What's on TV
Popular contemporary dramas, music shows, historical dramas, the most popular actors and actresses; if it's hot and on TV right now then you'll find it here in one of Eye-Ai's most popular columns.
Center Stage
J-Pop, rock, hip-hop, enka, soul, R&B, electronic, kayokyoko. Japanese pop and rock groups are making headlines the world over. Dreams Come True, Pizzicato Five, Shonen Knife, Yumin are just a few of the Japanese artists who are finding an international audience. Each month in this special column we highlight some of the top stars from Japan's powerful and dynamic music industry.
Geinokai Special Report
Eye-Ai's veteran entertainment and gossip reporter, Sandy Ito, gives us in-depth stories on headline-making marriages, divorces, deaths, and other scandalous celebrity news.
Spotlight
This is the melting pot of celebrity gossip and news! Find out what your favorite stars, both old and new, are doing, where are they going with their careers, and their personal lives too! This column has a little bit of every thing; lots of new babies, weddings, divorce, death, award ceremonies, films and TV shows in the works, money troubles and much, much more!
Eye-Ai's Top Ten
Right now, who is the hottest selling group in Japan? What is the Number 1 TV drama? Just flip open to Top Ten and you'll find who and what's on top of every entertainment chart.
Theater Eye
Front row center, the best seats in the house! Veteran theater reporter Jean Wilson shares her extensive knowledge of Japanese theater, kabuki and enka with Eye-Ai readers each month. From Kabukiza to Koma, Jean takes us to some of the biggest theaters to see some of the most famous and talented performers in Japan's theatrical world. Come enjoy dramatic plays, kabuki, comedy, and enka shows.
Living in Japan
Foreign residents in Japan have a unique perspective on what life and living in Japan is really like. This column, written by foreign writers who are currently residing in Japan, takes up topics that they have found surprising, confusing, infuriating, wonderful, exciting and just down right weird. Our writers share with us both their success and failures in trying to build a bridge of communication between their culture and Japan.
Eye-Ai Travel
From under the seas to the seat of a mountain bike in the Southern Japan Alps our travel writers really take exploring Japan to a whole new level! Short day trips out of Tokyo, hitchhiking around Hokkaido, meditation retreats in Kyoto; Eye-Ai travel has something for every kind of traveler, even if you are just the armchair kind.
