Fender Japan has partnered with J-Pop guitar star Rei to produce a signature guitar that doubles as perhaps one of the most intriguing Stratocaster builds in recent memory. Indeed, a cursory glance at ...

As China-Japan diplomatic row ripples into entertainment, over 30 Japanese performances have been abruptly cancelled, leaving millions of fans of Japanese culture in China worried about a potential ...

The Japanese entertainment industry has become increasingly reliant on China in recent years. China is the world’s ...

The post Travis Japan’s 2025 VIIsual Tour Is Expanding the Horizons of J-Pop appeared first on Consequence. The glittering vastness of Tokyo promises entertainment at every turn. Japan is home to the ...

“Be Romantic” was produced by multi-platinum and 6X Japan Gold Disc winning songwriter/producer Michael Africk (who is also CEO of Handcraft) and pop producer Zeph Park. The track blends the character ...

MANILA, Philippines — Japanese pop idol Shinjiro Atae has come out as gay in a public announcement that is unusual in conservative Japan, where same-sex unions are not legal. Speaking Wednesday ...

Over the past year, Japanese music seemed to take that warning seriously. A growing number of artists embarked on international tours, introducing themselves to the burgeoning Asian market or making ...

The golden era of Johnny & Associates has come to an end after the talent agency specializing in male J-pop idols admitted that its late founder, Johnny Kitagawa, sexually abused underage boys. It’s a ...

Miho Nakayama, a Japanese entertainer known for her contributions to the early J-pop scene in the 1980s and a varied acting career, has died. Big Apple, the agency that represented Nakayama, confirmed ...

If, as journalist Jeff Yang said, the locus of pop culture in Asia shifted from Japan to Korea in the last ten years, how did Japan lose the throne? Japan’s pop culture dominance is hurting, and not ...

Beijing’s restrictions on Japanese entertainment have canceled concerts and postponed film releases, leaving artists and fans ...