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Sun, April 20, 2008 (3:42am EDT)
The popular manga "Hana Yori Dango" will be getting a video game this summer. Konami is bringing "Hana Yori Dango -Koi Seyo Otome!-" to the Nintendo DS on July 10, about two weeks after the live-action movie "Hana Yori Dango Final" opens in theaters on June 28.

Players will be immersed in the environment of Eitoku Gakuen, taking on the role of a young girl entering the school. While the player will be able to form a friendship with the main character Tsukushi Makino, the game appears to revolve more around the interaction with the members of F4 and the possibility for romance.

Several famous voice actors have been tapped for the game, including Takahiro Sakurai and Megumi Toyoguchi.
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Sun, April 20, 2008 (3:21am EDT)
Miyavi has recently added more stops to his upcoming World Tour. He will be playing a show in Chile on May 21, then in Sao Paolo, Brazil on May 24. He has also set a date for Paris on July 6.
Sun, April 20, 2008 (3:13am EDT)
Doping Panda will have their first overseas performance at The Great Escape Festival in Brighton, England. They will play on the last day of the event, which takes place on May 15-17.

The festival, established in 2006, aims to showcase new artists from around the world.

Another Japanese band participating in the festival is monobright, who will perform on the first day.
Sun, April 20, 2008 (3:00am EDT)
New enka sensation Jero announced that he will be releasing a cover album, titled "COVERS," on June 25. This is his second release, following up on his debut single "Umiyuki" that came out in February.

The "COVERS" tracklist is said to include Cho Yong-pil's "Pusankou e Kaere" (also known as "Come Back to Busan"), Akio Kayama's "Hisame," and Frank Nagai's "Kimi Koishi."
Sun, April 20, 2008 (2:51am EDT)
The winners of the 27th Fujimoto Prize, an award given in recognition of producers and directors, were announced on Friday. This year, the top prize went to Masakazu Kubo and Kenjiro Ito, who have both produced films for the "Pokemon" franchise.

Other prizes were given to "Megane" director Naoko Ogigami and to "Koizora" producers Masayuki Morikawa and Atsushi Nasuda. Noriyasu Hirakata ("Oka ni Agatta Gunkan") earned the newcomer award.
Sun, April 20, 2008 (2:23am EDT)
Hiroshi Tamaki and Hitomi Shimatani have broken up, it was learned on Saturday. They reportedly started dating around last September, but it looks like their busy careers caused them to split after only half a year.

Since the start of this year, Tamaki was occupied with filming for the drama series "Shikaotoko Aoniyoshi" and with recording a new album and single. Meanwhile, Shimatani also released her own new single and starred in a musical. According to one source, the couple was rarely able to meet due to their schedules, and they finally decided to break up at the end of March.
 
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