Music Business News: Japan
News SMEJ is doubling down on its virtual talent agency, PRISM Project News Startup offers a virtual live music event platform, metaverse templates, and video creation support tools for 3D avatars Analysis News Sony Music Group Chairman covers various key industry topics in presentation to Sony Corp investors Interviews MBW's World Leaders series interviews Kaori Hayashi, CEO of Japan-headquartered concert promoter HIP (Hayashi International Promotions) Analysis News Music companies are jumping into the virtual-artist space in a big way Analysis News With $6.2 billion in revenue secured in Q1, can the majors now go on to jointly top $25 billion in annual revenue in 2023? Analysis News Universal Music Japan and King & Prince have set the record for 2023’s fastest selling album in Japan Interviews In this feature, we speak to Kaz Kobayashi, President & CEO, Warner Music Japan and Kazuhiro Shimada, COO, Warner Music Japan.