SixTONES' 'Imitation Rain' Tops Japan Hot 100 as Streams for King Gnu Soar

Japanese band King Gnu premiered its new music video for "Doron" on Friday (Feb.

A big year for Bright Eyes diehards keeps getting bigger: after announcing its reunion, plans for new music, and a handful of dates last month, the Conor Oberst-led band has announced a full-fledged return tour. Announced this morning (Feb. 18), the 20

A British couple trapped on a cruise ship in Japan have tested positive for coronavirus.

Official HIGE DANdism's "I LOVE…" jumps to No. 1 on this week's Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated Feb. 3 to 9, rising from No. 6 a week before the physical version goes on sale.

King Gnu's Daiki Tsuneta displayed his classical roots this week, traveling to New York to play cello at the Masonic Hall NYC. The guitarist and leader of Japan's breakout mixture band contributed his musicianship to the N.HOOLYWOOD COMPILE 2020 fall collection fashion show on Tuesday (Feb. 4).

J-pop girl group STU48's fourth single, "Mubou na yume wa samerukoto ga nai" -- which loosely translates to "reckless dreams never end" -- sold 332,691 copies in its first week to debut at No. 1 on the latest Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated Jan.

Japan's pop scene is enjoying a surge in acts that have expanded their reach outside of their home country: the electro-pop trio Perfume, which became the first Japanese girl group to perform at Coachella last year; the four-women band CHAI, which has toured extensively throughout the U.S., U.K.

J-pop artist Daichi Miura showed off some smooth new dance moves in his new music video for "I'm Here," his latest single that went on sale Jan.

Sony Corp.'s music operations continued to grow in the company's fiscal third quarter but due to an extraordinary gain reported in the year-earlier period, those operations showed a decline in operating profit.For the three-month period ended Dec.

It's the first batch of 21 of the iconic studio's movies that are coming to the streamer this year.

J-pop rapper and singer SKY-HI shared the lyric video for his latest single, "Don't Worry Baby Be Happy," featuring Thai hitmaker Stamp.The video uses live footage from SKY-HI's Round A Ground 2019 concert from December, where the two stars premiered the song before a packed crowd."Don't Worry Baby Be Happy" is a stylish mid-tempo number contrasting SKY-HI's emphatic rapping skills with Stamp's mellow yet robust voice.

There’s a new popular boy band in the Japanese music scene, and they’re already dominating: SixTONES, a team hailing from J-pop talent agency Johnny & Associates, released their first formal release “Imitation Rain” last month and have already topped Japanese music charts with the impactful pop power ballad.

Japan's Wagakki Band will perform a one-night-only special show titled the "Premium Symphonic Night Vol.2" on Feb.

The Japanese box office leaped by 17% in 2019 to set a record $2.4 billion score, according to figures announced Tuesday by the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, locally known as Eirin. The previous high was the $2.2 billion recorded in 2016.