Plus: Prizes have been added in new categories including the “Co-creation categories” linked to companies involved in music.

Sultry-voiced Aki Yashiro, beloved as the “queen of enka” (Japanese ballads), died of rapidly ... prizes in a public competition in France. Music critic Masakazu Kitanaka said Yashiro opened ...

Kamura Obscura explores vocal experimentation, composition and improvisation incorporating enka, chanson and Japanese punk into original multi-instrumental music. The trio features Atsuko Kamura ...