Like a lot of Japanese pop musicians, Haru Nemuri employs synth-generated backing tracks and sings chiefly in Japanese, but with refrains and song titles often in English. “The English language has ...

Japanese music enthusiasts, loyal to CDs long after the rest of the world went online, have begun reaching for the eject button and switching to streaming services as artists cancel in-store events ...

As the world continues to open and the barriers that language used to have crumble away, more artists like 19-year-old ...

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 ...

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 ...

The seven-piece group chats with The Hollywood Reporter about their new 'One Piece' collaboration and their experience opening for K-pop boy group ATEEZ. By Nicole Fell Assistant Editor The seven ...

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 songwriting ...

City pop has always been a particularly weird viral phenomenon. As Cat Zhang previously wrote for Pitchfork, the genre originally pulled from American styles like funk and yacht rock and aimed for a ...

Japanese pop group Perfume has announced that it will suspend its activities from next year. The all-female trio said on its official website on Sunday that they will put Perfume "into cold sleep" ...