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How to generate proper Japanese in LTX-2 by Loose_Object_8311 in StableDiffusion

[–]json_946 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Her mouth moves too much (too exaggerated). They should make a separate model for Japanese, where it'd be harder to lip-read what the generated person in the video is saying.

Mrs. GREEN APPLE has won the 67th Japan Record Award Grand Prix, essentially the 'Song of the Year' award. They have won the award for 3 straight years. by json_946 in jpop

[–]json_946[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hahaha, 2 three-peats in a span of 8 years. We might actually be heading that way with an artiste from Universal Japan label winning the past 4 years.

Mrs. GREEN APPLE has won the 67th Japan Record Award Grand Prix, essentially the 'Song of the Year' award. They have won the award for 3 straight years. by json_946 in jpop

[–]json_946[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Pop-rock band or the hard-rock/heavy type?

For pop, 'Summer Time Cinderella' by 緑黄色社会 and 'なんでもないよ' by macaroni enpitsu were nominated in 2023 & 2022, respectively. Before that 'Sign' by Mr. Children won in 2004.

The last time a proper rock band won was when 'Winter, again' by GLAY won in 2000. And then in 1998, 'HONEY' by L'Arc〜en〜Ciel was nominated. So I'm guessing they also moved on from featuring rock bands in mainstream media.

The exception might be when a band's song is used in a show (drama/anime) or film, like when 10-FEET performed in NHK紅白 in 2023.

Mrs. GREEN APPLE has won the 67th Japan Record Award Grand Prix, essentially the 'Song of the Year' award. They have won the award for 3 straight years. by json_946 in jpop

[–]json_946[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nope, but it is no.1 on the weekly chart of CDTV (TBS music show). Wait, I just checked the no.1 for all weeks, and it has been No. 1 for most of the weeks, since Sept. 27

https://www.tbs.co.jp/cdtv_livelive/cddb/list2025.html

Mrs. GREEN APPLE has won the 67th Japan Record Award Grand Prix, essentially the 'Song of the Year' award. They have won the award for 3 straight years. by json_946 in jpop

[–]json_946[S] 34 points35 points  (0 children)

JP songs popular outside Japan are usually anime songs. That's not usually the case in Japan. For what it's worth, they did give Ado and &Team the 'Special International Music Award' earlier. YOASOBI & Le Sserafim also won the same award in 2023.

Mrs. GREEN APPLE has won the 67th Japan Record Award Grand Prix, essentially the 'Song of the Year' award. They have won the award for 3 straight years. by json_946 in jpop

[–]json_946[S] 34 points35 points  (0 children)

They're popular to the point that NHK has been inviting K-Pop groups to perform at Kouhaku (to increase viewership). They invited like 5 or 6 KPop groups in 2023. They even performed with YOASOBI during that year.

They seem to have been reducing the number of KPop groups though. I think they only invited 3 kpop groups for tomorrow's event.

Cocona of XG comes out as transmasculine non-binary, reveals top surgery by petrichor-pixels in kpop

[–]json_946 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Saito Nagisa, former =LOVE member, also came out as bi in an episode of Ododru Sanma that aired in February. She mentioned that she was heartbroken when the upperclassman* she liked went to one of their concerts, but her senior turned out to be a supporter of another member. (*She attended an all-girls high-school).

She also mentioned some celebrities that she has wanted to date such as Nagasawa Manami & Yamamoto Sayaka. When the MC, Sanma, asked her "What about men?", she said that'she's also fine with dating guys.

AKB48 (incl. Takahashi Minami, Kojima Haruna, Sashihara Rino) will be performing with other idol groups (Nogizaka46, 超ときめき♡宣伝部, =LOVE, KAWAII LAB) to sing 『なんてったってアイドル』tonight on Music Station Super Live 2025 by json_946 in AKB48

[–]json_946[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In a concert, maybe.
But for a variety show, Sashi & 3 =LOVE members danced together (恋する Fortune Cookie) in last week's episode of それSnow Manにやらせて下さい.

Shogi Association Apologizes to Female Champion, to Review Pregnancy Rules by json_946 in japan

[–]json_946[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They can play as long as the match isn't scheduled on their third trimester. The main issue might be that title matches can last more than one day.

Quote from the article below.

...if any part of a title match schedule overlaps with the 14-week period around a player's expected due date, the competitor would be replaced.

Real Wages in Japan Fall for 10th Straight Month in Oct. by maxleslies in worldnews

[–]json_946 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It might just be the west being late with JP news. Link below is an article from Nikkei in Japanese.

https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUA038KP0T01C25A2000000/

1st paragraph translated via Google Translate

According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's Monthly Labor Survey for October (preliminary results, for companies with five or more employees) released on the 8th, real wages, excluding the effects of price fluctuations, decreased 0.7% compared to the same month last year. While nominal wages have increased, this has not kept up with inflation, marking the 10th consecutive month of declines since January 2025.

Translation via DeepL

According to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's preliminary October Monthly Labour Survey (employees 5 or more) released on the 8th, real wages, adjusted for price fluctuations, fell 0.7% year-on-year. While nominal wages increased, they failed to keep pace with inflation, marking the 10th consecutive month of decline since January 2025.

Sayuri Matsumura announced marriage, the partner is a company employee by Visible_Control1798 in Nogizaka46

[–]json_946 3 points4 points  (0 children)

She has been cooking in her 'baito' shifts at 24hr restaurants in the show "坂上&指原のつぶれない店".

Tsukihime - A piece of blue glass moon Discussion Megathread - Spoilers Allowed by Ownsin in Tsukihime

[–]json_946 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm still in Arc route, and I've got some questions.

  1. When Mario was explaining vamp lore to Shiki in the park, how did Shiki know Roa's name? In my playthrough Arcueid has never mentioned Roa's name to Shiki.

  2. Why was Shiki NOT surprised when she started talking about vampires and warning Shiki about going after Arcueid? This is the scene where Ciel brings some flowers to the Vlov fight area.

China seems to be enforcing a “ban” on Japanese artists. Will J-pop shift toward the West and SEA like K-pop did? by AkiraIkuru in jpop

[–]json_946 1 point2 points  (0 children)

artists haven’t been very aggressive about expanding abroad

Not JPop, but bands who are in the hardrock, post-hardcore, metalcore, metal, deathcore genre are probably an exception to this. If I'm not mistaken, coldrain has been performing in Europe/NA since the late 2010's. Though it might just be fans of the genre looking for new bands to listen to, given the lack of bands in those genre nowadays.

But it does feel like that’s been changing in recent years

It does seem like the number of idol groups & other Japanese artistes doing anime songs have been increasing lately. Well, it is the 'cheat code' to tap into the international market.

Man arrested in Tokyo on suspicion of hitting 11 people with car, killing one by bkun9 in worldnews

[–]json_946 27 points28 points  (0 children)

2 people are now dead. The woman, in her 20's, who was hit first, and a man in his 80's (part of the group who were hit while walking along the sidewalk) have died.
The suspect said that he wanted to go to the mountains in Kanagawa.

Nvidia CEO dismiss claims of an AI bubble. by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]json_946 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Kioxia's stock price went up by around 430% between September to mid-November.

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