Amid much fanfare and hoopla, the second Music Awards Japan (MAJ) ceremony ramped up the excitement by bringing together ...

SEOUL—Once considered to be a minor genre of music here, J-pop has now become music to the ears of young South Koreans.

Japanese singer Nanao is taking an unconventional approach to the Philippine music market, pairing Tagalog lyrics with J-pop ...

KNOWN for her work as a model and TV personality in Japan, Yukipoyo has released “Te-Te Gyaru” across all major music platforms worldwide.

In 2025, life imitates digital art. When a cohort of vintage Japanese pop songs went viral on YouTube throughout the 2010s, city pop and J-pop went from an absolutely underground interest of a select ...

Asobisystem's Nakagawa Yusuke and Kawaii Lab's Kimura Misa on how Japan's kawaii culture built global audiences by embracing ...

Noriko Sekiguchi, better known as Poison Girl Friend, is behind some of the most lustrous downtempo, trip-hop, and late-night pop music in post–economic bubble Japan. The Yokohama-born artist was ...

No exploration of Japanese music would be complete without a dive into the world of J-Pop. Short for Japanese popular music, J-Pop is hard to define. It encompasses a wide breadth of genres and ...

K-pop sweeps awards: BTS, Blackpink, G-Dragon, Huntr/X and Lee Youngji took home top honours at Japan’s premier music awards. Global industry spotlight: The ceremony featured 78 categories judged by 5 ...

Fuji Rock, rural festival, and more—here are six music festivals taking place across Japan from July to October 2026.

Locals looking for fun with a Far East flavor should head to the Orange County fairgrounds the first weekend of April as the OC Japan Fair returns with a slate of cultural activities, culinary ...