Music Business News: Japan

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Sony ups its annual Music revenue forecast by over $500m… during a pandemic

Firm's recorded music streaming revenues grew by over $120m in the three months to end of September

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Warner Music’s ADA expands into Japan

Local ADA team will be led by respected executive Kaz Aida, who joins from Universal Music

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Amazon Music launches podcasts in the US, UK, Germany & Japan with shows from Will Smith, DJ Khaled & others

Podcasts are now available on all tiers of Amazon Music

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Sony Music’s streaming revenues grew 15.6% in H1 2020 – but pandemic hit calendar Q2 period

Streaming keeps moving up, but physical and licensing revenues hurt in three months to end of June

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Japan looking to restrict use of Chinese apps, including TikTok

Lawmakers looking at restricting apps over security concerns

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Sony acquires $250m stake in Epic Games, maker of Fortnite

Sony Corp joins Tencent as a shareholder in North Carolina-based video games company

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Tencent Music Entertainment inks strategic partnership with Japanese animation studio, CoMix Wave Films

Partnership will see original soundtracks from 17 animated movies go live on TME's music platforms

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Universal’s TuneCore rival Spinnup launches in Japan

Spinnup is offering a free release for new artists signing up the service for a limited time