May'n is an accomplished Anisong and J-Pop artist since she already had five solo performances at Nippon Budokan and Yokohama Arena and a world tour in 2010.

The film's cast features both Japanese and Uzbek actors, including Ryo Kase, Shota Sometani, Adiz Radjabovand and Tokio Emoto, with the lead role of Yoko played by former J-pop singer Atsuko Maeda.

For now, let's just say the Spirits have already found their way to the top of the J-pop charts.

Though Hollaphonic has worked with Asian artists such as J-Pop idol group PrizmaX and Thai superstar Peck Palitchok, their new track marks the duo's first cross-cultural K-Pop collaboration.

A love of anime and manga, a myriad of cultural similarities, and a surge in the popularity of J-Pop, cosplay, and Lolita fashion are all reasons why Japanese culture has such strong roots in the Kingdom, so it is no surprise Saudi students are studying in Japan.

I learned to appreciate both C-Pop, J-Pop and K-Pop growing up as well as American and UK pop!

From teenagers swooning over Atsushi or Wataru, from the J-pop boyband B2Takes, or heated discussion on the Death Note series, Indian engagement with Japan and its culture has grown over the years.

In addition to local J-POP, anime, enka and folk offerings, the label has introduced a number of music genres from around the world, including pop, movie soundtracks, Italian folk and French chanson to Japanese audiences.

To revive J-pop idol culture, LDH Entertainment of Japan recently announced a plan to launch a boy band called Ballistik Boyz, also known as Ballibo.

J-pop superstar singer Namie Amuro last night (May 17) landed in Taipei in preparation for her last two concerts to be held in Taiwan this weekend before she officially retires from the pop music scene.

'J-pop has an audience here even if it's not as mainstream as K-pop.