The allegations concern a 2023 encounter with a woman that involved a closed-door setting and a “sexual act against her will” ...

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Billboard Japan's Women in Music initiative launched in 2022 to celebrate ... Japan Presents" collection by writer Rio Hirai. J-pop singer-songwriter miwa spoke with Hirai for the latest ...

“Japanese women, in particular ... a characteristic that distinguishes it from J-pop. In Korea, music has often served as a medium for collective expression, as seen during the recent ...

South Korean pop star group New Jeans surprised fans at its Tokyo concert with a cover of a beloved Japanese '80s hit, sparking a viral buzz back home. NHK World's Aoki Yoshiyuki unpacks why ...

Her band, Japanese Breakfast, will drop their new LP For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) on March 21 via Dead Oceans. To accompany the announcement, the indie pop band released the lead single ...