Hayashi International Promotions head Kaori Hayashi, whose company has sold to Live Nation. Photo Credit: Live Nation Live Nation’s aggressive international buildout has officially reached Japan, where the promoter has acquired Hayashi International Promotions (HIP). […]
YouTube star CoryxKenshin took a year-and-a-half hiatus from the internet to cook up his very own manga — and it’s been a big hit, selling an eye-popping number of copies at launch. CoryxKenshin is one […]
Believe Japan and Teichiku Entertainment staff. Photo Credit: Believe Believe is continuing to expand in Japan, where it and Teichiku Entertainment have finalized a “comprehensive” distribution agreement. Paris-headquartered Believe and Tokyo-based Teichiku Entertainment unveiled their […]
Photo Credit: Tatsuya Nomura (Board Members, CEIPA / President, FMPJ) by Yuri Hasegawa Japan’s cultural organization CEIPA made its debut in Los Angeles last week with the sold-out Matsuri ‘25: Japanese Music Experience Los Angeles. […]
The glittering vastness of Tokyo promises entertainment at every turn. Japan is home to the second-largest music market in the world, tailing only the US in numbers. Fan culture is alive, well, and organized; physical […]
This MLB offseason has already featured some wild moments. Chief among them: Shohei Ohtani signed a $700 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers. That contract is a record amount of guaranteed money, and it’s […]
Flying Lotus‘ Brainfeeder has released a single from Hakushi Hasegawa, a singer-songwriter based in Tokyo, Japan—and the first Japanese artist signed to the Los Angeles label. Releasing since 2018, Hasegawa has already made a name […]
LOVEBITES, the all-female heavy metal band from Tokyo, Japan, has returned from its hiatus with a new member, a new music video and news of a fourth studio album coming in February 2023. The LP […]
Yoshiki, Hyde, Sugizo and Miyavi, four major forces from Japan’s rock scene, have announced their new star-studded band THE LAST ROCKSTARS. Two song teaser videos have been released, one for “The Last Rockstars” (lyrics by […]
Australian label Butter Sessions has released the debut album from Japanese producer Yuzo Iwata. Other than single-track contributions, remixes, and singles as Fabio Lazaro and Almost East since 2015, Iwata has kept a reasonably low […]