Billboard Japan has unveiled its 2025 year-end charts, tracking the period from Nov. 25, 2024, to Nov. 23, 2025.

Inflation is the No. 1 public concern in Japan. But one section of the economy is proving to be invulnerable to rising prices: pop idols, YouTubers and cartoon characters. The term “oshikatsu” has ...

The final of the men’s 400 individual medley was one of the most-anticipated events on the second day of the Japan Open, thanks to a field that included firepower and depth. Ultimately, it was Asaki ...

Japanese pop singer Hamasaki Ayumi's scheduled concert in Shanghai has been canceled amid growing reaction from China against a remark by Japan's prime minister. Takaichi Sanae made the remark at a ...

Japanese pop star Taichi Kokubun apologized Wednesday for a compliance violation that led to his removal from a Nippon Television Network program. “I want to express my sincere apologies to those I ...

Charming Donald Trump one week, angering China the next, Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has had a busy start and is riding high in the polls, all on a few hours of sleep a night. But the ...

Directed by Lee Sang-il and selected as Japan’s 2026 Oscar submission for best international feature, the three-hour, kabuki-theater-set drama has defied expectations and reignited the world’s ...

Kenshi Yonezu's "IRIS OUT" slips to No. 2 after dominating the Japan Hot 100 for the past nine weeks. By Billboard Japan INI’s “Present” soars to No. 1. on this week’s Billboard Japan Hot 100, on the ...

A 2022 social media post by Ningning, the Chinese member of K-pop group Aespa, has become an unexpected cultural flashpoint amid rising diplomatic tensions between China and Japan. The post on the ...

More than 103,000 people have signed an online petition demanding that K-pop girl group Aespa be banned from taking part in a New Year music event in Japan over an image posted by one of its singers ...