Music Business News: Japan

HYBE JAPAN aims to develop Japanese artists who can find an international audience

Both streaming and physical recorded music sales up single digits, as publishing division posts double-digit bounce in quarter

The fund is meant to cement Yamaha's “leadership position as an innovator in the fields of sound and music”

HIP is one of the largest concert promoters in Japan

New studio in Japan joins Apple Music's existing facilities in Los Angeles, New York, Nashville, London, Paris, and Berlin

For now, the service is available only to artists in Australia, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea

The group will release new album METAL FORTH, globally via Capitol Records on June 13

Believe will distribute Teichiku’s entire catalog locally and globally