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  • March 7
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    Music Fair - March 7, 2020

    https://aidoru-online.me/torrents-details.php?id=164474 (1080i)
    https://aidoru-online.me/torrents-details.php?id=164475 (720p)

    This is from the first of four editions celebrating 2800 episodes of
    https://www.fujitv.co.jp/MUSICFAIR/
    https://www.fujitv-view.jp/article/post-73679/

    Some talk plus performances:

    M1「Nusic Fair no Theme (MUSIC FAIR テーマ曲)」
    play: ALL CAST

    M2「Chankapāna (チャンカパーナ)」
    original:NEWS (2012)
    play:NEWS × ももいろクローバーZ

    M6「Eikou no Kakehashi (栄光の架橋)」
    original:ゆず(2004)
    play:ゆず×水樹奈々×NEWS×三浦大知
    ×秦 基博×山崎育三郎×ももいろクローバーZ
    (joining in at the end)

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  • March 7
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    OOOPS! I effed up the info in my previous post!

    Wouldn't be the first time, sorry nonetheless. Here's the accurate info...

    Reni-Chan's LIVE Youtube stream will actually take place on MONDAY the 9th of March at the time indicated in the text below:

    Because of an abundance of caution in Japan right now regarding the COVID-19 problem, Reni-Chan's live concert series scheduled to start this weekend were postponed. However to make up for it, on MONDAY March 9, 2020 at "around" 18:00 Tokyo time, 10:00 Euro time, 01:00 California time Reni-Chan will present "The Reni-Chan Great Festival of Love" in a LIVE 360VR Youtube Stream on this channel: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCGP-EpYvOrcMZdxDlM9k2xA
    Special guests include: 浪江女子発組合, CROWN POP, B.O.L.T, and アメフラっシ

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  • March 13
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    Episode 3 of Momoclo's 「こんな夜に外でてんじゃねーよ、家にいろ!!」- Don't Go Out Tonight, STAY HOME!! - Friday the 13th Version

    The show will go LIVE on Youtube Today, Friday the 13th of March, 2020 at 18:00 Tokyo time, 10:00 Euro time, 02:00 California time.

     
  • March 18
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    March 20
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    Their spring live for April 17,18 will be postponed to 2021

    https://natalie.mu/music/news/372083
     
  • March 21
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    Music Fair - March 14 + 21

    https://aidoru-online.me/torrents-details.php?id=165160 (1080i)
    https://aidoru-online.me/torrents-details.php?id=165161 (720p)

    This is from the second and third of four editions celebrating 2800 episodes of
    https://www.fujitv.co.jp/MUSICFAIR/
    March 14 has just some talk, a week later there's also a performance of "Odoru Pompokolin (おどるポンポコリン)"

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  • March 24
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    kwkm LoGiRL #228 - March 23, 2020

    https://aidoru-online.me/torrents-details.php?id=165344

    kwkm with Kanako and Ahrin
    Guests are two TV Asahi personnel
    Announcer Koji Iida (飯田浩司) https://twitter.com/cozy1242?
    Producer Yukito Kirihata (桐畑行良)

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  • March 28
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    RAGAZZE! ~Shoujo-tachi yo!~ (NHKG) March 28, 2020

    https://aidoru-online.me/torrents-details.php?id=165582 (1080i)
    https://aidoru-online.me/torrents-details.php?id=165583 (720p)

    Performance on
    RAGAZZE!~少女たちよ!~
    https://www.nhk.jp/p/ts/XQL2VVPGKJ/
    https://www.nhk.or.jp/music/special/425969.html
    https://www.nhk.or.jp/music/special/426142.html

    Medley consisting of
    Roadshow - Chai Maxx - Xiao Yi Xiao - Hashire! -ZZ ver.-

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  • March 29
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    Music Fair - March 28, 2020

    https://aidoru-online.me/torrents-details.php?id=165687 (1080i)
    https://aidoru-online.me/torrents-details.php?id=165688 (720p)

    This is from the last of four editions celebrating 2800 episodes of
    https://www.fujitv.co.jp/MUSICFAIR/
    The ending performance of "Music Fair Theme Song (MUSIC FAIR テーマ曲)" with all participants

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  • March 30
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    First Japanese Celebrity to Die from COVID-19, Momoclo Friend and Colleague Shimura Ken

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    JAPAN TIMES
    Mar 30, 2020
    Ken Shimura, a veteran slapstick comedian and onetime member of rock ’n’ roll band and comedy group The Drifters, a household name in Japan in the 1970s and 1980s, has died of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus, his agency said Monday. He was 70.

    Shimura last week became the first Japanese entertainment figure to announce their infection with the virus. His agency on Monday announced his death from the disease known as COVID-19.

    Shimura was hospitalized on March 20 after developing a fever and being diagnosed with severe pneumonia. He tested positive for the virus on March 23, becoming the first Japanese entertainment figure to announce an infection.

    “I don’t think he imagined he would die a death like this,” a representative with his agency said. “I am sure he was working hard with a sense of mission to deliver laughter to people.”

    The surviving members of the Drifters — Cha Kato, 77, Boo Takagi, 87, and Koji Nakamoto, 78 — who also belong to the same agency, were too shocked to issue a statement yet, according to his management.

