Former TBS announcer Kawada Ako was unexpectedly found dead on Monday morning after she apparently committed suicide. She was only 29 years old.

Kawada Ako was discovered at around 6:15am inside a car parked on a coastal road in the Minato ward of Tokyo.

The passerby who found her immediately called police.

The cause of death is believed to be carbon monoxide poisoning from charcoal burned on a small grill placed on the back seat.

The windows had been sealed from the inside with cellophane tape, and a message addressed to her family was left on the car’s dashboard.

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Singer Amuro Namie will be releasing her third “best of” album on July 30.

The collection, which is currently untitled, includes all 15 of her singles from “Wishing On The Same Star” in 2002 to “60s 70s 80s,” which was just released in March.

In addition to the 15 singles, the album will have two more songs. One is “Sexy Girl,” which is being used as the theme song to the NHK drama series “Otome no Punch” that starts on June 19.

The other is a Vidal Sassoon commercial song titled “Do Me More.”

The DVD edition for the album will contain music videos for all 17 tracks.

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Shimizu Yuki and Nakamura Shizuka, who are members of the idol group Bishoujo Club 31, have been chosen to co-star in their first action film. The movie is “The Masked Girl: Joshikosei wa Kaizo Ningen,” directed and written by Isao Kaneko.

Shimizu Yuki plays a high schooler who happens to be an invincible “kaizo ningen” (modified human). Nakamura Shizuka plays her friend and classmate.

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Talento Ogura Yuko (24) has reportedly found a new boyfriend.

According to the new issue of FLASH, she is now seeing 34-year-old Kozuki Keiichi, a real estate company president who is also an actor affiliated with Sides Entertainment.

The magazine says the two watched a Giants-Carp baseball game at Tokyo Dome on May 18.

Afterwards, Ogura Yuko and Kozuki Keiichi met up with Giants pitcher Marc Kroon and others at a yakiniku restaurant.

When asked about the relationship, Ogura Yuko apparently confirmed it.

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Oscar Promotion has announced that three of its top actresses will be providing support for young star Fukuda Saki by making guest appearances in her upcoming movie “Sakura no Sono.”

The movie, first announced last year, is a remake of a 1990 film of the same name.

Both are based on a manga by Yoshida Akimi about a group of high school girls who put on a performance of Anton Chekhov’s play “The Cherry Orchard” (titled “Sakura no Sono” in Japanese).

Nakahara Shun and Jinno Hiroaki, the director and writer of the first movie, are again in charge.

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Actress Kanno Miho is doing her first narration role for “Pandaful Life,” Japan’s first documentary film about pandas.

The documentary takes place at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama, and in Sichuan, China.

It was shot over the span of a year, wrapping up in Sichuan just a month before a major earthquake devastated the area a couple weeks ago.

The main focus is the famous panda Mei Mei and her twin children, Ryuhin and Shuhin, who returned to China late last year.

“Pandaful Life” opens in Japan on August 30 and is preparing for release in China.

source : tokyograph

Not too long ago, Zarina An-Julie was said to have her naked pictures taken with his boyfriend doing some intimate moves.

She however denied the claim and said that the pictures may have been superimposed. It’s just to bring her credibility down.

Recently, mystarhill got another pictures of Zarina An-Julie, a.k.a. Anju circulating on the internet. Showing herself in a sexy blue, pink and green stripes bikini.

The pictures were believed to be taken in Port Dickson (PD), while she is having fun with her friends.

It’s not impossible that she might deny this claim again. We just have to wait and see her response.

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Last Thursday, the big voiced singer, Azharina Azhar, 23 years old has announced to the press that she has been divorced by her husband, Datuk Sukri.

Last February, Azharina Azhar has asked for talaq (divorce statement) from her husband, and Datuk Sukri has put down one talaq on her.

“I know many are happy with our divorce. Whatever it is, all of this were meant to be, and our relationship would end until that point only,” said Azharina.

In addition, Azharina Azhar says that the decision was done for the sake of both sides. Whatever it is, Azharina Azhar admits that she is still in love with her ex-husband that is 50 years of age, and still remain as friend.

The couple has been married for two years.

First of all, Cinta U-Turn is an adaptation from a Tamil movie entitled Give me Your Heart.

The film is an easy story, combined together with jokes that are suitable for Malay viewers.

The story is about Datuk Shuib, who discipline his son, Faiz ( Awie ). Faiz doesn’t like the idea of marrying Juliana ( Fasha Sandha )

Awie was successfully took the comedy role and Mazlan Pet Pet has fill up more comedy to the film.

Fiza Elite is the most glimmering in the movie, she took the role as a beautiful secretary that is not so bright.

She was so good, that almost overshadowing Fasha Sandha who is the female lead of the movie.

After coming back from Boracay Island, she thought that she is pregnant.

The instinct was quite confirming as she gains more tendency on eating more.

She thought that she is going to get a baby, but her instinct was wrong.

Dynas crave for food was because she is very tired honeymooning overseas.

Even though, Dynaz or her real name Wan Intan Edrinas is not disheartened with the result. She admits that she likes children, and she couldn’t imagine her gay if the children is hers.

She and her husband Hafizy Hafiz is trying hard to get their baby as soon as possible.