To promote J-pop on the global stage, five major organizations from Japan's music industry announced the creation of Music ...

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

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 ...

From kawaii metal to electronic dance pop, Japan's music scene has something for everyone! Join us as we explore the most exciting acts in J-Pop that deserve a spot on your playlist. From legendary ...

Noriko Sekiguchi, better known as Poison Girl Friend, is behind some of the most lustrous downtempo, trip-hop, and late-night pop music in post–economic bubble Japan. The Yokohama-born artist was ...

Japanese singers and musicians will finally receive royalties when their works are played as background music in public ...

The festival billed as the largest J-pop fest ever held in the United States takes over Brookside at the Rose Bowl on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Global-facing J-pop group f5ve (pronounced “fi-vee”) may be riding the new wave bringing Japanese music to the world, but the ...

The group continues to top the chars in Japan and have begun making an international push through U.S. festivals and a recent ...

In 2025, life imitates digital art. When a cohort of vintage Japanese pop songs went viral on YouTube throughout the 2010s, city pop and J-pop went from an absolutely underground interest of a select ...

The reggaeton star's March 2026 secret performance underscores growing Japanese interest in Latin rhythms, with local bands ...

Breakout J-pop duo YOASOBI -- songwriter and producer Ayase and singer ikura -- tell Billboard Japan about the group's origins, musical influences, songwriting process and more in an in-depth… By ...