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Below I am posting the transcript of last night’s live Twitterfeed of the MTV Japan Video Music Awards for any Jpop fans who couldn’t watch it and want a blow by blow report. I hope you enjoy it and please feel free to leave a comment.

VMAJ2009 opens with Green Day singing “Enemy”, yells out “Genki?” in the middle of the set
6:02 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Host Gekidan Hitori gets ready to open the show with a backflip- he paid 17000 yen for 2 hours of lessons
6:08 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Shonan Kaze presents Best Pop Video
6:10 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Winner of Best Pop Video, Katy Perry. “I kissed a girl”
6:11 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

“ariga zainmasu” she says, she probably means “arigatou gozaimasu”
6:12 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

BoA and Sean Garret performance in 5 minutes
6:13 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

ACIDMAN introduces world premiere of BoA and Sean Garret ” I did it for love” performance
6:18 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

The camerawork is terrible, they can’t focus on her. Must be the cameraman’s first day
6:19 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

AI and Blue Man Group present Best Group Video
6:22 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Winner of Best Group Video is……….EXILE, “Ti Amo (chapter 2)”
6:23 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Woohooo Teruma!!!!!!!
6:25 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Teruma Chan is presenting “Best Male video”
6:25 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Best Male Video winner is…… KREVA “Akasatanahamayarawawon”
6:26 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

pink sunglasses on KREVA
6:27 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Ciara performance in 7 minutes
6:27 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Damn! I was too busy typing to take a good look at Teruma Aoyama’s beehive and green Kaftan ;(
6:28 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Ad for new SPEED single “SPD” !!! wooohoo
6:29 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

30 minute mark quick survey: Too much info so far? not enough? just right? It’s my first time, feedback appreciated
6:30 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Ciara looks hot in brown sequinned bodytight catsuit
6:32 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

MINMI and Special Others presenting Best Collaboration Video 6:32 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Winner of best Collaboration Video: NELLY and FERGIE “Party People”
6:33 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Ciara performing “Love, Sexy Magic at the MTV Japan Video Music Awards 2009 She looks great!
6:35 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

I’ll be watching this Ciara performance back on Tivo a few times
6:37 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

wow! Ciara does the splits!!!!
6:38 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Shimizu Shota presents Best Female Video
6:39 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Winner of best Female Video is……….Amuro Namie “New Look”– She accepts by prerecorded tape grrr
6:40 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

9mm Parabellum Bullet performance next
6:41 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

DJ Kaori still doesn’t know how to pronounce her own name
6:45 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Teruma Aoyama and AI hanging out drinking Coke in the “red room”, Kate Perry & KREVA too
6:46 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Girl Next Door presents “Best Reggae Video”
6:48 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Best Reggae Video Award goes to : HAN-KUN “HOTTER THAN HOT”
6:49 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

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AAA introduces 9mm Parabellum Bullet performance
6:51 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Download your favourite Jpop and Jrock songs easily from iTunes Japan http://budurl.com/fn4t
6:53 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Tanimura Yuna introduces live perfomance by EXILE
6:58 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Wow I haven’t seen a performance as lively as the EXILE one since MC Hammer live
7:02 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

w-inds presents “best new artist”
7:03 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Best New Artist Video goes to……. Kimaguren “life”
7:04 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

The crowd is very underwhelmed, like “who are these guys?”
7:04 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Maybe Kimaguren are too new, nobody seems to know them yet
7:05 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Is anyone even following these updates?
7:07 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

NIGO introduces Beastie Boys with a Street Icon Award
7:11 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Crystal Kay, in skin tight leather pants presents “Best Rock Video”
7:14 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

I can’t believe that “Maximum the Hormone” won Best Rock Video”
7:16 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Eikura Nana introduces performance by Remio Romen
7:17 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Best HipHop video goes to TERIYAKI BOYZ® “ZOCK ON! feat.Pharrell & Busta Rhymes”
7:26 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Katy Perry performs Hot & Cold in sushi covered swimsuit with shortened yukata-type jacket
7:29 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Cyril (!?) presents Best Album
7:34 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Best Album 2009 goes to Mr. Children
7:35 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Mr Children didn’t show up at the awards to collect their best Album Award
7:36 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Best Karaoke Song Award goes to Kimaguren, “Life”
7:42 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

ProActive zit cream spokesperon Ito Yuna presents WWE star HHH!!!
7:44 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

HHH cops a feel of Ito Yuna
7:45 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Yuna Ito & HHH presents “Best video from a film” award. and the winner is: REMIOROMEN “Yume no Tsubomi” from “Kansen Retto”
7:46 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Black Eyed Peas performance coming up
7:47 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Meisa Kuragi presents “best Video of the year” vmaj
7:51 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Best Video of the Year 2009 at the MTV Japan Music Video Awards is EXILE “Ti Amo (Chapter2)”
7:52 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Hope you enjoyed the coverage of the MVAJ2009. Download your favourite Jpop and Jrock songs from iTunes Japan http://budurl.com/fn4t
8:10 PM May 30th from Tweetdeck

Below are the results of the MTV Japan Music Video Awards 2009.

