Top Japanese girl band AKB48 have released a single created using AI, after it proved more popular with fans than a rival song written by famed J-pop producer Yasushi Akimoto. As part of a songwriting ...

30 Jul - KLP48, the new Kuala Lumpur-based sister group of Japanese idol group AKB48, has unveiled its first-generation members. The lineup has been finalised following three months of selection and ...

AKB48, with more than 40 members, are one of the most successful bands in Japanese pop One of Japan's biggest girl groups, AKB48, have released a single that was partially generated by artificial ...

Kato Rena, former AKB48 idol, actress, and model, has announced her marriage to her non-celebrity boyfriend. She shared the news on social media, expressing her happiness and describing her husband as ...

Idol pop phenomenon AKB48 hit the news in two very different ways over the past few months. The first was a vicious and unexpected attack on group members Kawaei Rina and Iriyama Anna at a May 25 meet ...

Pop star Minami Minegishi - the last of AKB48's first-generation members - has shocked fans by bidding farewell to the Japanese idol group. Ms Minegishi, 27, thanked fans at the 14th anniversary show ...