Japan Music Industry 2024 Overseas Revenue and Sales

As part of the Creator and Business Support Project under the supplementary budget for fiscal 2024, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry surveyed data on the overseas expansion of Japan’s music industry. The survey covered January through December 2024 and identified each revenue and sales category based on the distribution structure.

The survey results also presented totals including spending by foreign visitors to Japan for both overseas revenue and overseas sales.

The categories surveyed were rights revenue, music products, streaming, live events, and other. Excluding spending by foreign visitors to Japan, overseas revenue consisted of 6.87 billion yen in rights revenue, 2.67 billion yen in music products, 26.53 billion yen in streaming, 4.82 billion yen in live events, and 3.97 billion yen in other revenue. Overseas sales consisted of 3.62 billion yen in music products, 53.06 billion yen in streaming, 51.51 billion yen in live events, and 15.76 billion yen in other sales, while rights revenue was recorded as “—”.

As spending by foreign visitors to Japan, purchases of music products by foreign visitors to Japan amounted to 17.53 billion yen for both overseas revenue and overseas sales, while participation by foreign visitors to Japan in domestic live performances amounted to 10.19 billion yen for both.

In this survey, overseas revenue refers to the amount earned from overseas by individuals or businesses in Japan, including online transactions. Overseas sales refers to the amount spent overseas on goods and services originating from individuals or businesses in Japan.