The "Because I Got High" rapper made waves in 2023 with the album and song "Lemon Pound Cake," using home video to mock a police raid on his Ohio home. The deputies lost their civil suit against him.

HBO Max is set to bow “Song of the Samurai,” a live-action jidaigeki series rooted in one of Japan’s most enduring manga franchises, on May 9. The show is drawn from “Chiruran: Shinsengumi Requiem,” ...

Bad Bunny‘s nostalgic plena track “DtMF” went to Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 this week but another version stirred up viral buzz on social media: a Japanese translation of the song. Content ...

Yuito Hayasaka shows the jackets of Mayumi Itsuwa's "Koibito yo," right, and Kenshi Yonezu's "Lemon," on Feb. 10, 2026. (Mainichi/Yasuhiro Okawa) NARA -- The length of Japan's hit songs and their ...

As Japan’s women’s ice hockey team bids for its first Olympic medal at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games, they will be hoping to hear plenty of Arashi’s 2007 hit “Oh Yeah!” That’s the tune the ...

Debuting at No. 2 is "Are wa Fairy," the title track of Bokuga Mitakatta Aozora's seventh single. By Billboard Japan Kenshi Yonezu’s “IRIS OUT” returns to No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, on the ...

This Billboard Japan interview explores how getting closer to fans overseas shifted their mindset in some ways and left other parts unchanged. By Billboard Japan Billboard Japan released its 2025 year ...

Japanese Breakfast is a contender to win this year's Best Original Song for "My Baby (Got Nothing at All)," which plays during the end credits of Celine Song's romantic dramedy. Celine Song‘s ...

The group ILLIT appeared on Fuji TV's '2025 FNS Music Festival,' broadcast on the 10th, captivating local viewers with their signature fresh and lively performance. 'FNS Music Festival' is a major ...

Actor Song Kang successfully completed his fan meeting in Japan. Song Kang held "2025 SONG KANG FANMEETING ROUND 2 IN JAPAN" (2025 Song Kang fanmeeting 'Round 2' in Japan, hereafter 'Round 2') at ...