Music Business News: Japan

Kitatani has a long and distinguished career in entertainment, media and academia

The company aims to turn Soneium into a comprehensive Web3 solution, offering services from the infrastructure level to application development

Spotify reveals Anime music stats and partners with Sony-owned Anime platform Crunchyroll

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New 'HYBE 2.0' global strategy could look to borrow elements of Sony's longstanding multi-divisional structure

Sony says it's now expecting the music market to grow at mid-to-high-single-digit rates

Recorded music up 10.8% YoY; music publishing up 13.3% YoY

Company launches HYBE MUSIC GROUP APAC, reorganizes three core 'pillars' of its business, and plans to make investments in gen AI, gaming and more