Singer-songwriter Motohiro Hata is doing the theme song for Shingo Matsubara's film adaptation of the manga "Tsukiji Uogashi Sandaime." The song is titled "Niji ga Kieta Hi."

Hata's "Bokura wo Tsunagu Mono" was used as the theme for the movie "Clearness," but this new song will be the first one Hata wrote specifically for a film.

The movie, starring Takao Osawa and Rena Tanaka, opens on June 7. Hata's single will go on sale during the same month.

Hey! Say! JUMP members Yuto Nakajima, Ryosuke Yamada, Yuri Chinen, and Daiki Arioka will co-star in an NTV drama special this April, titled "Sensei wa Erai!"

Nakajima, Chinen, and Arioka play three useless students at a public junior high school. At first, they find their homeroom teacher dull and bothersome, but an incident leads them to take a liking to him. Along with their former classmate (Yamada) who now attends a private school, the students unite to transform their teacher into a respectable guy.

The actor playing the teacher has not yet been revealed. Filming will start in mid-March, with broadcast planned for an unspecified date in April.

Razor Ramon HG (real name Masaki Sumitani) sent out a fax on Friday reporting that his wife, idol Anna Suzuki, is five and a half months pregnant. She is expected to give birth on July 30.

The couple married in August 2006. This will be their first child.

Yuko Takeuchi and Shido Nakamura have finally settled their divorce. Management for both celebrities issued a fax to the media on Friday announcing the news. Earlier that day, Nakamura and his lawyer officially turned in the divorce papers.

Takeuchi and Nakamura starred together in the 2004 film "Ima, Ai ni Yukimasu." They got married the following June, and Takeuchi gave birth to their son five months later.

In 2006, Nakamura was caught for drunk driving. It was later revealed that actress Aya Okamoto was with him at the time, while other rumors linked Nakamura to actress Saki Takaoka on another occasion. With their relationship damaged, Takeuchi began seeking a divorce that October and soon began living separately with their son, who is now in her custody.

Billboard, best known for its music charts in the U.S., announced on Thursday that it has started providing charts for the Japanese music industry. Rankings will be released on Wednesdays, based on data from more than 3,000 CD shops and 33 radio stations. The charts will be managed by Billboard's partner in Japan, the Osaka-based Hanshin Contents Link.

There are 4 charts in all: Hot 100, Top Albums, Hot 100 Airplay, and Hot Singles Sales. The charts can be publicly viewed at the Billboard Japan site (top 10) or at Tsutaya Online (top 20).

The first set of charts already shows several differences from Oricon's rankings. In particular, the Hot 100 charts do not correspond to any of Oricon's charts, since they are not based only on sales.

Director Daisuke Tengan has finished shooting his new movie, titled "Sekai de Ichiban Utsukushii Yoru" ("The Most Beautiful Night in the World").

An original script written by Tengan himself, the movie is themed around Japan's declining birth rate, which is one of the biggest problems currently facing the country. The story starts with a young girl telling a secret about her own town, said to have the highest birth rate in the nation.

Tomorowo Taguchi plays the starring role as a newspaper reporter demoted to the town 14 years ago. Ryo Ishibashi is an ex-radical trying to start a "sexual revolution," and former Takarasienne Sarara Tsukifune plays the gentle "mama" of a snack bar. Other cast members include Shiro Sano, Akira Emoto, Shunsuke Matsuoka, and Yukiya Kitamura.

One of the picture's highlights is a 50-person sex scene, alluded to in the film's title. Naturally, Ishibashi's character is a participant in the event. While the scene may sound similar to the 750-person orgy scene in Tom Tykwer's "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer" (which got a release in Japan last year), Tengan's film is unique in its connection to a real national problem.

"Sekai de Ichiban Utsukushii Yoru" is set to open in theaters this May.

A weekly magazine recently reported that talento Uno Kanda may be having an affair, but a separate publication says that Kanda may not be the only one.

Kanda is currently on a business trip in Europe, and according to FLASH, she was accompanied by Kunisuke Sadakata, the president of the Alcazaba resorts. Meanwhile, FRIDAY says that Takuro Nishimura, Kanda's husband and the CEO of Nittaku Group, enjoyed a trip of his own with a popular hostess.

Last weekend, Nishimura spent two days at an onsen in Hakodate, Hokkaido, with two other men and five women. One of the girls is the #1 hostess at a Roppongi club, and she is said to be closely connected to Nishimura for the past 5 years. During the trip, FRIDAY's reporter snapped some pictures of the pair walking and riding a taxi together.

Both Nishimura's company and Kanda's agency have said they are unable to comment further on the rumors.

Hello! Project has announced that Morning Musume will perform at the Nankang Exhibition Hall in Taipei, Taiwan on May 24. Members of the Hello! Project Taiwan Fan Club can purchase tickets starting on the 29th, while non-members will have to wait until mid-March.