Kenshi Yonezu's ‘IRIS OUT' Leads Japan Hot 100 for Seventh Week

Kenshi Yonezu 's "IRIS OUT" continues to dominate the Billboard Japan Hot 100 for the seventh consecutive week, on the chart ...
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Spotify Crowned This Anime Opener as Japan’s Song of the Year

It’s early December, which means one thing – it’s time for everyone’s respective music streaming platforms to expose their listening habits for the past year! Spotify, which gets annual buzz for its ...
NPR

Sense of Place: Here's five songs that'll make you fall in love with J-Pop

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 ...
CNN

Japanese girl band AKB48 releases AI-generated single after fans preferred it to song written by human

Top Japanese girl band AKB48 have released a single created using AI, after it proved more popular with fans than a rival song written by famed J-pop producer Yasushi Akimoto. As part of a songwriting ...