By JONATHAN HICAP, Manila Bulletin Japanese girl group AKB48 and boy band One Direction won as Artists of the Year at the recently conclu...

By JONATHAN HICAP, Manila Bulletin Japan maintained its position as the second largest music market in the world while South Korea kept i...

By JONATHAN HICAP, Manila Bulletin MANILA, Philippines - The Japanese music industry is reeling from a sex scandal involving a member of t...

By JONATHAN HICAP, Manila Bulletin MANILA, Philippines – Japanese girl group AKB48 swept the Billboard Japan Music Awards, bagging four a...