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MUSIC WAY PROJECT: CEIPA and TOYOTA GROUP team up to support Japanese artists globally

12th March 2025

Japan’s Culture and Entertainment Industry Promotion Association (CEIPA) and the TOYOTA GROUP have announced the MUSIC WAY PROJECT,...

KAMIYA opens up about bipolar disorder in XAMIYA video for ‘MONSTER’

11th March 2025

XAMIYA, the duo of KAMIYA and Xansei, have released the music video for their third single ‘MONSTER’. The...

Fukuro confirm European tour dates following last year’s US run

10th March 2025

Jazzy visual kei band Fukuro have just announced they will be holding their first ever European tour, titled...

Survive Said The Prophet lock in first EU/UK tour for summer 2025

6th March 2025

Survive Said The Prophet are heading out on their first-ever EU/UK tour this summer. The Tokyo-based outfit will...

f5ve set release date for debut album ‘SEQUENCE 01’

5th March 2025

LDH girl group f5ve have announced their debut album ‘SEQUENCE 01’, set for release on May 5th. The...

HARU NEMURI announces ‘ekkolaptómenos’, her first album since going independent

4th March 2025

HARU NEMURI has officially announced her third full-length album, ‘ekkolaptómenos’, set for release on August 1st. The Tokyo-based...

Royz premiere ‘TRANSFORM’ music video ahead of single release

4th March 2025

Osaka visual kei band Royz have revealed the video for ‘TRANSFORM’, their 28th single, due for release on...

Mori Calliope teams with Persona’s Shoji Meguro and Lotus Juice on ‘Seeing Stars’

3rd March 2025

hololive Vtuber and musician Mori Calliope has collaborated with Lotus Juice and Shoji Meguro for her latest single...

WACK opens auditions for new idol group aiming for global success

2nd March 2025

Music agency WACK, in collaboration with former CEO Junnosuke Watanabe, have announced auditions for a new idol group...

DEXCORE share live-footage video for ‘Place where we belong’ before album release

2nd March 2025

Metalcore unit DEXCORE have dropped the video for ‘Place where we belong’. This comes ahead of their 2nd...

News

go!go!vanillas bring calm after the storm for SAKAMOTO DAYS Part 2 ending theme

Paledusk to make major label debut with ‘HUGs’, opening theme for Gachiakuta

Fujii Kaze confirms third album ‘Prema’, shares lead single ‘Hachikō’

Events

FACT confirm full lineup for final ROCK-O-RAMA event at Makuhari Messe

ASP announce “ASP in the U.K Tour”, their first international headline tour

KAF to perform at mixed-reality event Fantastic Reality in Los Angeles this July

Features

anklet: “We didn’t know left from right” – Tokyo’s new indie voice on building a band from nothing

JJJ to remain POP YOURS 2025 headliner in tribute following his passing

What is CEIPA? The organisation behind matsuri ’25 and MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN

Live Reports

YOASOBI live in London: J-pop storytellers bring blockbuster ambition to Wembley

BABYMETAL live in London: A 15-year climb culminates in landmark show at The O2

kanekoayano live in London: No longer just Kaneko Ayano with a band

Interviews

IRORI Records artists comment on first UK shows at The Great Escape 2025: go!go!vanillas, Kroi, Ako, and Bialystocks

CHAMELEON LIME WHOOPIEPIE interview: Dancing through doubt and doing it their way

Hitsujibungaku interview: US debut, anime themes, and life beyond Tokyo’s indie circuit