Spain held a general election on July 23, and it became popular online for artists to encourage people to vote while using Studio Ghibli symbolism. Anime News Network credits artist Álvaro Ortiz with starting the trend. Ortiz shared a picture inspired by the movie, saying, …Read more »
Yuriko Koike, the governor of Tokyo best known by some anime fans for her cosplay skills, has won reelection. Koike, who first took the governorship in 2016, easily won reelection July 5, earning some 3.6 million votes. The second place candidate, Kenji Utsunomiya, received about …Read more »
If you follow general Japan news, you know the country held an election this weekend. While here in the real world, it looks like Shinzo Abe will keep his job as prime minister for the time being, pollsters Charapedia used the opportunity to ask readers …Read more »
Police have filed charges against a man in Fukuoka for leaving over 500 AKB48 CDs on a mountain, the Japan Times reports. Those who have followed stories about the popular music group over the years know where this story is headed: the man was after …Read more »
Tokyo, Japan’s capital and home to more than 13 million people, held a gubernatorial election Sunday, and it’s being reported the winner is Yuriko Koike, making her the first female governor in the city’s history. This is notable for otaku, in part, because Koike campaigned …Read more »
Election winner Rino Sashihara. Vote early and vote often. That oft-repeated phrase may be tongue-in-cheek when it comes to normal politicking, but it’s totally valid when it comes to the AKB48 General Election, in which fans of the popular J-pop group and its affiliates lay …Read more »
Japan has voted, and the results are in. No, not for prime minister – we’re talking about the sixth annual AKB48 elections, in which fans trade yen for votes by buying AKB’s latest single, each copy of which contains one ballot used to vote for …Read more »
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 »
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