[hightea_xx]

no, hilary duff doesn't speak japanese, but avex released her english albums in japan. It's like OS version and JPN version, or even close, it's like the Japanese version of Exodus, and the US version of Exodus. Althought Hikki does not sing in Japanese in the Japanese version, it is just the version of the CD that has been made for the Japanese market. Avex also produced Backstreet Boys, Brittany Spears, N'Sync and such. They are all on the avex's 15 year anniversary CD, released last year. Perhaps that would be a good place to start looking for artists.