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Features | Back Numbers
2007
2007.05.06 Talkin' 'Bout a Revolution
 
2006
2006.02.26 Japan at SXSW
2006.10.21 JASRAC Cracks the Whip on YouTube
 
2005
2005.01.01 Kohaku Uta Gassen
2005.01.08 The Year in Music - 2004 Wrapup
2005.01.15 Ami Suzuki Back in the Saddle
2005.01.22 Just What is Enka, Anyway?
2005.01.29 Chaku One Up for the Music Industry
2005.02.05 Saihan Seido - Japan's Resale Price Maintenance System
2005.02.12 Sweetening the Deal - Labels Play Ball with the Candyman
2005.02.19 Going Native - Overseas Labels Ramping Up Releases of Japanese Repertoire
2005.02.26 Catching Up With Shonen Knife
2005.03.05 Japan Invades SXSW
2005.03.12 The Japan Gold Disc Awards 2005
2005.03.19 K-Pop Nation - Korean Artists Feel the Love in Japan
2005.03.26 Sound Concierge - A Chat with Fantastic Plastic Machine
2005.04.02 Telling Secrets - A Konversation with Kumi Koda
2005.04.09 Nine's a Crowd - More Players Entering the Music Download Fray
2005.04.16 Star Search - Sony Checks Out Foreign Talent Locally
2005.04.23 Rock Festival Season Approaches in Japan
2005.04.30 If You Wanna Play, You Gotta Pay - P2P Networks and Individual Users Targeted for File Sharing
2005.05.07 Retail Channels and Media Formats Increase Amidst Declining Sales
2005.05.14 Let Me Count the Ways - Song Contest Aims to Buff Up Japan's Image
2005.05.21 Rastaman Vibration - What's up with Japanese Reggae?
2005.05.28 History Lesson - Group Sounds
2005.06.04 Charted Waters - Getting a Handle on the Japanese Charts
2005.06.11 Long Live Hogaku! - Traditional Japanese Instruments Not As Outdated As You Might Think
2005.06.18 History Lesson - Eleki
2005.06.25 Getting into the Spirit - Live 8 Hits Japan's Shores
2005.07.02 Mic Check - Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Karaoke (and were afraid to ask...)
2005.07.09 Rent or Own? - CD and Record Rental Shops in Japan
2005.07.16 End of an Era - Japan's Music Industry Loses Two Legends
2005.07.23 The Boys in the Band - The Legendary Johnny's Jimusho
2005.07.30 Artist Management Companies - A Brief Primer
2005.08.06 Apple Finally Launches iTunes in Japan
2005.08.13 Napster and Tower Announce Joint Venture
2005.08.20 Lexington Queen
2005.08.27 Going Gaga - Yoda Bounces Back
2005.09.03 Otaku Unite!
2005.09.10 Run, Don't Walk - Sony Offers New Walkman Amid Nano Hype
2005.09.17 Artists Taking Shortcuts Past Bogged Down Discussions
2005.10.15 Mechs & Music
2005.10.29 Shot in the Arm - Japan's Music Industry Rebounds Strongly in September
2005.11.05 DoCoMo and Tower Tie Up
2005.11.12 Slicing Through
2005.11.19 Catching Up With Hoppy Kamiyama
2005.12.05 Beef or Chicken
 

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