TOKYO – Japan’s hugely popular female pop group AKB48 canceled fan events Monday after a saw-wielding man attacked two members and a staffer, shocking the nation and raising questions over ...

Two members of the all-female Japanese pop group AKB48 and one staffer have been injured by a saw-wielding man at a fan event.

TOKYO (Reuters) - A man wielding a saw slashed and injured two members of Japanese female pop group AKB48, rated by Guinness as the world's biggest such group, at a fan event in Japan, leaving the ...

Japanese Pop Stars Attacked by Man With Saw Two members of girl group AKB48 were injured in the incident, which occurred at an event for fans in northeastern Japan.

Japanese girlband AKB48 were attacked by a man with a saw at a fan event on Sunday (May 25). Two members of the popular group were left injured by the attack, along with a member of their staff ...

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But AKB48 is, itself, a distinctly Japanese phenomenon, not just musically but in terms of its makeup as a group. Its infamously devoted fanbase has reams of statistics -- of measurements, of cute ...

All-girl group Akb48 were the big winners at the third annual Billboard Japan Music Awards in Tokyo on Saturday (03Mar12), picking up the coveted Artist of the Year trophy.

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As Japan’s most popular and highest-earning girl pop group, AKB48 sold over 50 million CDssince launching in 2005, ranking in the top four highest selling music groups in Japan.