From high-energy performances to cultural immersion, the two-day LA event highlights the artists and trends driving Japan’s ...

Plus: Prizes have been added in new categories including the "Co-creation categories" linked to companies involved in music. By Billboard Japan Day 2 of MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN, the largest international ...

Whether they are avatar-utilizing virtual singers, frantic Hatsune-Miku-style Vocaloid producers or genre-bending bands, 122 Japanese artists participating in the three-daylong YouTube Music Weekend ...

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 ...

Essentially, city pop is Western music that’s been adapted by the Japanese, now coming back to us as a retrospective source of fascination. The head of the internet music label Business Casual once ...