Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In November 1979, Japanese singer Miki Matsubara, then 19 years old, released her debut single “Mayonaka no Door – Stay With Me” — ...

The awards recognize outstanding works and artists shaping Japan's current music scene, with winners determined by votes from ...

We all have a favorite holiday song, and certainly no lack of choices. But in Japan, it seems, everyone has the same favorite holiday song. And this year, as Lucy Craft reports, it means more than ...

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 ...

Let's take a look at the 256 songs that are up for the Song of the Year category, as compared against Billboard Japan's all-genre Japan Hot 100. By Billboard Japan The inaugural MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN ...

“Things are easy when you’re big in Japan,” sang German group Alphaville in 1984. Ten years later, Dinosaur Jr would release the song “Over Your Shoulder” as the closing track on their album Without a ...

Japanese folk songs evolved in the same way as English language ones even though they are sung in different tones and scales. Patrick Savage at Keio University in Japan and his colleagues analysed the ...

Music streaming service Spotify has launched officially in Japan, the company announced on Thursday. Similar to its service offerings in other markets, there will be an ad-based free tier, and premium ...

BTS’s V has made K-pop history on both the Oricon and iTunes charts in Japan! On January 13, V’s solo song “Christmas Tree” was finally officially released in Japan, several weeks after it was first ...