Hey! Say! JUMP tops the singles chart with Maji SUNSHINE selling over 266,000 copies. Climbing to #2 is idol group Morning Musume. '16 selling over 113,000 copies and at #3 of a strong singles chart is voice actor unit Walkure with OP/ED songs for anime Macross ...

Morning Musume'15 tops the singles chart to start 2016 with single Tsumetai Kaze to Kataomoi / ENDLESS SKY / One and Only. Their 60th single sold of 143,000 copies making it one of their top selling singles since 2003. Korean unit SHINee...

Starting October 23th 2015 YouTube policy changes centered on their new pay subscription service YouTube RED has caused many Japanese artist channels to be blocked for viewers in USA. YouTube RED is a new subscription service where for $9.99 a month you get an ad-free YouTube plus access to streaming service YouTube Music, saving content...

  Fukuyama Masaharu tops the singles chart with I am a HERO selling over 148,000 copies. The single celebrates his 25th anniversary since debut and main theme song for drama Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out. Anime theme song releases have Sonar Pocket at #6 with HERO...

Sandaime J Soul Brothers top the singles chart with their live tour theme song “starting over” selling over 439,000 copies. Idol group Morning Musume'15 climbs to #2 with triple a-side single Seishun Kozo ga naiteiru / Yugure wa ameagari / ...

Dream5 (+ Buri Taicho) tops the singles charts with Dan Dan Dubi Zuba! featured as the ending theme for anime Yo-kai Watch. Oricon noted that it’s been 40 years since an all teen band has topped the weekly singles charts. Landing at #2 is...

KANJANI8 (関ジャニ∞) tops a packed singles charts with their 30th single Ittajanaika / CloveR selling over 271,000 copies. Title track Ittajanaika (言ったじゃないか) is featured as theme song for TV series Gomenne Seishun! (ごめんね青春!) starring member Ryo Nishikido and track CloveR...

Morning Musume ‘14 tops the singles charts with their 56th single Toki wo Koe Sora wo Koe / Password is 0 selling over 119,000 copies. ClariS lands in #3 with single STEP featured as the second opening theme for anime Nisekoi. ...

Topping the singles charts this past week is AKB48 unit Not yet with their 5th single “Hiri Hiri no Hana” selling over 107,000 copies. Unit Not yet features AKB48 key members Oshima Yuko,Sashihara Rino, Yokoyama Yui...

On top of the singles chart is Morning Musume with their 54th single “Wagamama Kinomama Ai no joke / Ai no Gundan” selling over 144,000 copies. The long time idol group as undergone many line-up changes with only group leader Sayumi Michishige (10yrs) having more than 2-years with the...

Landing in the top spot on the singles charts this week is longtime idol group Morning Musume with single “Brainstorming / Kimi sae ireba nani mo iranai”. It’s the group’s 53rd single and last song for generation 6 member Reina Tanaka (23). Selling over 94,000 copies it will be...

Topping the single charts for the first time in a while is Morning Musume with their 52nd single “Help me!!” selling over 93,000 copies. It’s the idol group’s first #1 since 2009 and their combined last three single releases have sold better than any other three consecutive singles since...

Topping the singles charts is Fukuyama Masaharu's single “Beautiful life / GAME” as he continues to re-write the records as the all-time best selling male solo artist in Japan. The single sold over 145,000 copies giving him his 15th #1 single now only one behind Kondo Masahiko’s 16. In...

New unit ABCHO consists of former Morning Musume and Dream Morning Musume members Rika Ishikawa and Hitomi Yoshizawa and has their debut single “Me o Tojite Gyusshiyo”. The song, written by loco2kit, is featured as the opening theme song...

The single charts are topped this week by Sexy Zone and their second single “Lady Diamond” - (release details) - selling over 115,000 copies. Not as big a seller as their first single that topped the charts with over 300,000 copies sold but another #1...