Music Business News: Japan

Key executives in the market include Erika Ogawa as General Manager for Japan, and Mari Ochiai as Head of Artist Services

News follows Orfium's acquisition of Japan-based content company Breaker INC in 2022

AlphaTheta Corporation announced in July that it’s planning to acquire all shares of New Zealand-headquartered Serato Audio Research Ltd.

Company also expands presence Greater China and Singapore with a string of senior industry hires

MBW crunches the numbers to check in on how the majors performed in the first half of 2022

SZA's SOS was Sony Music's biggest revenue-generating record in calendar Q2, for the second quarter in a row

Universal Music Group's Q2 revenues up 8.8% YoY at constant currency

The deal is subject to approval by the New Zealand Overseas Investment Office