JAPAN - Road Map
Fast facts
Dial Code: +81
Population: 126,3 million
Language: Japanese
Capital City: Tokyo
Currency: Yen (JPY)
GDP Per Capita: $44,585
Labels, distribution & licensing
RECORD LABELS
Universal Music (Major)
Warner Music (Major)
Sony Music (Major)
Avex Entertainment Inc (Mixed)
JVC Music (Mixed)
King Record Co., Ltd. (Mixed)
Teichiku Eertainment, Inc. (Mixed)
P-vine Records (Mixed)
Hostess Entertainment (Popular Music)
Beatink (Popular Music)
Hats Unlimited Co. Ltd. (Mixed)
Naxos Japan, Inc. (Art Music)
Marquee / Avalon (Rock)
Spiritual Beast Co. Ltd. (Rock)
Trooper (Rock)
Inpartmainta (Mixed)
Flau (Popular Music)
Rimeout (Popular Music)
Rallye (Popular Music)
Ward Records, Inc. (Rock)
Nippon Columbia Co. Ltd. (Mixed)
Pony Canyon Inc. (Mixed)
Yoshimoto R and Co. Ltd. (Popular music)
NBC Universal Entertainment Japan LLC. (Popular music)
LD&K Inc. (Mixed)
Space Shower Networks Inc. (Mixed)
Rambling Records Inc. (Mixed)
Grand Gallery (Art Music)
T-Toc Records (Art Music)
Moorworks (Mixed)
Linus Records (Popular Music)
Tugboat Records (Popular Music)
Wave Master Inc (Popular Music)
Wowow Entertainment, Inc. (Mixed)
Publishing & Performance rights
PUBLISHING
Sony Music Publishing Japan (Major)
Universal Music Publishing Japan (Major)
Amuse Inc. (Popular Music)
Avex Music Publishing Inc. (Mixed)
Fujipacific Music Inc. (Mixed)
Lastrum Music Entertainment Inc. (Mixed)
Mr. Music, Inc. (Mixed)
Nichion, Inc. (Mixed)
Seven Seas Music Co. Ltd. (Mixed)
Teichiku Music, Inc. (Mixed)
Toy's Factory Music (Mixed)
TV Asahi Music Co. Ltd. (Mixed)
TV Tokyo Music, Inc. (Mixed)
Victor Music Arts, Inc. (Mixed)
Yamaha Music Publishing, Inc. (Mixed)
Zen-On Music Company Ltd. (Mixed)
STUDIOS
Tokyo:
Kyoto:
Osaka:
Media, PR & Promotion
MEDIA
TV:
NHK (public service)
NNN (public service)
JNN (public service)
FNN (public service)
ANN (public service)
TXN (public service)
Radio:
Newspapers:
Yomiuri Shimbun (The most read news newspaper in the whole world)
Japan Times (English)
Specialized magazines:
MUSIC ORGANIZATIONS
MPA (Music Publishers' Organization)
JASRAC (Copyright Management)
RIAJ (Organization representing the record companies)
JAME (Japanese Music Industry Interest Group)
FMPJ (Copyright Management for Culture)
JMCE (Organization working for Japanese music and cultural exports)
ACPC (Interest Organization for Organizers and Agents)
Musicians' Union of Japan (Japan's musician association)
Live & Venues
LIVE
February:
Hostess Club Weeknder, Tokyo & Osaka (Popular Music)
March:
May:
Electric Daisy Carnival, Tokyo (Popular Music)
Greenroom Festival, Yokohama (Mixed)
Tokyo Jazz Festival (Jazz)
June:
Amuse Fes, Chiba (Popular Music)
Dead Pop Festival, Kawasaki (Rock)
Corona Sunsets, Okinawa (Popular Music)
Love Supreme Jazz Festival (Jazz)
July:
Fuji Rock, Niigata (Popular Music)
Oga Namahage Rock Festival, Akita (Popular Music)
August:
Summer Sonic, Osaka and Tokyo (Popular Music)
Rock in Japan, Hitachinaka (Popular Music)
Earth Celebration, Sado Island (Mixed)
Rising Sun Rock Festival, Hokkaido (Popular Music)
Suriyaki Meets The World, Nanto (World Music)
September:
Ultra Japan, Tokyo (Popular Music)
Sweet Love Shower, Yamanashi (Mixed)
December:
Countdown Japan, Tokyo (Popular Music)
VENUES
Tokyo:
Ruby Room (Mixed)
7th Floor (Mixed)
69demonai46 (Popular Music)
What The Dickens (Mixed)
Aoyama Moon Romantic (Popular Music)
Gamuso (Mixed)
Zher The Zoo (Popular Music)
Mandala One (Mixed)
Roppongi Varit (Popular Music)
KGR (N) (Mixed)
Yokohama:
7th Avenue (Mixed)
Motion Blue (Mixed)
Kentos Yokahama (Mixed)
FAD YOKOHAMA (Mixed)
Motion Blue (Jazz)
Jazz Spot ADLIB (Jazz)
BarBarBar (Jazz)
Osaka:
Billboard Live Music (Mixed)
Bronze (Popular Music)
Shinsaibashi Muse Hall (Mixed)
King Cobra Osaka (Popular Music)
Big Cat (Mixed)
Shinsaibashi Sunhall (Mixed)
Hatch (Mixed)
Banana Hall (Mixed)
Triangle (Popular Music)
Nagoya:
Soundnote (Mixed)
Blue Note (Mixed)
Zepp (Mixed)
Club Quattro (Mixed)
Huck Finn (Mixed)
NAGOYA TAURUS (Mixed)
Diamond Hall (Popular Music)
Music Farm (Mixed)
ReNY (Mixed)
Slow Blues (Mixed)
Jazz Inn (Jazz)
Sapporo:
Ding Dong (Jazz)
Crazy Monkey (Mixed)
Log (Mixed)
Colony (Mixed)
Spiritual Lounge (Mixed)
Sound Lab Mole (Mixed)
Bossa (Jazz)
Kyoto:
Rag (Mixed)
Muse (Mixed)
RAN Theater (Art Music)
Jittoku (Mixed)
takutaku (Mixed)
Someno (Mixed)
DEWEY (Mixed)
VOXhall (Mixed)
Grease (Mixed)
BOOKING AGENTS
SMASH (Mixed)
Creativeman (Mixed)
UDO Artists, Inc. (Mixed)
Kyodo Tokyo (Mixed)
Live Nation Japan (Mixed)
Plankton (Mixed)
Billboard Japan (Mixed)
ORCHESTRAS
Tokyo:
Osaka:
Gunma:
Nagoya:
Ishikawa:
Sapporo:
Sendai:
CONCERT HALLS
Tokyo:
Nagoya:
Ōtsu:
Yokohama:
Yokosuka:
Other
MUSIC INDUSTRY NETWORKING ARENAS
Tokyo International Music Market (Showcase Festival and Music Industry Meeting in Tokyo)
Hokuo Music Fest (Trademission under the auspices of NOMEX)