In Japan, music includes a wide array of distinct genres, both traditional and modern. The word for "music" in Japanese is 音楽 (ongaku), combining the kanji...

is a Japanese subsidiary of the Universal Music Group founded in 1990. It is the largest subsidiary for a foreign company in Japan regarding music distribution...

SMEJ or simply SME, and also known as Sony Music Japan for short (stylized as SonyMusic), is a Japanese music arm for Sony. Founded in 1968 as CBS/Sony...

abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively also known simply as pops (ポップス, poppusu), is the name for a form of popular music that entered the...

Traditional Japanese music is the folk or traditional music of Japan. Japan's Ministry of Education classifies hōgaku (邦楽, lit. 'Japanese music') as a category...

EMI Music Japan Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社EMIミュージック・ジャパン, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha EMI Music Japan), formerly Toshiba EMI (東芝イーエムアイ株式会社, Tōshiba EMI Kabushiki-gaisha)...

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The MTV Video Music Awards Japan (MTV VMAJ for short) are the Japanese version of the MTV Video Music Awards. Like the MTV Video Music Awards in the United...

music") is a type of Japanese classical music that was historically used for imperial court music and dances. Gagaku was developed as court music of the...

The top music artists in Japan include Japanese artists with claims of 15 million or more record sales or with over 2 million subscribers. Japan is the...

a portmanteau of "Japanese" and "noise", is the noise music scene of Japan. Nick Cain of The Wire identifies the "primacy of Japanese Noise artists like...

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Japanese hip hop is hip hop music from Japan. It is said to have begun when Hiroshi Fujiwara returned to Japan and started playing hip hop records in the...

Traditional Japanese musical instruments, known as wagakki (和楽器) in Japanese, are musical instruments used in the traditional folk music of Japan. They comprise...

Japan is an island country in East Asia. It is located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland, and is bordered on the west...

The following is an overview of the year 2008 in Japanese music. It includes notable awards, lists of number-ones, yearly best-sellers, albums released...

Japanese rock (Japanese: 日本のロック, Hepburn: Nihon no Rokku), sometimes abbreviated to J-rock (ジェイ・ロック, Jei Rokku), is rock music from Japan. Influenced...

The year 2020 in Japanese music. All at Once Arcana Project Beatcats BIN Chō Tokimeki Sendenbu EXIT Go to the Beds JO1 Morfonica Nature NCT Dream Nemophila...

Improvised Music from Japan is a music website and record label. The website was originally known as Japanese Free Improvisers. As its name suggests, it...

Sony Music Group (SMG) is the umbrella American multinational company that controls Sony's recording and music publishing business of Japan based Sony...

Events in 2012 in Japanese music. 26th Japan Gold Disc Award January 20 – 3rd CD Shop Awards June 23 – 2012 MTV Video Music Awards Japan October 7 – 6th...

A variety of musical scales are used in traditional Japanese music. While the Chinese Shí-èr-lǜ has influenced Japanese music since the Heian period,...

The Japan Music Awards (日本歌謡大賞, Nihon Kayō Taishō) for outstanding achievements in the Broadcast Music Producers Federation, was major music awards show...

2013 MTV Video Music Awards Japan Eiichi Ohtaki dies on December 30. Move 2013 in Japan 2013 in Japanese television List of Japanese films of 2013 "大滝詠一さん急死　リンゴのどに詰まらせ(tr:...

also shortened to anison (アニソン)) is a genre of music originating from Japanese pop music. Anime songs consist of theme, insert, and image songs for anime...

The following is an overview of the year 2007 in Japanese music. It includes notable awards, lists of number-ones, yearly best-sellers, albums released...

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The year 2023 in Japanese music. Billlie Bite a Shock [ko] DXTeen IMP. Kiss Kiss The Jet Boy Bangerz from Exile Tribe Le Sserafim MiSaMo NCT Tokyo Purple...