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Brazil: Sea of Fans Swarms Copacabana Beach for Free Lady Gaga Concert

A large crowd flocked to Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach on Saturday, May 3 for Lady Gaga's free concert, a part of a promotional tour for the American pop idol's eighth album, Mayhem.

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UK: Hundreds Of Fans Pay Tribute To Liam Payne In London 2

Liam Payne fans gathered at various locations in London, including Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park, on Sunday, October 20, to pay tribute to the former One Direction member, who passed away last week in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at the age of 31.

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UK: Hundreds Of Fans Pay Tribute To Liam Payne In London

Hundreds of Liam Payne fans gathered at London's Kensington Gardens on Sunday, October 20 to pay tribute to the former One Direction member who had passed away last week in Buenos Aires, Argentina at the age of 31.

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US: Maggie Rogers Honors Liam Payne With 1D Song At Boston Concert

Maggie Rogers, an American singer-songwriter, performed One Direction’s 'Night Changes' at her concert in Boston on Thursday, October 17, to honor Liam Payne, who had died after falling from a hotel in Buenos Aires on October 16.

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Japan: Rita Ora Pays Tribute To Liam Payne At Her Concert In Osaka 5

On Thursday, October 17, Rita Ora, a British singer, paid tribute to Liam Payne, who died on Wednesday after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, on stage at Zepp Namba in Osaka, Japan. During the performance, she displayed a black-and-white photo of her and Liam on a screen above the stage while singing their collaborative song, "For You".

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Argentina: Ambulance Leaves Buenos Aires Hotel Where Liam Payne Died

Liam Payne, a former member of the British boy band One Direction, was found dead on Wednesday, October 16, after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires. This video shows an ambulance, allegedly carrying Liam’s body, leaving the hotel.

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Japan: Rita Ora Pays Tribute To Liam Payne At Her Concert In Osaka 4

On Thursday, October 17, Rita Ora, a British singer, paid tribute to Liam Payne, who died on Wednesday after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, on stage at Zepp Namba in Osaka, Japan. During the performance, she displayed a black-and-white photo of her and Liam on a screen above the stage while singing their collaborative song, "For You".

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Japan: Rita Ora Pays Tribute To Liam Payne At Her Concert In Osaka

On Thursday, October 17, Rita Ora, a British singer, paid tribute to Liam Payne, who died on Wednesday after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, on stage at Zepp Namba in Osaka, Japan. During the performance, she displayed a black-and-white photo of her and Liam on a screen above the stage while singing their collaborative song, "For You".

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Japan: Rita Ora Pays Tribute To Liam Payne At Her Concert In Osaka 2

On Thursday, October 17, Rita Ora, a British singer, paid tribute to Liam Payne, who died on Wednesday after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, on stage at Zepp Namba in Osaka, Japan. During the performance, she displayed a black-and-white photo of her and Liam on a screen above the stage while singing their collaborative song, "For You".

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Argentina: Liam Payne Dies After Falling From Hotel Balcony In Buenos Aires

Liam Payne, a former member of the British boyband One Direction, was found dead on Wednesday, October 16, after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires.

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Argentina: Liam Payne Dies After Falling From Hotel Balcony In Buenos Aires 2

Liam Payne, a former member of the British boyband One Direction, was found dead on Wednesday, October 16, after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires.

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Argentina: Fans Gather Outside Buenos Aires Hotel After Liam Payne’s Death 2

Liam Payne, a former member of the British boy band One Direction, passed away at the age of 31 after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires on Wednesday evening, October 16. Dozens of fans gathered outside the hotel following the tragic incident.

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Argentina: Fans Gather Outside Buenos Aires Hotel After Liam Payne’s Death

Liam Payne, a former member of the British boy band One Direction, passed away at the age of 31 after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires on Wednesday evening, October 16. Dozens of fans gathered outside the hotel following the tragic incident.

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Johnny's talent agency admits sexual abuse by founder, head resigns

Julie Keiko Fujishima, former president of Johnny & Associates Inc., and its new president Noriyuki Higashiyama attend a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2023, amid allegations the major Japanese talent agency's late founder and her uncle Johnny Kitagawa had sexually abused teenagers aspiring to become pop singers for decades.

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Johnny's talent agency sex abuse scandal

Victims of sexual abuse by the late Johnny Kitagawa, founder of Johnny & Associates Inc., gather for a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2023, following the agency's acknowledgment of the founder's decades-long sexual abuse against aspiring teenage pop singers.

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Johnny's talent agency sex abuse scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Victims of sexual abuse by the late Johnny Kitagawa, founder of Johnny & Associates Inc., gather for a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2023.

