General News Thread

[Ruka Kikuchi]

Two of AKB48's radio shows, All Night Nippon and their radio drama series Watashitachi no Monogatari, will be ending at the end of the month!

However, don't worry! They will be getting a new radio show starting in April!

[JFC]

NeoTokyo2099.com - There will be no AKB48 Senbatsu Sosenkyo in 2019
- http://neotokyo2099.com/2019/03/14/there-will-be-no-akb48-senbatsu-no-sosenkyo-in-2019/
- https://ameblo.jp/akihabara48/entry-12446503709.html

[muppet]

^ Does this mean the many thousands of CD purchases
(with voting tickets enclosed) will no longer be dumped in the mountains?

https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/idol-group-akb48-sells-2.5-million-copies-of-new-cd-bags-full-of-them-end-up-in-trash-days-later

[JFC]

TokyoHive.com - AKB48 will not hold the 'General Senbatsu Election' this year
- https://www.tokyohive.com/article/2019/03/akb48-will-not-hold-the-general-senbatsu-election-this-year
- https://natalie.mu/music/news/323777


AramaJapan.com - There will be no AKB48 Senbatsu Election this year
- http://aramajapan.com/aramaexclusive/featured/there-will-be-no-akb48-senbatsu-election-this-year/96370/
- https://ameblo.jp/akihabara48/entry-12446503709.html


TokyoReporter.com - AKB48 to skip annual election
- https://www.tokyoreporter.com/entertainment/akb48-to-skip-annual-election/




EDIT:

TokyoHive.com - AKB48 Group to hold a new event at Yokohama Stadium
- https://www.tokyohive.com/article/2019/03/akb48-group-to-hold-a-new-event-at-yokohama-stadium
- https://natalie.mu/music/news/323989

[winner]

Mukaichi Mion will be appointed new General Director, from Yokoyama Yui, starting April 1st



https://twitter.com/mionnn_48/status/1108010997829111809
https://twitter.com/Yui_yoko1208/status/1107986287540068352
https://twitter.com/AKB48_LODstaff/status/1108008699899998209

[JFC]

^
Follow-up...


JShowBiz.com - Mukaichi Mion to Succeed Yokoyama Yui as General Director Next Month
- http://jshowbiz.com/english/component/k2/item/5063-mukaichi-mion-general-director.html



TokyoHive.com - Mukaichi Mion to become General Manager of AKB48 from April
- https://www.tokyohive.com/article/2019/03/mukaichi-mion-to-become-general-manager-of-akb48-from-april
- https://natalie.mu/music/news/324560



NeoTokyo2099.com - Yokoyama Yui to pass the baton to Mukaichi Mion as the new AKB48 General Director on April 1st
- http://neotokyo2099.com/2019/03/20/yokoyama-yui-to-pass-the-baton-to-mukaichi-mion-as-the-new-akb48-general-director-on-april-1st/
- https://twitter.com/Yui_yoko1208/status/1107986287540068352
- https://twitter.com/ms_staff/status/1107997930433085440

[JFC]

Didn’t know where else to put this:


NeoTokyo2099.com - Former AKB48 manager Tomonobu Togasaki wants to meet with people who misunderstood his tweet
- http://neotokyo2099.com/2019/05/06/former-akb48-manager-tomonobu-togasaki-wants-to-meet-with-people-who-misunderstood-his-tweet/
- https://twitter.com/ee1ps/status/1103311271217098753
- https://ameblo.jp/togachan1115/entry-12459088142.html



JShowBiz.com - Ex-AKB48 Manager TGSK receives Death Threat
- http://jshowbiz.com/english/component/k2/item/5667-tgsk-receives-death-threat.html
- https://ameblo.jp/togachan1115/entry-12459088142.html

[JFC]

NeoTokyo2099.com -  has changed its name to Vernalossom
- http://neotokyo2099.com/2020/01/21/aks-has-changed-its-name-to-vernalossom/

[JFC]

NeoTokyo2099.com - Former AKB48 member turned ramen entrepreneur Umezawa Mayuka will ban ramen critics from her ramen shops due to harassment
- https://neotokyo2099.com/2021/09/27/former-akb48-member-turned-ramen-entrepreneur-umezawa-mayuka-will-ban-ramen-critics-from-her-shops/
- https://twitter.com/MAYUKA_YAGUMO/status/1441162133950009346
- https://twitter.com/MAYUKA_YAGUMO/status/1441166277876219916
- https://twitter.com/MAYUKA_YAGUMO/status/1441223137098567685
- https://twitter.com/MAYUKA_YAGUMO/status/1442279149230383104

[JFC]

NeoTokyo2099.com - AKB48 member Taguchi Manaka to resume activities on July 1st
- https://neotokyo2099.com/2022/07/01/akb48-member-taguchi-manaka-to-resume-activities-on-july-1st/

[JFC]

NeoTokyo2099.com - AKB48 sister group, YKBK48 ends activities for DEL48 and MUB48 in India
- https://neotokyo2099.com/2022/07/14/akb48-sister-group-ykbk48-ends-activities-in-india/