Singer Catherine St-Onge is pictured on the cover of her album released by Sony Music Japan International August 14, 2009. St-Onge, who goes by her stage name HIMEKA, made her debut in the Japanese-dominated industry of animated song, or "anison", earlier this year with her first single "Asueno-kizuna" or "Bonds for Tomorrow" which became the theme tune of an anime series. To match Reuters Life! JAPAN-ANIME/CANADA. Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

Singer Catherine St-Onge is pictured on the cover of her album released by Sony Music Japan International August 14, 2009. St-Onge, who goes by her stage name HIMEKA, made her debut in the Japanese-dominated industry of animated song, or "anison", earlier this year with her first single "Asueno-kizuna" or "Bonds for Tomorrow" which became the theme tune of an anime series. To match Reuters Life! JAPAN-ANIME/CANADA.

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  5. Marco Antonio del Toro, left, lawyer for Mexican singer Alejandro Fernandez, leaves the offices of Sony Music accompanied by an assistant in Mexico late Thursday Sept. 3, 2009. Personnel belonging to Mexico's Attorney General's Office searched the offices of Sony Music in Mexico and seized thousands of music CD copies, master audio tapes, a laptop and documents after Fernandez filed a lawsuit against the record house claiming that it was promoting his new album despite the fact their contract had been terminated in 2008. Fernandez left Sony Music in 2008 and signed a new contract with Universal Music.

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