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Japan-ASEAN summit

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Japanese pop idol group AKB48 perform during a banquet for leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 14, 2013. The ASEAN leaders attended a summit with Japan in Tokyo. (Pool photo)

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Idol group at farm ministry

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's farm minister Yoshimasa Hayashi (L) and members of the pop idol group Nogizaka46 attend an event at the farm ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2014. It was an event to put fire into a wood stove in the promotion of the use of domestic lumber.

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Peach Aviation

OSAKA, Japan - Mariko Shinoda (C), a member of the pop idol group AKB48, poses in front of a Peach Aviation airplane featuring her face during a ceremony at Kansai International Airport near Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 27, 2013. The ceremony marked the launch of the low-cost carrier's Kansai-Narita service.

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Peach Aviation

OSAKA, Japan - Mariko Shinoda (C), a member of the pop idol group AKB48, poses in front of a Peach Aviation airplane featuring her face during a ceremony at Kansai International Airport near Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 27, 2013. The ceremony marked the launch of the low-cost carrier's Kansai-Narita service.

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AKB48 tournament

TOKYO, Japan - Jurina Matsui (L) of the pop idol groups SKE48 and AKB48 reacts after winning a rock-paper-scissors tournament before some 12,000 fans at the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2013. She won the right to sing in the center for the AKB48's next single CD song. (Internet use permitted only until a week after release)

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AKB48 tournament

TOKYO, Japan - Jurina Matsui of the pop idol groups SKE48 and AKB48 holds the trophy after winning a rock-paper-scissors tournament before some 12,000 fans at the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2013. She won the right to sing in the center for the AKB48's next single CD song. (Internet use permitted only until a week after release)

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AKB48 tournament

TOKYO, Japan - Jurina Matsui of the pop idol groups SKE48 and AKB48 holds the trophy after winning a rock-paper-scissors tournament before some 12,000 fans at the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2013. She won the right to sing in the center for the AKB48's next single CD song. (Internet use permitted only until a week after release)

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SNH48

SHANGHAI, China - Mariya Suzuki (L) and Sae Miyazawa pose for photos in Shanghai on Aug. 30, 2013. They have joined Japanese pop idol group AKB48's Chinese version, SNH48.

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SNH48

SHANGHAI, China - Members of the pop idol group SNH48 sing at their theater in Shanghai on Aug. 30, 2013.

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SNH48

SHANGHAI, China - Members of the pop idol group SNH48 sing a Chinese patriotic song during a ceremony marking the opening of their theater in Shanghai on Aug. 30, 2013.

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SNH48

SHANGHAI, China - Members of the pop idol group SNH48 sing at their theater in Shanghai on Aug. 30, 2013.

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Japan gov't garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C front) poses for photos with the five members of girl pop idol group Momoiro Clover Z during the government's cherry blossom viewing garden party in Tokyo on April 20, 2013.

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Chinese idol group

SHANGHAI, China - Members of SNH48, the Shanghai version of the Japanese pop idol group AKB48, perform in their first concert in Shanghai, China, on Jan. 12, 2013.

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Chinese idol group

SHANGHAI, China - Members of SNH48, the Shanghai version of the Japanese pop idol group AKB48, pose for photos before their first concert in Shanghai, China, on Jan. 12, 2013.

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Year-end music show

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the J-pop idol group Momoiro Clover Z pose with their special costumes in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2012. They were among performers chosen to appear in NHK's "Kohaku Uta Gassen" music extravaganza on Dec. 31, 2012.

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Ex-pop idol Sakai

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows former J-pop idol-turned-actress Noriko Sakai. The 41-year-old, who was convicted on drug charges in 2009, will return to the stage in Tokyo in December 2012 after the expiration of her suspended sentence, sources said on Sept. 27, 2012.

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JKT48's 1st theater performance

JAKARTA, Indonesia - JKT48, a sister unit of Japan's AKB48 all-girl pop group, performs for the first time in a theater in Jakarta on May 17, 2012. JKT48, based in the Indonesian capital, is the first overseas sister act modeled after the popular Japanese ''idol'' group.

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AKB48 in China

BEIJING, China - Members of the Japanese pop idol group AKB48 shake hands with fans after holding a mini concert in Beijing on Feb. 17, 2012. The performance was part of events commemorating the 40th anniversary of normalization of relations between Japan and China.

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Suicide prevention slogan dropped

TOKYO, Japan - Deputy Prime Minister Katsuya Okada responds to questions from Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Daigo Matsuura (bottom R), who displays a sign showing a government slogan aimed at preventing suicides, during a House of Councillors Budget Committee session at the Diet building in Tokyo on Feb. 6, 2012. The government decided to withdraw the controversial slogan GKB47, a play on the name of pop idol group AKB48.

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AKB48 stamps

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a sample image of a stamp sheet featuring members of Japanese all-girl pop idol group AKB48. Japan Post Network Co. began taking orders for the postal sets featuring the group on Nov. 8, 2011.

