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Feb 2022
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Future of Love by Kinoko Teikoku(J-Pop H...

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Koji Asano, a Melbourne-based Japanese voice actor and musician, hosts music segment J-Pop Hub for SBS Japanese.  This week, he picked 'Future of Love(愛のゆくえ)' by Kinoko Teikoku (きのこ帝国)from a Japanese film 'Her Love Boils Bathwater'.

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今週から始まった「オンライン日本映画祭2022」。今週の J-Pop Hub では、映画「湯を沸かすほどの熱い愛」の主題歌「愛のゆくえ」(きのこ帝国)を取り上げました。

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