Let's take a look at the 256 songs that are up for the Song of the Year category, as compared against Billboard Japan's ...

By Billboard Japan The inaugural MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN ceremony, the largest music awards in the country, is set to take place in May in Kyoto. Embodying the theme of “Connecting the world ...

The fact that the awards also places weight on metrics reflecting the unique characteristics of the Japanese music market, such as CDs and downloads, is a major difference from the BBJ charts.