Momoe Yamaguchi, a famous singer who retired at the height of her popularity in 1980, will have her music immortalized as mobile phone ringtones for the first time. The move commemorates both the 30th ...

Fuji TV on July 30 will release a commemorative DVD to mark the 30th anniversary of idol singer Momoe Yamaguchi's retirement. The DVD will include every appearance that Yamaguchi made on the network's ...

Last week a new movie called “Railways” opened in Tokyo. It’s about a driver on a small rural electric train line who retires after 40 years and is sort of a sequel to a film with the exact same title ...

Famous Japanese actress Momoe Yamaguchi is a descendent of a Chinese family surnamed Yang, a family of the same origin as a well-known ancient concubine of China's Tang Dynasty (618-907), some ...

In the later part of the 1970’s, there was a star that Chinese youth and their parents both liked – Momoe Yamaguchi. She fit well with the Confucian teachings of Chinese culture: reserved, filial and ...