#disbanded

By EMILY NGO

10/17/2025 12:29 PM EDT

NEW YORK — New York State Republican Party leaders voted unanimously Friday to disband an organization promoting younger members following POLITICO’s exclusive report on a Young Republican group chat filled with racist and antisemitic rhetoric.

Throughout my teenage years, I was told that J-pop was a phase. That my adoration for Arashi (and a few others like KAT-TUN...) would be fleeting. But Arashi, they helped me, they saved me, they are part of the safe haven groups that allowed me to have moments of joy during a complicated period.

Yes, the way I express my love for them has changed because I was a teenager and now I'm almost 30. But I still listen to them every day.

It wasn't a phase!

It's been at least 15 years since I discovered Arashi. They were my first dramas, my first drama OSTs, one of my first J-pop groups, my first Japanese actors, and so many other things. Even though the music industry (especially Johnny's) is a little better than before, they deserve to continue their own lives after all these years of loyal service.

@chaeryeos so sweet!

━━━━━༻ ੈ♡˳ 좋아 첫 눈에 반해 버린 ᥫ༺━━━━━

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Welcome To The Third Edition of...I DID NOT KNOW THAT WAS HIM.

This South Korean Actor is beyond amazing. He is currently playing YOON SHI EUN in the terrific series WEAK HERO CLASS 1.

Why did I not know...at first that he also was platinum blonde neglected abuse rich kid Yeon Joon in AT A DISTANCE, SPRING IS GREEN (2021)

But not just that...he was also in LOVE REVOLUTION (2020) in the lead role of Gong Joo Young

His name is PARK JI HOON.