The 67th Japan Record Awards will be broadcast live on December 30, featuring various award categories and performances by nominated artists.
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The 67th Shining! Japan Record Awards will be broadcast live from the New National Theatre in Shibuya, Tokyo, on December 30 (Tuesday) from 5:30 PM for four and a half hours. Recently, the award winners and nominated songs for various categories such as 'Excellent Work Award' and 'Best New Artist Award' were announced. The overall hosts of the program have been decided to be TBS announcer Shinichiro Azumi and actor Haruna Kawaguchi. Prior to the broadcast, the songs performed by artists who won the 'Special International Music Award', 'Special Award', and 'Best Vocal Performance Award' were announced. The songs performed by the four groups nominated for Best New Artist are CUTIE STREET's 'Is it not enough to be cute?', SHOW-WA & MATSURI's 'Our Whistle', HANA's 'Blue Jeans', and BOYNEXTDOOR's 'I LOVE YOU just for today (Japanese Ver.)'. Ado, who won the Special International Music Award, will perform 'I love you, I love you, I love you' and 'Singing', while &TEAM will showcase 'Go in Blind (Moon Wolf)'. Takashi Hosokawa, who received the Special Award, will perform 'North Tavern' and 'Bokyo Jonkara', while Keisuke Yamauchi, who won the Best Vocal Performance Award, will sing 'Be Careful in the Dark'. Yoshimi Tendo, who received the Japan Composer Association Award, will perform 'Jindo Monogatari'.
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