Topping the singles chart this week is B'z vocalist Inaba Koshi with solo single Hane selling over 88,000 copies. Only his 5th solo single it has tie-up as opening theme for ongoing anime Case Closed (Detective Conan). Voice actress and former gravure idol...

B’z tops the singles chart with RED selling over 157,000 copies. It’s the longtime group’s 52nd single and has tie-up as image song for professional baseball player Kuroda Hiroki. Landing at #2 is AKB48 idol Watanabe Mayu with Deai no Tsudzuki...

AKB48 tops the singles chart with their 39th single Green Flash selling just over one million copies. The single features double-centers Kashiwagi Yuki and Kojima Haruna and its the first of their 10th anniversary releases. EXILE lands in #2...

KAT-TUN tops the singles charts with 23rd single Dead or Alive selling over 191,000 copies. The single has tie-up as theme song for movie JOKER GAME staring member Kazuya Kamenashi. Korean vocal units JYJ with WAKE ME TONIGHT...

B’z tops the singles charts with their first single in three years Uchouten (有頂天) selling over 133,000 copies. Favorite voice actor and singer Nana Mizuki (水樹奈々) lands at #2 with her 31st single Eden (エデン) that includes 4 new songs all having tie-ups...

Topping Oricon album charts for 2013* is Arashi with their 12th album LOVE that topped the charts for two consecutive weeks with over 780,000+ sold. In the #2 & #3 spots are long time duo B’z with their best compilation albums B’z The Best XXV 1988 ...

The single charts are topped this week by idol group Nogizaka46 and their 6th single “Girls Rule” selling over 337,000 copies. The group’s success continues with their 5th #1 single and best opening week sales by nearly 100,000 over their 5th single. EXILE jumps into the 2nd...

Topping the singles charts this week is idol group boy group Hey! Say! JUMP with their *11th single “Come On A My House” selling over 217,000 copies. The popular group’s 1st single in nearly a year and a half keeps their record perfect with *11 #1 singles (see comment)....

On top of the singles charts this week is idol group NMB48 with their 7th single “Bokura no Eureka” selling over 480,000 copies. It’s the AKB48 sister group based out of Namba 6th #1 single and easily represents their highest opening week sales (by 100,000 copies). In...

Topping the singles charts this week is popular vocal group KANJANI8 with their 22nd single “Namida no Kotae” selling over 248,000 copies. Their 19th #1 single has tie-in as the theme song for movie “100 Kai Naku Koto” (To Cry a 100 Times...

Korean singer/actor Kim Hyun Joong has announced his second Japanese single release “HEAT”. The song is composed and lyrics provided by famed Japanese duo B’z (Inaba Koshi lyrics, Matsumoto Takahiro music). They will will also provide some collaboration on the song with Inaba providing some background vocals...

Topping the single charts is rock group B’z with “GO FOR IT, BABY ~ Kioku no Sanmyaku ~” - the song is featured as CM theme for pepsi NEX and sold over 143,000 copies. The second spot goes to duo from from SUPER JUNIOR - Donghae ...