World Dec 9, 2020
Yoko Ono urges gun control as fans commemorate John Lennon's death
"The death of a loved one is a hollowing experience," tweeted the 87-year-old artist, who still lives in the Manhattan building where her husband was shot.
Music Dec 7, 2020
The world-famous Beatle was killed on Dec. 8, 1980, but his legacy continues.
Music Dec 7, 2020
Remaining Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are still making music
Paul McCartney is set to release his 18th solo album "McCartney III" on Dec. 18, and Ringo Starr will be on a U.S. tour in June 2021 fronting his "All Starr Band."
Music Dec 7, 2020
John Lennon inspired other musical greats such as Bob Dylan and Ozzy Osbourne, but whether he was everyone's "favorite Beatle" is still up for dispute.
Music Dec 7, 2020
For nearly a decade prior to his shocking murder, the former Beatle and his wife, Yoko Ono, adopted New York as their hometown, and it was there that Lennon rediscovered life.
Stage May 29, 2019
The return of the Beatles to Japanese stages with 'Backbeat'
by Nobuko Tanaka
As a concept, "if" may be mere conjecture in real life. In fact, though, if Stuart Sutcliffe hadn't taken his best friend John Lennon's advice back in 1960 and left art school to play bass guitar in his band, the music world would now ...
World / Crime & Legal Nov 22, 2017
German police present John Lennon diaries and glasses stolen in N.Y., announce arrest
German police presented on Tuesday diaries, pairs of glasses and other items belonging to late Beatle John Lennon that were stolen from his widow, Yoko Ono, in 2006 and eventually ended up in Berlin. Police arrested a man in Berlin on Monday suspected of receiving ...
Film Sep 28, 2016
When it comes to the Beatles, we'll never let it be
by Giovanni Fazio
The Beatles' career as a live band came to a — literally — screeching halt in August 1966, when on their final American tour, the howling of frenzied female fans became so deafening they could no longer hear themselves play. Author Tom Wolfe, describing ...
Music Jun 25, 2016
Yesterday: When the 'Beatles typhoon' hit Japan
by Steve McClure
Fifty years ago this week, the Fab Four played some of their final live performances in Tokyo. We speak to fans who were ‘swept off their feet’ by the visit.
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 ...
National Nov 21, 2014
Imagine all the children: Yoko Ono launches UNICEF global singalong
by Seana K. Magee
Yoko Ono joined an international cast of musicians and other artists on Thursday at the United Nations to kick off a project using one of John Lennon's best-known songs to highlight the plight of children denied rights. The song, "Imagine," calls for the abolition of ...