National broadcaster NHK announced the line-ups for the 66th edition of Kohaku Uta Gassen yesterday, which you can see here in English. Aired every New Year's Eve, Kohaku has always been one of the biggest musical events on the calendar, and as the music scene in Japan continues fragmenting it might be even more important than ever before. It's one TV network's musical show, sure, but for a large chunk of people it very well might be their only brush with a wide variety of popular Japanese pop from over the past year (being stuck in a house with your relatives will do that to you). Getting on Kohaku remains a big deal -- for artists and fans alike, as Japan's Twitter all-Kohaku trends yesterday confirmed -- and seeing who gets selected offers a glance at the state of J-pop today (or at least how the nation wants it to be viewed, alongside a bunch of classic performers who always make the roster).