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Japan Times

CULTURE / Music

Dec 20, 2015

The verse that launched Kohh's rise into rap stardom

One of the country's fastest rising hip-hop artists just might be on his way to becoming the first internationally recognized rap star Japan has produced.

Japan Times

CULTURE / Music

Sep 5, 2015

Briefly maligned, bilingual rappers gain visibility

English words and phrases have been a part of the Japanese MC's arsenal since hip-hop culture began making inroads here in the early to mid-1980s.

Japan Times

CULTURE / Music

Jun 26, 2015

OMSB counts his blessings on 'Think Good'

Rapper and producer Brandon Katou (aka OMSB) is an artist that, while humble, exhibits a sense of pride in his work atypical of Japanese artists. In recent interviews he's done for his new album, he's compared himself to big-name acts like Kendrick Lamar and Kanye West, remarking that his work is up to par with theirs.

Japan Times

CULTURE / Music

May 22, 2015

Budamunk's 'The Corner' makes a play for local hip-hop heads

Back in 2008, a beat-making competition called Goldfinger's Kitchen was held in Tokyo's Shibuya district. In each round, contestants had 15 minutes to chop and flip a given sample on an MPC sampler as the crowd watched. When the 15 minutes were up, the contestants played back what they had created to see whose beat rocked the crowd the most. As soon as Tomonobu Kanno's off-kilter kicks and snapping snares blared out of the speakers, there wasn't a head in the crowd that wasn't bobbing.

Japan Times

CULTURE / Music

Apr 3, 2015

Pigeondust seeks out the story in a sample

When Chiba-based hip-hop producer Yuta Yamaoka, better known as Pigeondust, isn't busy flipping through crates of dusty vinyl at used record shops, he's at home dissecting and connecting bits and pieces of sounds, lifted from those records.

From easily navigable train stations to the helpfulness of its municipal staff, Tokyo has earned high praise for its commitment to accessibility for disabled travelers.

[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

Historically, kabuki was considered the entertainment of the merchant and peasant classes, a far cry from how it is regarded today.

For Japan's oldest kabuki theater, the show must go on

By Lance Henderstein

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Leading Japan’s sustainability from Tokyo

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