Best Male Video
KREVA “Akasatanahamayarawawon”

Best Female Video
NAMIE AMURO “NEW LOOK”

Best Group Video
EXILE “Ti Amo (Chapter2)”

Best New Artist Video
KIMAGUREN “LIFE”

Best Video of the Year
EXILE “Ti Amo (Chapter2)”

Best Rock Video
MAXIMUM THE HORMONE “Tsume Tsume Tsume”

Best Pop Video
KATY PERRY “I Kissed a Girl”

Best Hip Hop Video
TERIYAKI BOYZ® “ZOCK ON! feat.Pharrell & Busta Rhymes”

Best Reggae Video
HAN-KUN “HOTTER THAN HOT”

Best Video from a Film
REMIOROMEN “Yume no Tsubomi” from “Kansen Retto”

Best Collaboration Video
NELLY and FERGIE “Party People”

Best Album of the Year
Mr.Children “Supermarket Fantasy”

Best Karaoke Song
KIMAGUREN “LIFE”

Did you follow the live Twitter feed that I did for the fans who don’t live in Japan and wanted instantaneous results? If not you can still read the blow by blow at http://twitter.com/JPopMp3s or you can use the hashcode #vmaj to see all the tweets about the awards.

This weekend at 6pm on Saturday evening Japan time, you can get the results of the MTV Japan Video Music Awards 2009 instantaneously as I Twitter the whole event.

Follow the JPopMp3s Twitter feed and be the first to know who wins what live as it is broadcast on satellite TV here in Japan. Click here to find out what time the live coverage starts in your part of the world.

Confirmed live performances include Black Eyed Peas, BoA & SEAN GARRETT, Ciara, Exile, Green Day, Katy Perry, Remio Romen and 9mm Parabellum Bullet.

Guest celebrities include, AI, Teruma Aoyama, Acidman, Big Bang, Crystal Kay, Yuna Ito, Nana Eikura, DJ Kaori (or Kiori as she pronouces her own name for some reason??) Natsuki Kato, Meisa Kuroki, MINMI, Maximum the Hormone, Special Others, Misako Sakazume, Shota Shimizu, Nana Tanimura, w-inds, and WWE’s Triple H(!)

So tune in and be the first to know everything that happens on Saturday night at the MTV Japan Video Music Awards 2009.

The following is a complete list of nominees for the MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN 2009

Best Male Video
KANYE WEST “Heartless”
KREVA “Akasatanahamayarawawon”
MOTOHIRO HATA “Forever Song”
NE-YO “Closer”
USHER “Love in This Club feat. YOUNG JEEZY”

Best Female Video
BEYONCE “If I Were a Boy”
BRITNEY SPEARS “Womanizer”
HIKARU UTADA “Prisoner Of Love”
NAMIE AMURO “NEW LOOK”
THELMA AOYAMA “Nandomo”

Best Group Video
EXILE “Ti Amo (Chapter2)”
FRANZ FERDINAND “Ulysses”
SHONAN NO KAZE “Koishigure”
THE KILLERS “Human”
TOHOSHINKI “Jumon -MIROTIC-”

Best New Artist Video
DUFFY “Mercy”
GIRL NEXT DOOR “Guzen no Kakuritsu”
KATY PERRY “I Kissed a Girl”
KIMAGUREN “LIFE”
MIHO FUKUHARA “CHANGE”

Best Video of the Year
BRITNEY SPEARS “Womanizer”
COLDPLAY “Viva La Vida”
EXILE “Ti Amo (Chapter2)”
NAMIE AMURO “NEW LOOK”
SOUTHERN ALL STARS “I AM YOUR SINGER”

Best Rock Video
ACIDMAN “I stand free”
FALL OUT BOY “I Don’t Care”
FRANZ FERDINAND “Ulysses”
MAXIMUM THE HORMONE “Tsume Tsume Tsume”
9MM PARABELLUM BULLET “Living Dying Message”

Best Pop Video
IKIMONOGAKARI “Kimagure Romantic”
KATY PERRY “I Kissed a Girl”
LILY ALLEN “The Fear”
PERFUME “Dream Fighter”
RIP SLYME “Taiyo to Bikini”

