Japan’s hugely popular female pop group AKB48 cancelled fan events after a saw-wielding man attacked two members and a staffer, shocking the nation and raising questions over security.

A member of a hugely popular Japanese girl band has shaved her head and issued a tearful video apology for breaking the megagroup’s no-dating rule.

A member of a hugely popular Japanese girl band has shaved her head and issued a tearful video apology for violating the megagroup’s no-dating rule.