Film Jan 3, 2020
15 minutes with rising star Ryota Katayose
by Mark Schilling
Ryota Katayose is facing a busy year, with television and film projects and a tour with his group in the offing
Entertainment News Oct 5, 2019
The Beatles album "Abbey Road" is back at No. 1 in Britain half a century after its first release, with the band breaking their own record for the longest gap between stints at the top of the charts. The band's final studio album, with its ...
Asia Pacific Aug 12, 2017
Building project threatens Beatles statue in Mongolian capital
A statue of the Beatles erected in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar could be at risk amid an alleged land grab, protesters say, as rapid development turns a city once famed for wide open spaces into a cluttered metropolis. Residents are protesting against plans to ...
World / Social Issues Jun 2, 2017
Communist-run Cuba, which once frowned upon the Beatles as a decadent Western influence, on Thursday held an open-air covers concert in a Havana park to celebrating 50 years since the release of the band's landmark album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." Beatlemania has flourished ...
National / History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY Jun 4, 2016
by Edan Corkill
100 YEARS AGO Wednesday, June 7, 1916 Aviation ace dazzles with flight over palace Aviator Art Smith carried out another flight yesterday afternoon. He flew from Aoyama at about 3 o'clock and steered his machine in the direction of the Imperial Palace flying at an altitude ...
Business / Corporate Oct 8, 2015
Sony Corp. triggered a contract clause that would allow the Japanese electronics maker to to sell its half of the Sony/ATV Music Publishing venture it co-owns with Michael Jackson's estate, according to people familiar with the situation. The move means Sony can either sell its ...
Music May 15, 2015
For 10 points: What's the meaning of 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds'?
by Estelle Shirbon
Is the Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" a rebellious anthem to wild drug-taking or a touching tribute to a child's imagination? Discuss. The question, which has exercised Beatles fans since the song appeared on the seminal 1967 album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts ...
Music Apr 29, 2015
Paul McCartney returns to Tokyo, surprises fans with rare Beatles song
Almost 50 years after the Beatles delivered memorable performances at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan arena, former band member Paul McCartney returned to the venue on Tuesday with a special treat for his fans. McCartney, 72, surprised the audience by singing the Beatles' "Another Girl," the first ...
Business | JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES Dec 21, 2013
It's business as usual 'back in the USSR'
by Noriko Hama
Paul McCartney was in Japan some weeks ago. Having spent a totally Beatlemaniac four years of my pre-teen existence in the U.K., it was nice to see the erstwhile Beatle in such good form. The occasion also reminded me of the song "Back in the ...
Entertainment News Oct 4, 2013
Beatlemania: 'The screamers' and other tales of fandom
by Dorian Lynskey
The first time Scottish concert promoter Andi Lothian booked the Beatles, in the frozen January of 1963, only 15 people showed up. The next time he brought them north of the border, to Glasgow Odeon on Oct. 5, they had scored a No. 1 ...
Entertainment News Aug 30, 2013
One Direction's new movie is a sign of the times
by Paul Morley
Those of us discreetly looking forward to a theatrically released film featuring One Direction were perhaps hoping for something more captivating and ingenious than a glorified electronic press kit. We wanted something that didn't represent the depthless, scandal-mongering, narrow-minded, pleasure-seeking spirit of the times; ...
Art | Japan Pulse May 15, 2012
Rediscovering Japan's 'lost generation' and Tokyo Beatles
by Sandra Barron
LIFE.com unearths photos of pill-popping hipsters, doing the hippie hippie shake, back in the day.