    Famous Japanese songstress Naoko Ken tweeted of her friend’s death, “I cannot think anything now. I can no longer see Ken-chan. This is too sad.”

    “I was happy working with you. Thank you,” Ken, who played Shimura’s wife in TV comedy skits, also wrote.

    His death also made headlines outside of Japan. Reuters reported that he “was one of the country’s best-known comedians.” The BBC, CNBC and Turkish state-owned Anadolu news agency also reported the news as did by media in other countries such as Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia.

    A native of Higashimurayama in western Tokyo, Shimura, whose real name was Yasunori Shimura, replaced Chu Arai in the Drifters in 1974 after graduating from high school.

    Formed by the late actor Chosuke Ikariya and four other men in 1964, the group, which opened for the Beatles in Japan in 1966, became one of the biggest successes in Japanese comedy history.

    Shimura rose to prominence after starring in the group’s prime-time TV slapstick show “Hachijidayo Zeninshugo!” (“It’s 8 o’clock, assemble everyone!”) launched in 1969.

    During that time, he became popular for his easy-to-understand gags and range of parodies, including the “mustache dance” and the song “Higashimurayama Ondo,” a reference to his hometown.

    He later became known for the popular comedy characters he played on TV, including Baka Tonosama (stupid lord) and Henna Ojisan (strange uncle). From 2006, he began leading a troupe for his theater show “Shimurakon” (“Shimura Spirit”).

    Shimura, who said in a memoir that he drew inspiration from American comedian Jerry Lewis, captured the hearts of viewers from all generations with his penchant for funny faces and his ability to deliver jokes as if they were unscripted.

    At the time of his death, he was starring in “Tensai! Shimura Dobutsuen” (“Genius! Shimura Zoo”), as well as other TV programs and was scheduled to start work on a movie based on the book “The Name Above the Title” in April.

    “He was popular among a wide range of generations and was the No. 1 source of pride for locals,” said Minoru Hasegawa, 69, who lives in Higashimurayama. “I’m the same generation and (his death is) very regrettable.”

    Shimura had been expected to run in the Tokyo Olympic torch relay representing Higashimurayama.

    Tokyo resident Toshio Takazawa, 70 — the same age of Shimura at his passing — recalled going to theaters to watch The Drifters’ live performances when he was young.

    “He was our hero. I wish he could entertain us more,” he said.

     
  • March 30
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    Posted on momoclo.net
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    To Shimura San

    (March 30th, 2020)

    We grew up watching "Lord Baka". When were old enough and able to perform with you, it was really a dream and we were happy.

    You were always gentle, and you would talk with us.
    You taught us a lot of things that we didn't know anything about.
    Our goal became to be a group like The Drifters.
    Now more than ever we will continue to pursue our dream.

    Shimura-san, you made us laugh a lot and you were kind to us.
    Thank you very much.

    From now on, everyone possible, please remember to laugh.

    Momoiro Clover Z

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  • March 31
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    Really sad news :( On the plus side I feel like this has sparked an increased awareness in Japan regarding social distancing and staying at home. It's sad that something like this was necessary for it to happen.
     
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    April 4
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    Video Live Stream of Reni playing Load Runner on the Famicon.
     
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    April 4
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    Video Live Stream of Shiori playing Crash Bandicoot and Parappa the Rapper on the Original Playstation.
     
  • April 5
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    Kanako - Ueda Shinya no Nihon Medal Banashi SP - April 5, 2020

    https://aidoru-online.me/torrents-details.php?id=166077

    Leader on another episode of the show preparing for the Olympics
    (originally - probably taped before the cancellation)
    上田晋也の日本メダル話オリンピック女子金メダリスト大集合SP☆
    http://www.ntv.co.jp/medal/

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  • April 10
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    On the plus side I feel like this has sparked an increased awareness in Japan regarding social distancing and staying at home. It's sad that something like this was necessary for it to happen.


    It seems to me that Japan has had more experience in dealing with crisis and disasters than Europe and the US, in the past few decades. And they dealt with them better than pretty much any other nation.

    So we should at least entertain the notion that their measured reaction to this threat is not caused by a lack of awareness, but is in fact better thought through that the sweeping (and extremely destructive) restrictions on social and economic interaction in most of Europe and North America.
     
  • April 10
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    That's what Donald Trump thought as well for a long time. Now he is witnessing mass graves in New York
     
  • April 10
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    Kanako Momota - Ie, Tsuite Itte Ii Desu ka - April 8, 2020

    https://aidoru-online.me/torrents-details.php?id=166261

    Leader on an edition of
    家、ついて行ってイイですか?2時間スペシャル
    https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/broad_tvtokyo/program/detail/202004/23052_202004082100.html

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  • April 11
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    That's what Donald Trump thought as well for a long time. Now he is witnessing mass graves in New York


    I don't think Trump ever had any of the thoughts I expressed above. And NYC has been burying people in mass graves on Hart Island for 150 years, so he would've had ample time to witness it, if he felt so inclined, long before somebody decided to fly a drone over it and sell the images to the vultures in the media.
     
  • April 11
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    Well everyone is free to judge facts the way he/she wants
    After what happened in Italy, Spain and France I am happy to live in a country that trusts the scientiest and virologists and does what it takes to protect the weak