A weekly ranking of the most popular songs in Japan combining physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, YouTube and GYAO! video views and karaoke data, compiled by Billboard Japan.

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Kenshi Yonezu blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 with his latest hit song “Plazma,” on the chart dated Jan. 29 ...

Mrs. GREEN APPLE ’s “Lilac” continues to rule the Billboard Japan Hot 100 for the fifth week, on the chart dated Jan. 22.

Plus: Prizes have been added in new categories including the "Co-creation categories" linked to companies involved in music.

South Korean broadcaster MBN is tapping into the nostalgia boom with its "Korea-Japan Top Ten Show," launched in May. The program brings together singers from both nations to perform iconic songs ...

We know this because the word for ‘poem’ in old Japanese, uta, is also the word for ‘song’, and there is a tradition of the oral performance and recitation of Japanese poetic compositions that remains ...

and many other hit songs. The album sold 993,000 copies to top Oricon’s annual album sales rankings as well. “Dryflower,” by Japanese singer-songwriter Yuuri, was streamed about 382 million ...

“But the song is an indication of the diversity of Japanese society today,” Watanabe pointed out. “It actually fits the trend quite naturally.” The final game remained eventful until the en ...