oricon's weekly rankings. This is the first time her single has topped since her debut 6 years ago. That's great then, that marriage has boosted her career! (apparently so!) 2 comments

(Source: Sanspo) The new 3 member unit of DBSK, Jae Joong (24) , Yoo Chun (24), and Junsu (23), held the last concert of their tour at the Tokyo Dome on 13th of June. About 540,000 fans had showed up to give their support, and the 3 of them were rather emotional.

JaeJoong said that he wanted to continue working hard and singing with a 'purity' of feeling, and if possible, for eternity!

Junsu said that it was a dream just to be able to stand on the stage at the Dome and would continue working hard, in order not to let their fans down.

Happy Monday people!! 0 comments

(Source: Sanspo) Koizumi Norihiro's new movie Flowers was released on the 12th of June, and only Suzuki Kyoka (42) and Nakama Yukie (30) were present on that day to give their support.

The film follows the lives of the women in one family for three generations, starting from the early part of the Showa period. Apart from the two who were present, the film also stars Aoi Yuu (24), Takeuchi Yuko (30), Tanaka Rena (30), and Ryoko Hirosue (29).

Although only 2 of the main cast were present, they dazzled the crowd in their beautiful kimonos. 1 comments

Obama: What Change?

Last night, I was watching live on BBC as the UN Security Council as it voted through a new resolution imposing fresh new sanctions on Iran. 12 for, 2 against (Brazil and Turkey) and Lebanon abstained.

When Mohammad Khazaee responded in his speech (Iranian representative to the UN, picture above), bringing up past injustices wrought onto Iran, Susan Rice (US rep to UN, picture below) laughed incredulously. Or at least, it was presented in that way on the BBC footage.



I think it is a sad day for the world, and I feel very disappointed in the US (and others). The resolution was rushed through, for what joy?

I know you normally come here for Japanese gossip, but do take some time to watch this series: Iran and the West (BBC docu) on youtube, and make a new judgment. There is definitely more material around, but take this as a starter.

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(Source: Entame) It seems that Ayase Haruka (25) and Ozawa Takao (42) are very much in love. Ayase Haruka has been seen grocery shopping in the vicinity of Ozawa's house, and Ayase's company car has also been spotted entering Ozawa's mansion (the photos of which were reportedly published in the 4th June issue of Friday magazine).

The two of them had reportedly started dating since they worked together on the TBS drama Jin in October 2009. 0 comments

(Source: Sanspo) A month after her mother's death, Maki Goto (24) came back into the fray and out of her hiatus on 3rd of June. For the first time, she has posed semi-nude for female magazine GLAMOROUS which goes on sale on the 7th (today). The photo (shown above) is rather bold move for her -- and actually scared me quite a bit don't know why. 0 comments

(Source: Entame) 25 year old Nishikido Ryo of NEWS and 25 year old Fuji Lena have been caught on a date! They were seen emerging from a shop in an intimate manner, and then walking to their car in the car park. Then, Ryo drove them both into the night. It has only been two months since Fuji Lena broke up with Da Pump's ISSA (31) and already she has bagged a new squeeze.

Fuji Lena had been dating ISSA since June 2009, but when they broke up in April this year Fuji Lena reportedly commented that there was somebody whom she liked to a female magazine. She also said that "there are scarcely periods in her life when she's not dating" (literally: not dating almost never happens [to me]). 0 comments

(Source: Sanspo) It was revealed today that popular Japanese artistes Eita (27) and Kimura Kaera (25) are to marry. According to Kimura's agency, she has been pregnant for 5 months and is due in November this year. Kimura had announced this to her fans in the afternoon, earlier today.

The two artistes had previously worked on a film, Memories of Matsuko in 2006. Congratulations to the two, Kimura Kaera is one of my favourite Japanese artistes!!! Yay!! 0 comments