Mrs. GREEN APPLE ’s “KUSUSHIKI” rises 6-1 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, on the chart released April 16.

The new production hub joins Apple Music’s existing facilities in Los Angeles, New York, Nashville, London, Paris, and Berlin ...

Mrs. GREEN APPLE ’s “KUSUSHIKI” holds at No. 1 for the second week on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated April 23.

Seven months ago, Japanese radio was shackled and archaic. It was pushed around by militarists, staffed with incompetent kin and courtiers of the royal family, and as traditional as Bushido in its ...