LiSA closes her 15th-anniversary tour at London's Troxy with anime hits, after 16 dates that drew around 100,000 fans.

TuneCore Japan has passed ¥100bn in artist payouts as overseas revenue tops 20%, with 140 acts earning more than ¥100m.

RAZOR celebrate their 10th anniversary with new single ‘I LOVE YOU’, a Buzz Rhythm 02 ending theme, and a 17-date tour.

Hoshikuma Minami releases 'NOVA feat.Kenta Koie', with lyrics co-written by Koie and music by YD of Crystal Lake, ahead of her NOVA TOUR.

Kana Nishino ends her 18-year Sony Music Artists management deal and starts her own company, while her SME Records deal remains unchanged.

Ado will release her cover of Metallica's 'Enter Sandman' on the second edition of her cover album series 'Ado's Utattemita Album Vol. 2'.

GOKUMON reunite with Koupen-chan for 'CHOUDOII', where the beloved penguin finally gets a day that's neither too hot nor too cold this time.

BRAHMAN's TOSHI-LOW will have surgery for sigmoid colon cancer, with the band withdrawing from two Tokyo shows in October while he recovers.

tzkwym releases first music video 'Liminal', pairing gothic electropop with dark visuals exploring the liminal space between life and death.

YOSHIKI recovered in time for Global Citizen Festival in New York, but severe weather cancelled the show before he could take the stage.

GACKT YELLOW FRIED CHICKENz head back to Latin America in September 2027, playing Argentina for the first time. Tickets on sale in October.

Ado’s agency Cloud Nine has said it will take firm action, including legal measures, against abuse aimed at its artists, amid a backlash surrounding the singer’s headline appearance at K-pop event INK...

Yuki Chiba's Dr. Luke-produced STEEL BALL RUN ending has broken a long JoJo tradition, and fans in Japan and abroad have not held back.

Kroi's STEEL BALL RUN JoJo's Bizarre Adventure opener 'SPIN' passes one million Spotify streams in two days, with a CD and tour to follow.

Japanese indie band THE MOTEL hit No. 1 on Japan's iTunes Alternative chart after 'NO' goes viral, as questions grow over possible AI use.

the GazettE vocalist RUKI remains in hospital after collapsing and losing consciousness, as KAI and URUHA share updates on his recovery.

Ado and KUROMI team up on 'DND', a self-affirming single sparked by KUROMI's personal collaboration request, out September 25th.

Number_i release six-track Atlantic Records EP 'REBON / BUGS LIFE / DIGITAL GIRL' with a Y2K-inspired visualiser for 'DIGITAL GIRL'.

Electric Callboy add vocals to My Hero Academia's 'You Say Run' for the anime's 10th anniversary, alongside series composer Yuki Hayashi.

XANVALA return as undead alter-egos ZOMVALA in the spooky ‘UNDEAD is BACK’ video ahead of an October single and 2026 Halloween tour.

YOSHIKI is receiving treatment for excessive fatigue after collapsing in the US, following weeks of concerts, travel and appearances.

KAWAII LAB.'s five groups lead Stage Collection, a new Japanese TCG platform where players assemble members and songs instead of fighting.

NIGHTMARE's 34th single 'Kyokuyakou' is out now, with all five members credited as songwriters and their Japan tour opening this month.

TikTok trend takes duo monet's 2025 Synthesizer V track 'Wakacchainai ne' from 200,000 YouTube views to 10 million.

AiNA THE END became an ATARASHII GAKKO! fan in 2018. Now she dances alongside them in their 'Sweet Memories' video and a Bourbon commercial.

Punk pairing of "stinky girl band" Zinchikurandan and "four-piece outlaw scumf***" RYUKETSU BLIZZARD collides on a new six-track split album.

Fujii Kaze will play two solo piano recitals at Tokyo Dome, announced on a poster copied almost line for line from a 2018 pre-debut flyer.

DEZERT drop 'Welcome To The End / TOXIC' ahead of venue-exclusive CD 'Alternate4' and their self-titled second album in October.

KIZU will return to Nippon Budokan on February 27th, 2027 for their final performance before partially suspending band activities.

Ska-punk band HEY-SMITH are funding air-con and sound upgrades at Shiga's U☆STONE, after the heat there left Shuhei Igari's hands cramping.

Hiroa Fukuda has opened an X account and is asking musicians to get in touch about forming a shoegaze and post-rock band.

Yukipoyo has released a Tagalog remix of debut single 'Te-Te Gyaru' with Filipino rapper Zae, alongside a video shot in Manila.

Takanori Nishikawa has recalled the Osaka band he almost formed with L'Arc-en-Ciel's tetsuya, before either had the career they're known for.

HALCALI reunite with O.T.F for 'Guin Guin Guin', their first original song in 14 years, as 'Otsukare SUMMER' passes 10 billion TikTok views.

Aural Vampire put 2010 major debut 'ZOLTANK' on streaming services at last, and it's hiding under a second Spotify profile.

Japanese deathcore band DEVILOOF have left Tokuma for Universal's Virgin Music, with new single 'Gamurou' landing in October.

Nippon Columbia will expand J-DIGS overseas after a successful London pop-up as Japanese vinyl demand grows beyond city pop.

coldrain team with The Used's Bert McCracken on 'POISON', the final song before eighth album 'OPTIMIZE = OPTDEMISE' arrives in September.

New visual kei band XILT share debut song 'DYSTOPIA', asking what it means to be V-kei in an era of changing values.

KAWAII LAB. warns fans of bans, police reports, and legal action as project-wide rules expand after ticket fraud and CD dumping.

Lenny code fiction turn Wataru Katagiri's travels through 30+ countries into first EP 'Sekai', arriving December 2nd.

Tokyo trio wagamama turn being a mess into an anthem on new single 'N0 PLAN N0ISE', produced by bassist shizupi and out in September.

Newspeak announce 'Deadman's Constellation', their first single since going independent, plus an eight-city Port Primal tour of Japan.

Meet EMNW, the Japanese nu-metal duo selling out London and Tokyo, on their Sony debut, BABYMETAL comparisons, and Coachella dreams.

DIR EN GREY launch bilingual DIR EN GREY ORACLE after repeated App Store rejections, featuring daily song draws, AR content and AI elements.

Crossdressing alt-rock supergroup GUMMY have revealed their latest music video, 'Zouka', as well as their 2nd EP 'GIVE ME CHOCOLATE'.

LIVE REPORT: Masayoshi Takanaka headlines City Pop Waves, drawing 15,000 to London's first large-scale Japanese music festival.

SCANDAL will end activities in August 2027, with a final 52-date Japan tour and a closing one-man show at Yokohama Arena set for August 21st.

INTERVIEW: picco on her double-disc album 'Kaleidoscope', pairing virtual and human singers, plus what her collaborators drew out of her.