For nearly its entire existence, national broadcaster NHK’s New Year's Eve spectacle “Kohaku Uta Gassen” has served as an overview of the preceding 12 months in Japanese pop. Since its inception in ...

Japan’s NHK has stated there is no issue with the group aespa’s appearance on the year-end special program *Kohaku Uta Gassen*, but the number of participants in a petition opposing aespa’s appearance ...

It is already the last day of the year. How do you all welcome December 31st and January 1st? I usually spend the last day of the year with friends, reflecting on the most enjoyable and the most ...

The singer will appear on NHK's four-hour, year-end special "Kohaku Uta Gassen." By Rob Schwartz, Billboard TOKYO — Lady Gaga has announced she will appear on Japanese national broadcaster NHK’s ...

At a Buddhist temple in downtown Denver, Junko Higdon is rehearsing a traditional song for one of the local Japanese community's biggest annual events. Higdon is one of 30 amateur singers competing in ...

The group ILLIT has confirmed its appearance on Japan's biggest year-end music show, "Kohaku Uta Gassen," for the second consecutive year. On the 14th, HYBE Music Group label Belift Lab Inc. said ...