Universal Music Japan
Japanese subsidiary of Universal Music Group
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| February 2025 | Universal Japan acquired A-Sketch from Amuse Inc. for an undisclosed amount. |
| May 2024 | Fujikura was listed on the Billboard International Power Players list for a fourth consecutive year, becoming the first Japanese CEO to appear on the list five times total. |
| January 2024 | Universal Japan announced personnel changes for Virgin Music and Office Augusta. |
| July 2023 | Universal Japan announced a new imprint label Holo-n under EMI, in partnership with Hololive Production. |
| April 2023 | Fujikura was listed on the Billboard International Power Players list for a third consecutive year. |
| December 2022 | Universal Japan announced an organizational change effective January 1, 2023, splitting Universal J into UJ and Polydor Records, and transferring imprints. |
| October 2022 | Ado signed a record deal with Geffen Records following the success of Uta's Songs: One Piece Film Red. |
| September 2022 | Travis Japan signed a record deal with Capitol Records, with distribution and marketing handled by Universal Japan. |
| July 2021 | CEO Fujikura was listed on Billboard's International Power Players list. |
| 2020 | Universal Japan updated their corporate logo and launched Virgin Music Label and Artist Services. |
| 2019 | Universal Japan suspended sales of Junnosuke Taguchi's discography following his marijuana possession arrest. |
| September 7 2019 | U & Cube Festival film screenings at multiple locations: Aeon Cinema Kohoku New Town, Aeon Cinema Wonder Nagoya, Aeon Cinema Ibaraki Osaka, and Aeon Mall Fukuoka |
| September 6 2019 | U & Cube Festival film screening at Aeon Cinema Ebetsu |
| May 21 2019 | U & Cube Festival begins airing worldwide on CUBE TV Hangtime app and CUBE TV |
| March 23 2019 | U & Cube Festival 2019 held in Japan, featuring performances by multiple Cube Entertainment artists including (G)I-dle, Pentagon, CLC, BtoB, and other label artists in a collaborative concert event |
| November 2018 | Cube Entertainment and Universal Music Japan establish 'U-Cube', a joint entertainment venture. |
| September 15 2018 | Universal Japan relocated from Minato to Jingumae Tower Building in Shibuya, Tokyo, with the move completed by October 9. |
| June 2018 | Universal Japan announced an exclusive license agreement with Disney Music Group. |
| December 2017 | Universal Japan suspended Hilcrhyme member DJ Katsu's contract following his marijuana possession arrest. |
| September 15 2017 | Universal Japan began relocating from Minato, Tokyo to Jingumae Tower Building in Shibuya, with the move completed by October 9. |
| December 2016 | Universal Japan acquired a music management agency and made it a fully-owned subsidiary, with Augusta Records becoming an affiliated label. |
| August 2016 | Radwimps released the soundtrack for the animated film Your Name, which achieved commercial success in Japan and uniquely charted in the United States in 2017. |
| December 2015 | Universal Japan announced a new business model and established Universal-W label in partnership with Warlock. |
| 2014 | Naoshi Fujikura was appointed as the new CEO of Universal Japan. |
| April 2014 | Universal Japan underwent another restructuring, with multiple label rebrands including EMI Records Japan de-merging into EMI Records and Virgin Records, which was later rebranded as EMI R and then merged with Delicious Deli Records to form Virgin Music. |
| 2013 | Nine months after the merger, Ishizaka stepped down as CEO of Universal Japan and became a non-executive chairman. |
| 2013 | United Cube Concert held in Yokohama, which was the last family concert before the 2019 event |
| 2012 | Ishizaka became CEO of EMI Music Japan, and Universal Japan scheduled a corporate swap in response to the merger. |
| 2012 | EMI Music Japan was officially absorbed into Universal Japan, with EMI Records Japan becoming the successor to the EMI Music Japan label. |
| September 28 2012 | Universal Music Group completed their acquisition of EMI. |
| 2011 | EMI agreed to sell its recorded music operations to Universal Music Group for £1.2 billion ($1.9 billion) and its music publishing operations to a Sony-led consortium for $2.2 billion. |
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