Tag: Stabbing

AKB48 Spinoff Group Offer “Air Handshakes”

You may recall the various incidents that have plagued the Japanese idol scene in recent years, like when two members of supergroup AKB48 were attacked by a saw-wielding fan at a handshake event in 2014, or when indie idol Mayu Tomita was stabbed in May. …Read more »

The AKB48 Attack: One Week Later

June 5, 2014

Matt Schley

It was about a week and a half ago that two members of idol group AKB48 and one of the group’s staff members were attacked at a meet-and-greet handshake event, receiving cuts and fractures to their hands and fingers. Since then, more information has come …Read more »