Vaundy Drops the 'Idea ga Afurete Nemurenai' MV for the Monday-9 Drama 'Sabakan, Space e Iku' and Writes 'Kagerou' as the 2026 Summer High-School Baseball Anthem

Japanese Artists' Full-Scale Push into Overseas Festivals Takes Hold — With 'Coachella 2026' Japanese Acts as a Starting Point

27 Pre-2019 Songs in Billboard JAPAN's 2026 Mid-Year Top 100 — The 'Catalog Listening' Economy Driven by Streaming

HANA's 'Blue Jeans' Drives the Surge of a 7-Member Group from the 'No No Girls' Audition — First Love Song's MV Hits 30M Views

King Gnu's 'AIZO' Is the Opening Theme for 'Jujutsu Kaisen' Season 3 — High on the 2026 Mid-Year Hot 100, Synced with the Arena-Scale CEN+RAL Tour

M!LK's 'Bakuretsu Aishiteru' and 'Sukisugite Metsu!' Surge on Streaming — Two Top-10 Songs on the 2026 Mid-Year Hot 100

Kenshi Yonezu's 'IRIS OUT' Tops Billboard JAPAN 2026 Mid-Year Hot 100 — 'Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc' Theme Hits 100M Views in 73 Days

YOASOBI Releases 'UNDEAD' MV, Theme of the Monogatari Series Off & Monster Season — Running the English EP 'E-SIDE 4' on a Two-Axis Anime Tie-up and Global Connection

CUTIE STREET's 'Cutie Sphere' Hits No.1 on the Billboard JAPAN Hot 100 — ASOBISYSTEM's 'KAWAII LAB.' Idol Project Reaches the Summit via Pokemon-ED and Lotte Tie-ups

NiziU Opens Its First Dome Tour in ~3.5 Years; June 14 Tokyo Dome Streams on Hulu — &TEAM Plays Kitakyushu June 13 as JYP/HYBE Japan-Based Acts Enter a Mass-Mobilization Phase

Fujii Kaze's 'Grace' Tapped for a New JERA Ad — Two Years On, a 'Prema' Album Track Resurges: A Model of CM Tie-up × Long-Term DSP Listening

Japan Declares a ¥20 Trillion Overseas-Sales Goal — IP360 Subsidies of up to ¥70M per Recipient Move Japanese Popular Music Into a Policy Phase

Apple Music iOS 26 Adds AutoMix, Lyric Translation and Spotify Library Transfer — DSPs Redesign Listener Experience and Deepen the Japanese Market in 2026

PIA Research Institute Confirms 2024 Live Entertainment Market at Record-High 760.5 Billion Yen — Music 529.9B + Stage 230.6B with Double-Digit Growth, 2030 Forecast Revised to 870 Billion Yen

RIAJ Publishes First Inclusive Estimate of Japan's 2025 Recorded-Music Market at 398.8 Billion Yen — Industry-Wide Visibility and Quarterly Reporting Cycle Mark a New Era

BIM Releases 'Be:' Compilation on May 27 — SUMMIT/CreativeDrugStore Rapper's Catalog-Reconstruction Project Demonstrates Indie Hip-Hop's Long-Term Design Thinking

Yorushika 'Abuku' Drops as TV Anime 'LIAR GAME' OP Theme — Mimicry Meta-Directed Infinite-Loop MV Explores Tautology as Concept Work for Long-Term Releases

STARGLOW Releases 'Good Boys Anthem' Digital Single on May 25 — SKY-HI/MY FIRST STORY Nob Songwriting and Shinagawa Hiroshi-Directed MV Define the BMSG Boy Group's Youth Ensemble Design

SEKAI NO OWARI Announces 'DOME TOUR 2026 THE CINEMA' — Kyocera Dome Osaka + Tokyo Dome 4-Show Run Marking 15th Major-Debut Anniversary

Spotify Discovery Mode Now in 90+ Markets and Expanding in Japan: How Indie Artists Run It via TuneCore Japan to Acquire New Listeners

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