In November 1979, Japanese singer Miki Matsubara, then 19 years old, released her debut single “Mayonaka no Door – Stay With Me” — a song that came to define the city pop genre in Japan ...

It’s still just April, so there will surely be exhibitions this year that sound more esoteric and limited in appeal than “Songs for Modern Japan: Popular Music and Graphic Design, 1900-1950.” ...

The Music Awards Japan, held for the first time this year, was jointly organized by five Japanese institutions, including the Recording Industry Association of Japan, and several government bodies.

Patrick Savage at Keio University in Japan and his colleagues analysed the musical notation of more than 10,000 folk songs, including the well-known Child Ballads from the pre-20th century.