National Jan 22, 2021
'From now on, I will be living alongside cancer. But, I am hoping to make music for a little while longer,' Sakamoto said on his website.
People | 20 QUESTIONS Jan 9, 2021
LLLL: 'The perfect balance of conformity and rebellion'
by Russell Thomas
What makes the perfect J-pop song? There is a formula, which means you have to be in the box before you can think outside of it.
Business / Corporate Dec 16, 2020
Synthesized drum roll, please: Roland back on the bourse in Tokyo
Roland saw its shares open at ¥2,954 on the first day of trading on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, 4.7% below the IPO price of ¥3,100.
People | 20 QUESTIONS Nov 9, 2020
Cuushe: Music born from emotion
by Rebecca Saunders
Dream pop musician Mayuko Hitotsuyanagi, aka Cuushe, on her upcoming album, “Waken,” and her musical inspiration.
People | 20 QUESTIONS Oct 25, 2020
Nahid Yoshinari: 'I love to involve the audience in the music'
by Louise George Kittaka
An announcer and translator at NHK, Nahid Yoshinari is happy to share her Persian culture with people in Japan.
Culture Oct 25, 2020
Japan sees musical instruments flying off shelves amid pandemic
Social distancing and staying at home has led people to take up playing things such as the guitar or the ukulele.
Music Oct 20, 2020
BTS fans have a new way to show their love: buying shares
by Yoojung Lee and Heejin Kim
In the music industry, fans are everything. But when it comes to K-pop, that adage holds more true than ever.
Music Oct 19, 2020
The musician was known for a series of improvised performances at scenic spots around the world.
National Oct 12, 2020
Kyohei Tsutsumi, a veteran composer of popular Japanese songs that impacted the country's music scene in the 1970s and 1980s, has died of aspiration pneumonia, sources close to the matter said Monday. He was 80. Tsutsumi, whose real name was Eikichi Watanabe, died Wednesday at ...
Music Oct 7, 2020
Eddie Van Halen, virtuoso of the rock guitar, dies at 65
by Jim Farber
Van Halen's razzle-dazzle guitar-playing made him the most influential guitarist of his generation.
National / Crime & Legal Sep 22, 2020
Former pop star Tatsuya Yamaguchi arrested for drunken driving
Tatsuya Yamaguchi, a former member of all-male pop idol group Tokio, has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, it was learned Tuesday. Yamaguchi, 48, is suspected of driving a motorcycle under the influence of alcohol, investigative sources said. He was arrested in Tokyo's Nerima ...
National / Crime & Legal Aug 3, 2020
Singer Noriyuki Makihara given suspended term for drug possession
In handing down the ruling, the Tokyo District Court said the possession was a "malign crime reflecting his lack of hesitation toward illegal drugs."