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...

Universal Music LLC (Japanese: ユニバーサル ミュージック合同会社, Hepburn: Yunibāsaru myūjikku Gōdō gaisha), often referred to as just Universal Music Japan or UMJ, is...

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...

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)...

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...

also referred to as Warner Music International or Warner Music Entertainment and has divisions worldwide such as Australia, Japan and all over Europe. These...

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"elegant 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...

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...

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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...

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...

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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...

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had a 21.5% share in the global music market. Sony Music and BMG remained separate in Japan, although BMG Music Japan was wholly owned by Sony BMG. On...

undergoing a population decline. Japan's culture is well known around the world, including its art, cuisine, film, music, and popular culture, which includes...

2017 in Japanese music. 68th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen Oricon number-one albums Oricon number-one singles Hot 100 number-one singles 59th Japan Record Awards...

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...

The year 2021 in Japanese music. ≠Me AB6IX ASP Be First Enhypen Ho6la INI Itzy Loona Naniwa Danshi NIK Rocket Punch Treasure Miku Kobato [ja] (as Cluppo)...

Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as Universal Music Group or Universal Music) is a Dutch–American multinational music corporation...

2018 in Japanese music. Oricon number-one albums Oricon number-one singles Hot 100 number-one singles 60th Japan Record Awards 2018 MTV Video Music Awards...

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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...

X Japan (Japanese: エックス・ジャパン, Hepburn: Ekkusu Japan) is a Japanese rock band from Chiba, formed in 1982 by drummer and pianist Yoshiki and lead vocalist...

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The Weeknd in Japan was released on November 21, 2018, by Universal Music Japan to commemorate Tesfaye's first performance in Japan, at the Makuhari...

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