Popular Japanese duo Chage and Aska to go solo

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows popular Japanese duo Chage and Aska performing in Seoul in August 2000. The two singers, who have staged many concerts in Asia, such as in China, Taiwan and South Korea, announced on their website Jan. 30 that they will stop playing as a pair for a while as they are both are more interested in performing solo. But the duo, who debuted in 1979, denied they will formally disband, saying, ''Our base should be Chage and Aska, after all.''

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