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Universal Music Japan

Japanese record company of Universal Music Group in Tokyo, founded in 1990 as PolyGram Co., Ltd. and named Universal Music LLC since 2009.

Registered in
🇯🇵 Japan
Founded
20 April 1990
Part of
Universal Music Group
Products here
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Who owns Universal Music Japan

Every company above Universal Music Japan, the top of the group first, each tie from a cited source.

Universal Music Japan
What the sources say about these ties
Universal Music Group group
Wikipedia names Universal Music Group as the company's parent

Barcodes that start with Universal Music Japan's number

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About Universal Music Japan

Universal Music Japan, legally Universal Music LLC (ユニバーサル ミュージック合同会社), is the Japanese subsidiary of Universal Music Group, responsible for marketing and distributing Universal's releases in Japan, with its head office in the Jingumae Tower Building in Shibuya, Tokyo.[1] It markets and distributes Deutsche Grammophon's Japanese CD editions, such as the 2006 reissue of Karajan's 1975 Mozart Requiem, UCCG-5025, which names it as 発売元.[2][3]

The company was founded in 1990 as PolyGram Co., Ltd., became Universal Music Co., Ltd. in 1999 after Seagram bought PolyGram, and took the name Universal Music LLC in 2009.[1] It absorbed EMI Music Japan after Universal Music Group bought EMI's recorded music business in 2012, and Naoshi Fujikura has led it as president and CEO since 2014.[1] Wikipedia counts it the second-largest company in the Japanese music market as of 2019, behind Sony Music Entertainment Japan.[1]

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The pack names Universal Music Japan as the company the product is made for or marketed by.

References

  1. ↑ Universal Music Japan – Wikipedia Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-25. Lead, infobox, History. CC BY-SA 4.0.
  2. ↑ モーツァルト：レクイエム[CD] - ヘルベルト・フォン・カラヤン - UNIVERSAL MUSIC JAPAN Universal Music Japan. manufacturer. Published 2006-11-08. Accessed 2026-09-25. Record: UCCG-5025. 商品情報, 曲目, 発売日, 価格.
  3. ↑ Requiem (CD, Album, Reissue, Deutsche Grammophon UCCG-5025, Japan, 2006) Discogs. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-25. Record: 28747096. identifiers, companies, tracklist.
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