Best R&B Video
AKON “Right Now (NaNaNa)”
JUJU feat. Spontania “Sunao ni Naretara”
MILIYA KATO “19 Memories”
NAMIE AMURO “Sexy Girl”
Ne-Yo “Miss Independent”

Best Hip Hop Video
KANYE WEST “Heartless”
KREVA “Akasatanahamayarawawon”
LIL WAYNE “Lollipop feat.STATIC”
TERIYAKI BOYZ® “ZOCK ON! feat.Pharrell & Busta Rhymes”
T.I. “Live Your Life feat. RIHANNA”

Best Reggae Video
HAN-KUN “HOTTER THAN HOT”
KARDINAL OFFISHALL “Dangerous feat. AKON”
MIGHTY JAM ROCK “U.P. STAR”
NATTY “Cold Town”
RYO the SKYWALKER “EVER GREEN”

Best Dance Video
DAN LE SAC VS SCROOBIUS PIP “Thou Shalt Always Kill”
KRAAK & SMAAK “Squeeze Me feat. BEN WESTBEECH”
THE BPA “Toe Jam feat. DAVID BYRNE & DIZZEE RASCAL”
TOWA TEI “Mind Wall feat. Miho Hatori”
UKAWANIMATION! feat. Takkyu Ishino x Kenichi Hagiwara “Wakusei no Portrait 5 Okuman Gaso”

Best Video from a Film
AI “Okuribito” from “Okuribito(Departures)”
JACK WHITE & ALICIA KEYS “Another Way to Die” from “Quantum of Solace”
MADONNA “4 Minutes feat. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE & TIMBALAND” from “Get Smart”
MONOBRIGHT “Ano Toumeikan to Shonen” from “Afterschool”
REMIOROMEN “Yume no Tsubomi” from “Kansen Retto”

Best Collaboration Video
ANNA TSUCHIYA feat. AI “Crazy World”
MADONNA “4 Minutes feat. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE & TIMBALAND”
NELLY and FERGIE “Party People”
SCHADARAPARR＋KAELA KIMURA “Hey! Hey! Alright”
T.I. “Live Your Life feat. RIHANNA”

Best Album of the Year
AYAKA “Sing to the Sky”
COLDPLAY “Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends”
HIKARU UTADA “Heart Station”
Mr.Children “Supermarket Fantasy”
NE-YO “Year of the Gentleman”

Best Karaokee! Song
AQUA TIMEZ “Niji”
COLDPLAY “Viva La Vida”
FUNKY MONKEY BABYS “Kibou no Uta”
KIMAGUREN “LIFE”
MARIAH CAREY “Touch My Body”

Don’t forget you can get the results live on my Twitter feed on Saturday night. See top of the post for details.

VAMPS, the Japanese rock duo comprising of L’Arc~en~Ciel vocalist Hyde and K.A.Z from Oblivion Dust have released their self titled album on iTunes Japan one month before releasing it in stores. Get yours with a Japanese iTunes card now.

VAMPS new album is available on iTunes Japan 1 month before store

They will be touring the US in July, but if you don’t want to wait till then, or if you don’t even want to wait till the album is released next month, you can get it right now from the Japanese iTunes music store. You’ll need to be logged into the Japanese iTunes store before clicking here to view and preview all 13 tracks on the album. The album is 2400 Yen.

You don’t need an account at the Japanese iTunes music store to preview the tracks, but you will need one if you want to purchase and download the album instanty. Don’t worry that you don’t have a Japanese credit card or address that is normally required because you can do it all with a prepaid iTunes card that you can get at JPopMp3s.com. You’ll need a 3000 Yen card to get the album, which leaves you enough left over to dabble with a few other songs that you may have wanted but couldn’t get your hands on.

Live twitter feed as situation develops.

The media circus around Jpop idol, SMAP member Tsuyoshi Kusanagi`s arrest for public indecency is quickly reaching OJ Simpson proportions.
The reported facts of the case are as follows; Two nights ago Kusanagi, 34, was arrested in Hinokicho koen, a park in Tokyo’s Minato ward, not far from the currently popular Midtown Tokyo complex. Police were called at around 3 am when people who live near the park complained of a drunk and naked man shouting and singing loudly.

SMAP idol Kusanagi looks hungover almost 12 hours after his arrest for public indecency

Surprised police arrived at the scene to find a totally naked Kusanagi shouting things like  “kora!” and “baka!”(“Oi” and “Stupid”) and singing in Korean with his clothes neatly folded in a pile on the ground. When he was approached by the officers he reportedly flailed his arms and kicked his legs before being covered with a vinyl sheet and escorted by police back to Harujuku police station. When asked why he was not wearing any clothes he apparently shouted at the officers, “What’s wrong with being naked!”

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