
His agency STARTO ENTERTAINMENT announced on the official website
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WEST. made its CD debut as "Johnny's WEST" in 2014, and changed its name to "West" in 2023.
The male idol group ``WEST.'' will end its activities at the end of this month, their agency STARTO ENTERTAINMENT announced on their official website on the 24th.
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Regarding West, members Ryusei Fujii (33) and Nozomu Kotaki (30) announced their withdrawal from the group in August. After repeated discussions about the future of the remaining five members, it was decided that the group's activities would end. It is said that the five will continue their talent activities.
In 2014, West made his CD debut with “Eejanaika” as part of “Johnny’s WEST”. The group consists of Daiki Shigeoka (34), Terushi Kiriyama (37), Junta Nakama (38), Tomohiro Kamiyama (33), Takahiro Hamada (37), Fujii, and Kotaki, and in addition to their music activities, they have also been active in variety shows and dramas. The name was changed to ``West'' in 2023.

The awards ceremony for the 83rd Venice International Film Festival was held in Venice, Italy, with director Hirokazu Kore-eda's "Look Back" and director Shinya Tsukamoto's "Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill Someone?" ' missed out on the top prize, but each won an independent award. The Golden Lion went to ``Woman Unknown,'' directed by Danish director May Eltorky.

Prince Hisahito, the eldest son of the Akishino family, celebrated his 20th birthday on the 6th, and has spent a year experiencing many ``firsts'' in his official duties, including his coming-of-age ceremony last September, a solo visit to Ise Grand Shrine and the Mausoleum of Emperor Jimmu, a memorial service for disaster victims on Izu Oshima, and his first attendance at the New Year's General Visitation.

Prince Akishino and his wife's eldest son, Hisahito, celebrated his 20th birthday on the 6th. Now a second-year student at the College of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Tsukuba, he deepens his learning through classroom lectures, outdoor training, and experiments, and also participates in imperial court events. At the palace, he continues to observe dragonflies, mourns those who died in the disaster, and feels sympathy for the victims.

French film director Jean-Paul Rapunau dies in Paris at the age of 94. His family told AFP. His representative works include ``Cyrano de Bergerac,'' and he established the ``American-style French comedy.''

The international organization Creatour Design Association has announced that it will award the Lifetime Achievement Award to world-renowned architect Kengo Kuma. It was praised for its integration of architecture and nature and its modern reinterpretation of tradition. He is the second Japanese person to receive the award, following Tadao Ando.

Yayoi Kusama, an avant-garde artist globally known for her polka dot and pumpkin motifs, passed away on the 14th from multiple organ failure at a hospital in Tokyo. She was 97. Born in Nagano Prefecture in 1929, she achieved high international acclaim following her activities in New York.