Billboard Japan recently released the nominees for Japan Billboard Music Awards 2012.

The list of nominees in the 'Top Pop Artist of 2012', include leading K-Pop artists such as Girls' Generation, KARA, Super Junior, CNBLUE, Jang Keun Suk and TVXQ.

Voting for the artists opens today, November 1, at 11 AM JST and closes on November 15 at 11:59PM JST. The award ceremony will broadcast on December 15 at 4PM JST.

Billboard Japan Music Awards is entering its fourth award show and has four categories. AKB48 received last year's 'Artist of the Year' award, as well as three other awards.