Katori Shingo in new musical & Coming Century mini-album

Katori Shingo from SMAP, will be starring solo in his first musical later this year, Talk Like Singing. This musical will also be the original Japanese musical to open in New York City, when it hits the stage there in November. It has yet to be decided when it will performed in Japan.

Tokyo Graph article. (English)

Also, it seems like Johnny's is at least on the ball with V6 releases, as a mini-album for the sub-unit, Coming Century, has been announced. It will be released July 29th, during the beginning of their upcoming tour.

Hello-Goodbye [Cardboard Sleeve (mini LP)] [Limited Edition / Jacket B] / Coming Century
Now if Johnny's could release cds for other groups as regularly as V6 I'm sure there would a lot of happier fans for some groups.