TOKYO - TETSUYA Komuro, one of the most successful producers in Japan's pop music history, admitted to fraud on Wednesday as his trial began in western Japan.

CANNES - FROM hip hop to reggae, electronic and soul, melody is poised to be the new mixer in advertising as the cash-strapped music business seeks fresh sources of income and artists novel ways to boost careers.

YOU might think that a play set in a gritty working-class school in 1980s England full of troubled students might have little resonance in Singapore.