Recently a twenty-five year old Dinorsaur Jr. song called "Over Your Shoulder" agitated musical waters when it mysteriously popped out of the blue ta #18 on the Japanese Billboard charts. Here we look at what exactly went on that earned this quarter-century old tune its renaissance. ____________________________ Guest post by…
Category archives: Japan
Is Japan Finally Ready For The Streaming Revolution?
A new report by indie music rights agency Merlin highlights the slow but now steady shift towards music streaming in Japan, one of the world’s last bastions of physical product. As the second largest music market in the world, Japan has been historically slow to take up streaming music despite…
Merlin distributions to label members in Japan increase 200% year-on-year
The independent label agency opened its Tokyo office in October 2016
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A Small Japanese City Was Deluged With Applications After Reports of a Ninja Shortage
The Japanese city of Iga has clarified that it is, in fact, not hiring ninjas.
Despite arrival of Spotify, streaming revenue growth slowed considerably in Japan last year
Physical revenues make up more than 80% of local market
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Japan’s recorded music business grew last year (but only just)
Market generates more than $2bn, with download holding and streaming up 61%
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Japan Seeing Record Number of Cases of People Working Themselves to Death
Japan has no legal limits on working hours, and people are dying either from cardiovascular disease or suicide due to work-related stress.