The popular New Year's Eve "Kohaku Uta Gassen" music show will feature first-time performances by artists including NiziU, a nine-member girl group formed via a joint project between South Korean and Japanese music label companies, NHK said Monday.
Babymetal, a female group that mixes pop and heavy metal whose albums have ranked high on U.S. Billboard charts, will also appear for the first time on the annual program to be aired by the public broadcaster.
The music extravaganza will be held without an audience for the first time due to the coronavirus pandemic.