J-pop is one of Japan’s major soft-power exports. Even if you haven’t heard the music, chances are you’ve got an opinion about it. At its worst, it’s terrifying crypto-fascist kitsch as sung by ...

TOKYO—Earlier this year, researchers discovered that our ability to perform critical tasks is heightened when we've been "primed" by exposure to cuteness. That's because we experience significant ...

Last night, a multi-colored pastel fever dream surrounded London venue The Roundhouse. Everywhere you looked was a sea of wigs, stuffed animals, bows, painted faces, vibrant contact lenses, and ...

From June to September 2016 the Seibu Ikebukuro Line carried passengers on a train themed around singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. Carriages were repainted from the line’s standard yellow to kawaii pink and ...

Kyary Pamyu Pamyu is planet Earth’s next pop model From the magazine: ISSUE 89, December 2013/January 2014 Like many songs by the cherubic Japanese pop star Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, her recent single ...

UPDATE: The weird and wacky and face swap-y music video for Kyary Pamyu Pamyu and Charli XCX's "Crazy Crazy" is here! Watch below: J-pop meets Brit-pop on "Crazy Crazy," the highly anticipated ...

Over the past decade Kyary Pamyu Pamyu became Japan’s first true social media pop star. Kyary started her career as a blogger concerned with all matters Harajuku, the Tokyo neighborhood long seen as ...

On her way to global domination, J-pop superstar Kyary Pamyu Pamyu takes us back to her childhood and talks us through all things cute and terrifying. Five years have passed since Kyary Pamyu Pamyu ...

13 Apr – Kyary Pamyu Pamyu would be making a guest appearance in the Fuji TV drama series "Kazoku no Uta' starring Odagiri Joe. According to Tokyo Hive, Kyary would be making her acting debut as ...

Ahead of the release of her fourth studio album, "Japamyu," at the end of the month, J-pop singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu dropped her latest single, "Kizunami," digitally Friday (Sept. 7). By Billboard ...