2025 Year-End Billboard Japan Charts Unveiled: Mrs. GREEN APPLE Dominates as Snow Man & Creepy Nuts Top Album, Global Lists

Billboard Japan has unveiled its 2025 year-end charts, tracking the period from Nov. 25, 2024, to Nov. 23, 2025.
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Le Sserafim debuts 'Kawaii' MV featuring Sanrio characters ahead of Netflix series

The music video collaborated by LE SSERAFIM and the popular character Sanrio has been unveiled. At midnight on the 9th, LE SSERAFIM (Kim Chae-won, Sakura, Heo Yoon-jin, Kazuha, Hong Eun-chae) posted ...
The Atlantic

The Rise of Japan's Creepy-Cute Craze

"Gross" characters are proliferating in a country known for kawaii, and now even local governments' mascots are trying to out-weird one another. Long considered the global capital of cute, Japan is ...
Pitchfork

Meet Chai, the Eclectic Japanese Rock Band Redefining What It Means to Be Cute

The members of Chai can’t stop smiling. On a Wednesday night in early September, the Japanese quartet is making its live New York debut, and their presence is sheer glee. Mana, Kana, Yuki, and Yuna ...