Justin Bieber and Lionel Richie's daughter Sofia officailly dating?

Celebrities: After rumors circulated last week that Justin Bieber, 22 was dating Lionel Richie's 17-year-old daughter, Sofia, the Canadian pop star has taken a bold step by officially making their relationship official on Instagram. The pop star who is currently in Japan with Sofia where he will be performing at his Purpose World Tour, took to his Instagram page to share a selfie of the pair sitting in the back seat of a car.

The pair began sharing photos of each other on their social media accounts just few hours after they touched down in Japan.

Bieber is seen with a nose ring and wearing a black T-shirt, while Sofia rocked a chic cheetah-print jacket and red bandana, with her hair pulled back in a top knot.

Bieber had a few hours earlier, shared a black-and-white snapshot of the two of them. In the photo, Bieber was wearing no shirt in the background, while Sofia was seen hitting the Dab with the caption; "Dab on em."

Sofia in one of her Instagram posts with the caption "no pictures" was seen wearing a sweatshirt emblazoned with her father's face.