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

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 ...

Amid much fanfare and hoopla, the second Music Awards Japan (MAJ) ceremony ramped up the excitement by bringing together A-list musicians for recognition and boosting their profiles overseas.

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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 ...

Tokyo-based rapper and Ambush CEO Verbal disrupted Japanese pop music and launched a global fashion brand and a new saké venture, establishing himself as a cultural curator. Multi-hyphenates rarely ...

K-pop powerhouse BTS's decision to boycott the upcoming Grammys after the introduction of an 'Asian' pop prize has prompted questions about the need for a separate category.