NPR

Sense of Place: Here's five songs that'll make you fall in love with J-Pop

No exploration of Japanese music would be complete without a dive into the world of J-Pop. Short for Japanese popular music, J-Pop is hard to define. It encompasses a wide breadth of genres and ...

To my past self who looked down on 'Japanese music as a rip-off of Western music.' A story about how knowing the 'roots and blends' of music completely changed m…

"Isn't Japanese pop music just a follower of Western music in the end?"Embarrassingly, I used to genuinely think so.The chord ...
Dallas Observer

Wamono Nights Brings City Pop to the Dance Floor in Bishop Arts

In 2025, life imitates digital art. When a cohort of vintage Japanese pop songs went viral on YouTube throughout the 2010s, city pop and J-pop went from an absolutely underground interest of a select ...
BevNET.com

Nikaido Shuzou Co., Japanese Pop Star JUNON Collab To Promote Shochu And Japanese Culture To New Audiences

LOS ANGELES (MARCH 24, 2025) - Nikaido Shuzou Co., Ltd. today announces their appointment of Japanese pop star, JUNON, of the band, BE:FIRST, as Brand Ambassador to the US, as Nikaido launches an ...
nytimes.com

China’s Mad at Japan, and Pop Stars Are Paying for It

Beijing is curbing Japanese movies, music and art as it seeks to punish Tokyo for its support of Taiwan. By Javier C. Hernández and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Tokyo A singer was forced offstage in the ...