J-Pop Artists & Post Malone Curate 'Stay Home' Playlists for Billboard Japan Project: Listen

When cinemas in Japan began preparing to reopenlast week, theater operators were faced with a puzzling question: What to show? Studios and distributors from Hollywood to Tokyo have postponed most major new releases for months in response to the novel coronavirus, aware that box office earnings will be minuscule until social distancing policies can be relaxed on a massive scale. That's forced the smattering of international exhibitors who are resuming business to get creative.

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The Japanese pop artist Hiroshi Nagai, who painted the cover art for Light In The Attic’s new city pop compilation Pacific Breeze 2, once told Kaput that he was heavily influenced by an ad for a swimming pool cleaner in an old copy of House & Garden. He was gripped by American pop artists after a trip to the United States in 1973, and despite living and working in Tokyo, the arching palm trees and deep block-blue skies that he painted came from the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

Sushi is notoriously difficult to get right, it reportedly takes 10 years to train to become a sushi chef.To roll the Japanese delicacy expertly you need a steady hand, skill, a bamboo rolling mat, a plastic wrap, some seaweed and some raw fish, among other things.

Japanese artist MIYAVI dropped the animated music video accompanying the title track from his latest album, Holy Nights.

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WWE superstar Becky Lynch is known as “The Man,” but pretty soon, she’ll be going by “momma” instead!

Japanese rapper Mega Shinnosuke shared some behind-the-scenes footage from his music video for "Sports," his latest single released in April.Mega Shinnosuke is a self-produced 19-year-old singer-songwriter and multi-talented artist who handles everything from arranging his own music to creating his artwork and videos.The making-of video was edited remotely with his friends who are all self-isolating at home due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Japanese rapper SKY-HI live-streamed a concert from his home Wednesday (May 6) to reach out to fans self-isolating at home on the final day of Japan's Golden Week of holidays.

Japanese rapper SKY-HI live-streamed a concert from his home Wednesday (May 6) to reach out to fans self-isolating at home on the final day of Japan's Golden Week of holidays.The J-pop artist, whose real name is Mitsuhiro Hidaka, performed a whopping 46 songs during the three-hour event that started at 2 p.m., streamed live via his official YouTube channel, his SKY-HI STAFF Twitter, and skyhidaka Instagram accounts. The segment between 3 to 4 p.m.

The creators of The King: Eternal Monarch have released the trailer of the 7th episode of the show. In the previous episode, Emperor Lee Gon (Lee Min Ho) and Detective Jung Tae-eul (Kim Go Eun) shared various intimate moments. However, he is later called to perform his duty as a King when a surprise naval attack from Japan take place, putting an end to their dinner date. Meanwhile Tae-eul makes a major breakthrough in her murder case. Later in the episode, Lee Gon returns to Tae-eul.

BABYMETAL will join YouTube's Music Week STAY HOME #WithMe virtual event, taking place during Japan's Golden Week from April 29 to May 6.The eight-day program aims to support self-isolating music fans by streaming past concert footage by 50 popular J-pop acts across different music labels.

Billboard Japan has launched a project asking artists and the music community to curate "stay home" playlists for people self-isolating amid the coronavirus pandemic."With the spread of the novel coronavirus and Japan declaring state of emergency, many people are being urged to work from home and refrain from going outside. The music industry has also cancelled many concerts and events since March," Billboard Japan said in a statement."But music won't stop playing, not now or in the future.

TOKYO — Call it lockdown lite. After weeks of downplaying the coronavirus pandemic, Japan is now under a nationwide state of emergency. The nu