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Tag: Boy Bands

The G-Pop All Stars are young at heart. Photo: Kochi prefecture
Posted inJapan, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Japan’s G-POP boy band puts the groove in geriatric

by Daniel Hurst March 25, 2017February 18, 2020

While the economists and demographers warn of a dark future for Japan’s rapidly aging society, a bunch of grandfathers have turned the tables on the gloom and doom by starting a boyband (average age 68) and telling the world old guys just wanna have fun. You have heard of J-Pop, now meet G-Pop – a […]

J-pop ambassadors: The members of SMAP are (from left) Shingo Katori, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Goro Inagaki, Takuya Kimura and Masahiro Nakai. In January 2012 the group went to China to take part in the Shanghai Dragon TV Spring Festival gala. | LI ZHENG SH / IMAGINECHINA VIA AP
Posted inUncategorized

Love ’em or hate ’em, it’s end of an era for Japan’s SMAP

by Peter Langan December 27, 2016February 18, 2020

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