In November 1979, Japanese singer Miki Matsubara, then 19 years old, released her debut single “Mayonaka no Door – Stay With Me” — a song that came to define the city pop genre in Japan. Now, more ...

We all have a favorite holiday song, and certainly no lack of choices. But in Japan, it seems, everyone has the same favorite holiday song. And this year, as Lucy Craft reports, it means more than ...

Korean girl group ILLIT's first Japanese single "Toki Yo Tomare" was chosen as the main theme song for the Japanese model ...

Let's take a look at the 256 songs that are up for the Song of the Year category, as compared against Billboard Japan's all-genre Japan Hot 100. By Billboard Japan The inaugural MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN ...

“Things are easy when you’re big in Japan,” sang German group Alphaville in 1984. Ten years later, Dinosaur Jr would release the song “Over Your Shoulder” as the closing track on their album Without a ...

Kenshi Yonezu’s “IRIS OUT” stays atop the Billboard Japan Hot 100, on the chart dated Oct. 8, marking its third consecutive week at No. 1.

South Koreans who secretly loved Japanese pop songs in their youth are reveling in nostalgia amid a revival for Showa-retro tunes from the 1970s and ’80s. Their renewed popularity has sparked an era ...

The results were announced live on Japanese TV - with the AI song, Omoide Scroll, winning by more than 3,000 votes. "What?

K-pop artists from across generations will gather for year-end celebrations at the Music Bank Global Festival in Japan and the KBS Song Festival in Korea. K-wave year-end celebrations are already in ...