Tokyo Olympics

The 2020 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXXII Olympiad and also known as Tokyo 2020, is an upcoming international multi-sport event scheduled to be held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo. 

If you want to find out more about the Olympics or do some fun activities, you can click on this link:

https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Document%20Library/Museum/Visit/TOM-Schools/Teaching-Resources/2020/Special-Tokyo-2020-Edition/21_TOM_TOKYO2020_EN_FINAL.pdf?_ga=2.90576090.1192029186.1625678791-21778543.1625678791

Here is the trailer for the Olympics which you may have seen advertised on the BBC.

J-pop, is Japanese pop music. 

Arashi

 This boy band was formed in 1999 and has had lots of hits. In 2019 their compilation album of their top hits became the best-selling album in the world at the time, beating out Taylor Swift and BTS. Their music is largely pop-based

AKB48

This female idol group is one of the highest-earning acts in Japanese music and has sold millions of records since they first formed in 2005. Their music is heavily pop-based.

DAOKO

DAOKO is a Japanese female singer and rapper born in Tokyo. The song here was used for the anime film Fireworks.