Mrs. GREEN APPLE’s “Kaze to Machi” rises one place to No. 2. The track serves as the theme song for NHK’s morning drama series Kaze, Kaoru and hits No. 1 for radio, No. 2 ...

Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast at the 2023 Ohana Festival in Dana Point, California. Credit: Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images After nearly 15 years in music, Michelle Zauner of Japanese ...

On March 25, BTS announced BTS, The Best on their official Japanese fan club. The album will be released on June 16. However, fans will not have to wait that long for new music. On April 2, the Korean ...

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” — ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The inaugural MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN ceremony, the largest music awards in the country, is set to take place in May in Kyoto.

This week’s Music Ally Country Profile is on Japan, a country which has continued to see revenues climb in 2025 as the second largest domestic recorded music market worldwide. “This […] ...

TOKYO – You hear a heavy strumming of power chords from a guitar just loud enough to ring. On the mic, the singer screams.

SEOUL: Japanese songs sung by Japanese singers live on a South Korean television network would have been unthinkable a few years ago. But in recent months, Japanese singers have been winning the ...

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 ...

TOKYO, Japan — Filipino music is gaining global recognition as Cup of Joe’s “Multo” has secured a nomination for Best Song ...

YANGON, Myanmar—Despite an ongoing civil war and political instability, young Japanophiles of Myanmar sang their hearts out at Utacon 2025, a Japanese-music singing competition held here on March 2.