No exploration of Japanese music would be complete without a dive into the world of J-Pop. Short for Japanese popular music, J-Pop is hard to define. It encompasses a wide breadth of genres and ...

The inaugural MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN ceremony, the largest music awards in the country, is set to take place in May in Kyoto. Embodying the theme of "Connecting the world, illuminating the future of music ...

Universal Music Japan's president & CEO has been included in Billboard's Global Power Players list for five straight years.

It’s early December, which means one thing – it’s time for everyone’s respective music streaming platforms to expose their listening habits for the past year! Spotify, which gets annual buzz for its ...

It was the year that saw Taylor Swift and Beyoncé launch world stomping tours, Olivia Rodrigo spill her “GUTS” and Jason Aldean ride a wave of culture war controversy in the country genre. But ...

The exhibition uses sheet music covers to reveal a radically changing society during the first half of the 20th century It’s still just April, so there will surely be exhibitions this year that sound ...

(CNN) — Top Japanese girl band AKB48 have released a single created using AI, after it proved more popular with fans than a rival song written by famed J-pop producer Yasushi Akimoto. As part of a ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Oshi no Ko has made quite the name for itself. Since the anime went live, Oshi no Ko has become ...

The 2026 edition of MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN (MAJ), one of the country's premier international music honors, is set for June 13 next year. The Grand Ceremony, including the red carpet and presentation of ...

Japan’s first female Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is a metalhead. She grew up listening to tracks from iconic bands like Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Iron Maiden, and Riot, and even played keyboard ...