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Madame Tussauds waxworks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Yuko Oshima (L), a member of Japanese pop idol group AKB48, poses with a waxwork of herself on display at an exhibition organized by London's Madame Tussauds wax museum at Decks Tokyo Beach in Tokyo's Daiba district on Oct. 19, 2011. The ''Madame Tussauds Tokyo'' exhibition through Jan. 4, 2012, features around 20 waxworks of celebrities and characters.

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NMB48 members promote croquettes

KOBE, Japan - Three members of NMB48, an all-girl pop group based in Osaka's Namba district, serve customers at a croquette shop in Kobe, near Osaka, on Oct. 17, 2011. The operator of the shop, Rock Field Co., and the idol group joined hands to sell new croquette products and the group's single to be released Oct. 19.

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AKB48 cafe in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Staff at AKB48 Official Cafe Singapore dance in schoolgirl uniforms, mimicking AKB48, on Sept. 3, 2011 at the cafe in Singapore, which opened in July as the first such cafe outside Japan. Created in 2005 in Tokyo, AKB48 is an all-girl pop group based on the concept ''Idols you can meet every day.'' It has become one of the most popular Japanese idol groups of all time.

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Fans bid farewell to ex-Candies member Tanaka

TOKYO, Japan - Ran Ito, a former member of 1970s pop idol trio Candies, makes a speech during the funeral of actress and fellow member of the group Yoshiko Tanaka in Tokyo on April 25, 2011. Tanaka died on April 21 of breast cancer at age 55. (Pool photo)

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Fans bid farewell to ex-Candies member Tanaka

TOKYO, Japan - Fans attend the funeral in Tokyo on April 25, 2011, of actress Yoshiko Tanaka, who was a member of the 1970s pop idol trio Candies. Tanaka died on April 21 of breast cancer at age 55.

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'AKB48' in top 10 buzzword list

TOKYO, Japan - Members of AKB48 pose for photos after the pop idol group won an award for the year's top 10 buzzwords on Dec. 1, 2010, at an event in Tokyo organized by Jiyukokuminsha.

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Posh McDonald's opens in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Eiko Harada (C), chairman of McDonald's Co. (Japan), and pop idol Miki Fujimoto (R), present a customer with food and a memento at a refurbished restaurant of the U.S. hamburger chain in Tokyo's Shibuya district on April 25, 2010. The company opened a total of 12 restaurants in the capital the same day offering upgraded designs and furniture to lure new customers.

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Sakai given suspended term for drug possession, use

TOKYO, Japan - Over 3,000 people line up for a chance to get one of the 21 gallery seats, drawn by lot, to watch a court ruling in the highly publicized case of pop idol-turned-actress Noriko Sakai. The local court sentenced the actress to 18 months in prison, suspended for three years, for possessing and taking illegal stimulant drugs last summer.

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Pop idol Minami celebrates 50th anniv. of Barbie's debut

TOKYO, Japan - Akina Minami, a pop idol in Japan, promotes the release of a memorial model of the popular U.S. dress-up doll Barbie in an event in Tokyo on March 9 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Barbie's debut in New York 50 years ago to the day. Minami took part in the event donning a black-and-white-striped dress inspired by early Barbie models.

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Pop idol Amuro divorces from husband SAM

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese pop idol Namie Amuro and her husband Masaharu Maruyama, popularly known as SAM of the pop group TRF, have divorced, Amuro's managing office said on July 18. The 24-year-old pop star and the 40-year-old dancer married in October 1997. Amuro gave birth to a baby boy in May 1998. The photo was taken at the time of their marriage in 1997.

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Pop idol Amuro divorces from husband SAM

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese pop idol Namie Amuro and her husband Masaharu Maruyama, popularly known as SAM of the pop group TRF, have divorced, Amuro's managing office said on July 18. The 24-year-old pop star and the 40-year-old dancer married in October 1997. Amuro gave birth to a baby boy in May 1998. The photo was taken at the time of their marriage in 1997.

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Suspect admits to stabbing pop idol after his gift, advances rejected

Tomohiro Iwazaki, a man under arrest for stabbing a little-known pop idol repeatedly in Tokyo, is sent to prosecutors from a Tokyo police station on May 23, 2016. Iwazaki has told police that he carried out the assault because the victim rejected a gift from him. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Suspect admits to stabbing pop idol after his gift, advances rejected

Photographers surround a vehicle carrying Tomohiro Iwazaki, a man under arrest for stabbing a little-known pop idol repeatedly, in Tokyo on May 23, 2016. Iwazaki has told police that he carried out the assault because the victim rejected a gift from him. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Suspect admits to stabbing pop idol after his gift, advances rejected

Tomohiro Iwazaki, a man under arrest for stabbing a little-known pop idol repeatedly in Tokyo, is sent to prosecutors from a Tokyo police station on May 23, 2016. Iwazaki has told police that he carried out the assault because the victim rejected a gift from him. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo