Warner Music Japan Catalog Available on the iTunes Store in Japan
The Warner Music Japan catalog brings top J-POP and international artists to the iTunes Store including Ayaka, Bonnie Pink, Green Day, Kobukuro, Linkin Park, Madonna, Mariya Takeuchi, My Chemical Romance, Red Hot Chili Peppers, R.E.M. and Rip Slyme. The leading J-POP duo Kobukuro are making their music available online for download for the first time ever and the exclusive world premiere of Ayaka's new video for the hit track Jewelry Day is debuting on the iTunes Store. Download the latest songs from iTunes Japan: Just Added | Top Songs
Flamingo Features announces acquisition deal with Ultravox Japan
Los Angeles, CA -- Flamingo Features with its production offices located at Paramount Pictures in Hollywood, CA, has signed an exclusive multi-million dollar acquisition deal with Ultravox Japan.
The deal includes the acquisition of music catalogs, of both indie and alternative rock artists' and bands', exclusively for the territory of Japan. This comprises roles of seeking out established artists, as well as select new talent being approached and sought for commercial advertising development. This includes the use within A-list feature film soundtracks and additional varied mainstream uses.
Flamingo Features chairman, Attila von Somogyi, comments that 'the joint venture milestones include indie rock and indie alternative rock artists' and bands' to gain hyped exposure and revenue outside the standard channels.' With this, Flamingo Features will maintain and manage the rights, on behalf of Ultravox.
Flamingo Features' Gabriel Uribe, formerly of Handprint Entertainment, is the acquisitions director for this venture, with the ULTRAVOX Japan Chairman, Mr. Kazu Araki, heading the acquisition.
ABOUT KAZU ARAKI
Kazu Araki, producer of numerous international performance superstars, such as Tetsuya Komura, debuted into the music scene in the late 1970's as an alternative rock musician, then later establishing himself as one of Japan's most popular rock musicians alongside Junichi Inagaki. Araki went on to become execute producer of Emotion Music (a Bandai company), then later joining BMG Victor (now BMG Japan) where he produced albums for such artists' as Inagaki, Hiroshi Mikami and Mika Kanno.
ABOUT FLAMINGO FEATURES
Flamingo Features with Flamingo Features Japan have together produced more than 25 music and dramatic broadcast long running series. They produced the award-winning A TRIBUTE TO PAVAROTTI and have now been asked to produce a similar tribute to the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson.
Flamingo Features boasts an extensive library of Pachislo & Pachinko gaming titles, the hottest gaming rage throughout Asia. Flamingo Features has recently inked a 9-picture deal with a major world studio and distributor based in Japan. The films will primarily consist of A-list, fact driven dramas. The first in the series being scripted is a suspenseful female mob thriller titled, THE BELLADONNA. The score/soundtrack is being headed by multi-award winning composer Kitaro and the Philharmonic. Legendary rocker Steven van Zandt is in discussions to join the award-winning team. Flamingo Features and Ultravox Japan are set to produce an underground radio series for 'Little Steven" that will broadcast throughout all of Asia. Ultravox chairman Kazu Araki says that the distinctive radio series format will be the first of it's kind in the Asian territory.
Portal site of Japanese music information "Japan Music Entertainment" newly launched
In Asia, and other overseas countries, music fans are increasingly searching for Japanese music information.
The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) has just launched an internet portal site called JAPAN MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (Chinese name: Ri Ben Yin Yue Yu Le Ku Ai Xian-Ri Ben Ming Xing Guan Fang Wang Zhan-) to transmit the latest Japanese music information to Asia and other overseas countries.
Japan is striving to become an intellectual property-based country by the united efforts of public and private sectors. All kinds of measures have been widely taken to promote Japanese music, movie and animation worldwide. RIAJ makes various efforts for developing music market outside of Japan mainly through the activities of overseas market expansion committee.
RIJ regularly and continuously provides the portal site, Japan Music Entertainment with the latest Japanese music information, with support from the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Foundation for Promotion of Music Industry and Culture (PROMIC), Visual Industry Promotion Organization (VIPO), and many other related organizations and companies interested in promoting music culture and international cultural exchanges.
As a feature of this site, both a Chinese version and an English version is available so that more music fans all over the world may access Japanese music.
As for the site production, RIJ is honored to have ORICON's cooperation, so that the latest music news, weekly ranking (single and album), new song information and interviews from the comprehensive entertainment site ORICON STYLE (http://www.oricon.co.jp/) can be provided hereafter.
Users can also have a 45 second's online audition of any works in the chart.
While promoting the expansion of the contents, we're also planning to develop it as a mutual communication site and provide with multi-language version in the future.
RIJ hopes that through this site, Chinese, Asian, and worldwide music fans can come in contact with the latest Japanese music information by which culture communication through Japanese music and license of Japanese music contents can be promoted.
Web Resources:
Japan Music Entertainment: www.jp-musicet.com
Chinese version: http://www.jp-musicet.com/cn/
English version: http://www.jp-musicet.com/en/
ORICON STYLE www.oricon.co.jp/
Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ): www.riaj.or.jp/
Get music products results and sales figures of the Japanese music industry. Results include Internet downloads of sIngle tracks, albums, audio, music videos; mobile digital content and other sales and music production figures of the Japanese digital music industry. These figures represent digital music sales income derived from license or consignment sales by 42 RIAJ member companies.
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 最新の日本音楽情報を中・英2言語で海外へ発信 日本音楽情報のポータルサイト 「日本音楽娯楽快線」（www.jp-musicet.com）開設 社団法人 日本レコード協会 広報部 日本レコード協会は、本日、最新の日本音楽情報を、アジアをはじめとする海外に向けて発信するインターネットポータルサイト「日本音楽娯楽快線」（中国名：日本音楽娯楽快線〜日本明星官方網站〜、英語名：JAPAN MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT）を開設しました。
現在日本では、官民連携して知的財産立国を目指しており、音楽や映画・アニメ等の日本コンテンツの海外展開を促進するための諸施策が展開されています。当協会においても、海外市場拡大委員会を中心に、日本のレコード産業の海外展開に向けた諸施策を実施しています。
そのなかで、現在アジアをはじめとする世界各国において、一般音楽ファンは日本音楽の情報を求めているとの実態が浮かび上がってきました。そこで、海外の音楽ファンや音楽業界関係者へ最新の日本音楽の情報を継続的かつ定期的に提供することで、日本文化や日本音楽の国際理解、文化交流を促進し、海外の音楽ファンの日本音楽に対するニーズを掘り起こすことを目的として、経済産業省をはじめとする多くの機関、企業のご支援ご協力を得て、海外向けの日本音楽情報のポータルサイト「日本音楽娯楽快線」を開設することとなりました。
本サイトの特徴は、より多くの世界中の音楽ファンに日本音楽に興味をもって頂くため、中国語と英語の2言語によるサイトを用意した事です。また、サイト制作にあたっては、オリコン株式会社の協力を得ることで、総合エンタテインメントサイト「ORICON STYLE」（http://www.oricon.co.jp/）から最新の音楽ニュース、週間ランキング（シングル・アルバム）、新曲情報、インタビュー等のコンテンツを提供していきます。また、ランキング作品はいずれも45秒の試聴が可能となっています。
今後は、コンテンツの拡充を進めていくと共に、双方向のコミュニケーションサイトとしての展開、サイトの更なる多言語展開も計画しています。このサイトを通じて、中国、アジア、世界の音楽ファンに日本の最新の音楽情報に生で触れて頂き、日本音楽による文化交流の促進、日本の音楽コンテンツのライセンス促進につなげていきたいと考えております。
サイト名：日本音楽娯楽快線
中 国 名：日本音楽娯楽快線〜日本明星官方站〜
英 語 名：JAPAN MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
URL ：http://www.jp-musicet.com
(中国語版）：http://www.jp-musicet.com/cn/
（英 語 版）：http://www.jp-musicet.com/en/
内 容：ニュース、新曲情報、シングル・アルバムランキング（試聴可能）、 スペシャルインタビュー等
運 営：社団法人日本レコード協会
協 力：オリコン株式会社、株式会社ジャパン ミュージック データ（jmd）
運営協力：株式会社サーチナ
後 援：経済産業省、財団法人音楽産業 ･文化振興財団（PROMIC）、特定非営利活動法人映像産業振興機構
・特定非営利活動法人映像産業振興機構（http://www.vipo.or.jp/）
日本の映画、放送番組、アニメ、ゲーム、音楽等のコンテンツ産業関係企業 ･団体等を主体に、政府に よる支援のもと、コンテンツ産業に係る教育支援、作品の制作支援、内外の市場開拓等の諸事業を実施。
・財団法人音楽産業 ･文化振興財団（http://www.promic.net/）
アジアをはじめとする世界の音楽産業、音楽文化に関する調査および研究、普及および啓発、研修、 フェスティバル等の開催および内外関係機関等との交流および協力等を実施。
・オリコン株式会社（http://www.oricon.jp/）
音楽を中心とするランキング情報等の提供。音楽業界向けエンタテイメントビジネスマガジン 「ORIGINAL CONFIDENCE」の発行、総合エンタテインメントサイト「ORICON STYLE」の運営等。
・株式会社サーチナ（http://searchina.ne.jp/）
中国情報ポータルサイト「中国情報局」を運営。中国メジャーメディア、国営通信社などと連携して、 中国に進出する日系企業のメディアサポート・コンサルティングを実施。
・株式会社ジャパン ミュージック データ（http://www-jp.jmd.ne.jp/）
日本レコード協会加盟レコード会社の賛同、協力を得て設立。音楽ソフト等の商品カタログデータ、試 聴音源等のプロモーション音楽情報データを提供。
お問い合わせ先：社団法人 日本レコード協会
広報部 新屋 ･谷口 TEL 03-6406-0514 FAX 03-6406-0522
e-mail: shinya@riaj.or.jp
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