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MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN 2026, Japan's biggest international music awards show, has unveiled its nominees across 63 categories ahead of the June 13 ceremony.

Bullet Train‘s “Gachi Muchuu!” tops the Billboard Japan Hot 100, on the chart released May 20. The title track of Bullet ...

Japanese singers and musicians will finally receive royalties when their works are played as background music in public spaces under a bill to overhaul the Copyright Law approved by the government on ...

A new awards gala was held to spread Japan’s pop music to the rest of the world, but the struggling domestic industry may have to ditch its traditional practices to enable expansion.

Richard Barbieri recalls joining Japan while being put off playing keyboards by Keith Emerson and Rick Wakeman ...

Saweetie and Jason Derulo are facing lawsuits alleging they breached contracts to perform at Japan's Afro Jam Festival in 2025. Japanese concert promoters are suing both artists for millions of ...

When you think of streaming music, the first two companies you probably think of are Apple and Spotify. With good reason: Apple, already a music-tech titan, announced its entry in the space with much ...

If you like girl bands, you sure won’t resist these most popular Japanese girl bands that we got listed for you! Japanese music is slowly but steady finding its audience outside Japan in the last ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Imagine a music landscape dominated by just one individual—an all-powerful Svengali who, for more than 45 years, has held ...