Japan’s top all-girl pop group
Crime
Event management company for AKB48 cited for tax evasion
Income was concealed through the creation of fake orders placed with a fictitious company […]
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Entertainment
AKB48 member suffers head injury in fall from stage
Kaori Inagaki, 20, suffered a broken occipital bone after she tumbled off the stage during the last song of the group’s concert at Saitama Super Arena on Sunday […]
Crime
Tokyo: Comedian nabbed for trespassing into Shinjuku residence
Yuta Niizuma of Top Lead appears on a weekly television program on TV Asahi with member of idol group AKB48 […]
Crime
AKB48 fan in Fukuoka dumped 600 CDs in mountains after extracting voting ballots
Defendant and accomplices worked together to pull out the ballots contained inside the plastic cases to vote for favorite AKB48 members […]
Akihabara
AKB48 members participate in event seeking to eradicate online crimes
Police: ‘The present situation regarding information leaks is at crisis level’ […]
Entertainment
Funds earmarked for promotion of Okinawa used for AKB48 election
¥28 million from a government grant was used for AKB48’s General Election at Toyosaki Seaside Park in June […]
Crime
Fukuoka cops: Accused stalker of HKT48 member pursued other girl
Suspect pulled airline ticket stub with idol’s name from her garbage […]
Crime
Fukuoka cops: Alleged stalker visited home of HKT48 member 4 times
Suspect is also believed to have taken garbage left outside […]
Chiba
Chiba cops: Man with knife at Keyakizaka46 event fired flare
Suspect said he wanted to kill one of the members of the group […]
Entertainment
Ex-NMB48 member Yui Takano wins ‘Best Hips Contest’
Takano: ‘The line that forms when I wear pants is prettier’ […]