At X Japan's press conference on Thursday, the band officially announced that they will play a concert at New York's Madison Square Garden on September 13. No other details, such as ticket sale information, were revealed.

X Japan already has another concert scheduled in Paris on July 5. According to J-Revolution, Yoshiki mentioned the possibility of performing in other countries, particularly in South America and southeast Asia.

Actor Hiroshi Tamaki gets interviewed by Oricon for "Bridge," his first album in more than three years. sigelx translates it here.

Hikaru Utada talks with Oricon about her newest album, "HEART STATION." Translation by gloomybear here.

Oricon's interview with YUI for the release of her single "Namidairo," translated by gloomybear. Read it here.

Sandwichman, the comedy duo that won last year's M-1 Grand Prix, will make their television drama debut in Fuji TV's "81diver," which was first announced late last month.

The series focuses on the game of shogi, starring Junpei Mizobata and Riisa Naka. Sandwichman's Mikio Date plays Kakuda, one of Mizobata's opponents who eventually becomes his ally. Date is accompanied by his comedy partner Takeshi Tomizawa, who plays Kakuda's more skilled older brother.

"81diver" premieres on May 3.

Comedian Yosuke Ochi of the duo Dainoji announced on his blog on Wednesday that his wife is pregnant with their first child. Her due date is October 15.

Ochi is perhaps best known for winning the Air Guitar World Championship for the last two years.

Anna Santos, the main vocalist of the all-girl band BON-BON BLANCO, will release her first single as a solo artist on May 28. The song, titled "Lucky Tune," is being used as the ending theme of the "To LOVEru -Trouble-" anime series that premieres on Thursday night (April 3).

Santos, who is quarter-Japanese, will release the song under the name Anna.

Actor Hiroshi Fuse and actress Hiro Komura have been living separately for the past two years, it was learned on Wednesday. Komura revealed the fact during the broadcast of NTV's "Omoikkiri Ii! TV."

Fuse and Komura married in 1992 and have three sons, ranging in age from 10 to 15. They started living apart so that each of them could take care of their parents. Fuse is living in the couple's former home with his mother, who has angina. Meanwhile, Komura is living with the children near her parents' home. Her father has diabetes. Although they are separated, they apparently have not decided to divorce.

The two celebrities used to be managed by the same agency, but Komura switched to a different company at the start of this year.