Sony Music Entertainment Japan

Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., often abbreviated as SMEJ or simply SME, and also known as Sony Music Japan for short (stylized as SonyMusic), is Sony's music arm in Japan. SMEJ is directly owned by Sony Corporation and is operating independently from the United States-based <a href="https://kpopping.com/company/Sony-Music-Entertainment">Sony Music Entertainment</a> due to its strength in the Japanese music industry.