International acts go big in Japan

While Japan’s dominant domestic acts are enduring a slow return to touring, Hayashi International Promotions (HIP) CEO, Kaori Hayashi, says the recovery for international tours “has been spectacular,” providing big opportunities for artists and their representatives to target the island nation.

Speaking to Music Business Worldwide (MBW), Los Angeles-based Hayashi acknowledges that the country’s live music scene remains principally a homegrown market, but that her company is gradually helping to transform the habits of the ticket-buying public.

“In…

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