Universal Music Japan's Naoshi Fujikura on Mrs. GREEN APPLE & Fujii Kaze Winning Big, Challenges of Exporting Japanese Music: Interview

Universal Music Japan's president & CEO has been included in Billboard's Global Power Players list for five straight years.

Japan's Music Industry Organization CEIPA And The TOYOTA Group Are Back in L.A. This December 1 & 2

On December 1, the day before the concert, CEIPA × TOYOTA GROUP "MUSIC WAY PROJECT," in collaboration with JETRO Los Angeles, hosted the ennichi '25 Japanese Music Industry Mixer, a conference ...
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What Would Pop Music Be Without 808 Drums?

How Japanese ingenuity transformed Western music from within. Tina Weymouth and David Byrne of Talking Heads, performing in front of a Roland Jazz Chorus amplifier in 1980.Credit...Gie Knaeps/Getty ...
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MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN’s Top Global Hit From Japan Entries Show Characteristics of Japan’s Music Popular Overseas

The inaugural MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN ceremony, the largest music awards in the country, is set to take place in May in Kyoto. Embodying the theme of “Connecting the world, illuminating the future of music ...

Project Asteri, Inc.: Japan's Music Industry Organization CEIPA And The TOYOTA Group Are Back in L.A. This December 1 & 2

J-pop Concert at Aurora Warehouse Los Angeles Also Featured an Industry Mixer With Japanese Music Industry Leaders, a Panel Discussion About Exploring the New Chapter of Japanese Music from Japan-U.S.