M!LK's 'Bakuretsu Aishiteru' and 'Sukisugite Metsu!' Surge on Streaming — Two Top-10 Songs on the 2026 Mid-Year Hot 100

Kenshi Yonezu's 'IRIS OUT' Tops Billboard JAPAN 2026 Mid-Year Hot 100 — 'Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc' Theme Hits 100M Views in 73 Days

YOASOBI Releases 'UNDEAD' MV, Theme of the Monogatari Series Off & Monster Season — Running the English EP 'E-SIDE 4' on a Two-Axis Anime Tie-up and Global Connection

CUTIE STREET's 'Cutie Sphere' Hits No.1 on the Billboard JAPAN Hot 100 — ASOBISYSTEM's 'KAWAII LAB.' Idol Project Reaches the Summit via Pokemon-ED and Lotte Tie-ups

NiziU Opens Its First Dome Tour in ~3.5 Years; June 14 Tokyo Dome Streams on Hulu — &TEAM Plays Kitakyushu June 13 as JYP/HYBE Japan-Based Acts Enter a Mass-Mobilization Phase

Fujii Kaze's 'Grace' Tapped for a New JERA Ad — Two Years On, a 'Prema' Album Track Resurges: A Model of CM Tie-up × Long-Term DSP Listening

Japan Declares a ¥20 Trillion Overseas-Sales Goal — IP360 Subsidies of up to ¥70M per Recipient Move Japanese Popular Music Into a Policy Phase

Apple Music iOS 26 Adds AutoMix, Lyric Translation and Spotify Library Transfer — DSPs Redesign Listener Experience and Deepen the Japanese Market in 2026

PIA Research Institute Confirms 2024 Live Entertainment Market at Record-High 760.5 Billion Yen — Music 529.9B + Stage 230.6B with Double-Digit Growth, 2030 Forecast Revised to 870 Billion Yen

RIAJ Publishes First Inclusive Estimate of Japan's 2025 Recorded-Music Market at 398.8 Billion Yen — Industry-Wide Visibility and Quarterly Reporting Cycle Mark a New Era

BIM Releases 'Be:' Compilation on May 27 — SUMMIT/CreativeDrugStore Rapper's Catalog-Reconstruction Project Demonstrates Indie Hip-Hop's Long-Term Design Thinking

Yorushika 'Abuku' Drops as TV Anime 'LIAR GAME' OP Theme — Mimicry Meta-Directed Infinite-Loop MV Explores Tautology as Concept Work for Long-Term Releases

STARGLOW Releases 'Good Boys Anthem' Digital Single on May 25 — SKY-HI/MY FIRST STORY Nob Songwriting and Shinagawa Hiroshi-Directed MV Define the BMSG Boy Group's Youth Ensemble Design

SEKAI NO OWARI Announces 'DOME TOUR 2026 THE CINEMA' — Kyocera Dome Osaka + Tokyo Dome 4-Show Run Marking 15th Major-Debut Anniversary

Spotify Discovery Mode Now in 90+ Markets and Expanding in Japan: How Indie Artists Run It via TuneCore Japan to Acquire New Listeners

Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs Weighs New 'Phonogram Performance and Communication Right': Cross-Border BGM Revenue for Japanese Artists Meets Domestic Pushback Ahead of 2026 Diet Bill

XG to Throw First Pitch at Dodger Stadium May 31 and Debut at Wembley's Capital's Summertime Ball June 6: North America and Europe Open Simultaneously Behind 'THE CORE'

Vaundy — 'Yobigoe' Written for NHK Vaundy 18-sai Festival, Tied to Tokyo Dome 'SILENCE' Tour: Director Taishi Okuyama MV and 1,000-Voice Generation Stage Anchor 2026

Ado — 'AiAiA' Debuts on THE FIRST TAKE with Kikuo as Songwriter, Plus Nissan Stadium 2-Day Run: Vocaloid-P Collaboration and Career-Largest Shows Define 2026

Mrs. GREEN APPLE — 'Kaze to Machi' Written for NHK Morning Drama 'Kaze, Kaoru': Phase 3 Expansion and 'Harmony' Live Premiere Map a 2026 Long-Run Strategy

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