Japan Poised to Announce State of Emergency, Cinemas Expected To Close

J-pop singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu shared the new music video accompanying her latest single, "Kamaitachi," which dropped digitally Friday (April 24).In the video, the Harajuku icon plays two characters: a Buddhist monk with a shaved head who experiences a strange dream, and a cute mischievous monster that tries unsuccessfully to sever their fated connection while also apparently being drawn to the monk.The pop songstress also released a making-of video that follows the popular Japanese comedy duo

Official HIGE DANdism's domination of the Billboard Japan Hot 100 continues as "I LOVE…" leads the latest tally for the second consecutive week and fifth in total.

AT&T-owned WarnerMedia's HBO Asia has wrapped production and is readying the release of Antarctic survival thriller series The Head. The show, produced in association with Hulu Japan and Spanish production house The Mediapro Studio, will premiere on HBO and HBO Go in the Asia-Pacific region on June 12, WarnerMedia said Thursday.

Since the end of March, Japanese musician and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto has been sharing some of his past concerts online to spread some joy in these times of coronavirus self-isolation.As social distancing continues without an end in sight, the renowned composer has added two more rare concert recordings to the list, to be premiered on YouTube.The first, set to go live Friday (April 24), is a concert he performed with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra on piano and as conductor called Ryuichi

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J-pop visual-kei icon Yoshiki joined BBC Outside Source's Kasia Madera from his home in L.A. to speak about his COVID-19 relief efforts as a musician and desire to keep his fans and friends safe.

Japan's ONE OK ROCK will stream six of their past concerts in full on YouTube starting Friday (April 17).

J-pop singer-songwriter Kiiro Akiyama shared the video of his performance of "Caffeine" from the February concert he canceled due to coronavirus concerns, instead recording the show without an audience.The video of the headlining gig was shot at Shibuya WWW on Feb. 28 and streamed via YouTube Live on March 8."Caffeine" is a track on the rising 24-year-old artist's major debut album, From DROPOUT, released March 4.

J-pop singer-songwriter Kiiro Akiyama shared the video of his performance of "Caffeine" from the February concert he canceled due to coronavirus concerns, instead recording the show without an audience.The video of the headlining gig was shot at Shibuya WWW on Feb. 28 and streamed via YouTube Live on March 8."Caffeine" is a track on the rising 24-year-old artist's major debut album, From DROPOUT, released March 4.

Brick-and-mortar record stores in Japan shut down for the foreseeable future after the country declared state of emergency over the coronavirus pandemic last week, resulting in a considerable drop in the share of physical points -- single sales and look-ups -- on Billboard Japan's tallies.

Netflix's hit reality series Terrace House is halting production of its current season in Japan in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. "We are suspending production of Terrace House Tokyo 2019-2020, giving top priority to the health and safety of our cast and staff," the show tweeted Monday from its official Twitter account.

J-pop band Mrs. GREEN APPLE released a new song called "PRESENT (English ver.)" on Friday (April 10).Earlier that week, their label, Universal Music Japan, teased the song's lyric video without naming five-member group, tagging it #PRESENT and #StayHomeSaveLives and captioning it with the message: "Keep Calm, Stay home.

J-pop singer Aimer has released the full versions of 10 of her music videos on her YouTube channel, to celebrate the account amassing a million subscribers and also as her way of thanking fans making her latest single, "Haru wa yuku / marie," a hit.The videos range from her sixth single, 2014's "StarRingChild," to tracks on her latest studio album, "We Two" and "Stand By You.""Haru wa yuku / marie" went on sale March 25 and sold 30,732 copies in its first week. The single reached No.

Phoebe Bridgers has announced her sophomore solo album: Punisher is out June 19 via Dead Oceans. The follow-up to Stranger in the Alps includes “Garden Song,” as well as a new track called “Kyoto.” Check out Bridgers’ new “Kyoto” video below. Find physical editions of Punisher at Rough Trade. (Pitchfork may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.)

The virtual gigs will take place later this week

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a month-long state of emergency Tuesday for Tokyo and six other prefectures to ramp up defenses against the spread of the coronavirus as the number of infections surges. But the move came in the form of a stay-at-home request — not an order — and violators will not be penalized.

And there's a watch party coming up next week to celebrate