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Some of the thousands of uprooted Fukushima residents speak out about the ordeal that began five years ago and continues to exact a toll to this day.
Turning to the use of solar and wind power in tandem with energy-saving measures, Mayor Katsunobu Sakurai is aiming for his city to be energy self-reliant by 2030.
At this year's talk at Temple University Japan by former U.S. POWs, much of the discussion among the nine visitors was of forgiveness.
Zach Saginaw's recording moniker, Shigeto, has been with him literally since the day he was born in Michigan. The electronic musician's mother, who is half-Japanese, chose it for his middle name as both a nod to his heritage and as a wish for good health. "My ...
Shaw-Han Liem brings new meaning to the term "math rock." The Toronto-based musician, who records under the moniker I Am Robot And Proud with a band, says he used mathematics to get the right sound and visual presentation for his seventh album, "Light and Waves." ...
Last year's Red Bull Music Academy (RBMA) left Tokyo with a four-floor space in Shibuya designed by prize-winning architect Kengo Kuma. Included in the design were a number of lecture halls, where some of Japan's most influential musicians taught academy participants the basics of the ...
Singer-songwriter Emi Meyer says she's never been one for covers — though she admits a one-off performance of Foster the People's "Pumped Up Kicks" went over really well with a South Korean audience recently. Her latest album, "Monochrome," isn't a covers album per se, but ...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Next month marks the one year anniversary of the collapse of the venerable American investment bank, Lehman Brothers. The fall of Lehman marked the onset of a global recession and financial crisis the likes of which the world has not seen ...
