music

Streaming Puts J-Pop Back in the Spotlight: Yoasobi and Gacha PopINSIGHT | Jul 4, 2024

Yoasobi’s “Idol” Helps Lift Japan’s Music Royalties to New HighCULTURE | Jun 3, 2024

Ozawa Seiji: The Self-Made MaestroCULTURE | Feb 10, 2024

Notable Deaths in 2023NEWS | Dec 27, 2023

Agency Hold on Japanese TV Kept Media Quiet on Kitagawa Abuse ClaimsINSIGHT | Oct 25, 2023

Open-Air Opera at Nara’s HōryūjiCULTURE | Sep 7, 2023

Sakamoto Ryūichi’s Last Testament: How Many More Times Will I Watch the Full Moon Rise? CULTURE | Aug 15, 2023

Secret No More: BBC Documentary Brings Fresh Attention to a J-Pop Scandal INSIGHT | Jul 25, 2023

BTS Makes It Big: Asian Success in American Show BusinessCULTURE | Sep 27, 2022

Music Streaming Revenue Hits High Note in JapanINSIGHT | Jun 15, 2022

Rising Star Pianist Sorita Kyōhei Looks Back on the Chopin CompetitionCULTURE | Apr 27, 2022

Takemitsu Tōru: New Possibilities for Modern Music in the Sounds of NatureCULTURE | Apr 11, 2022

Pop Music in the Reiwa Era: Online Artists Hit the Big TimeCULTURE | Feb 21, 2022

Okuda Hiroko: The Casio Employee Behind the “Sleng Teng” Riddim that Revolutionized ReggaeCULTURE | Feb 1, 2022

“Sayonara America”: New Film Shows Music Legend Hosono Haruomi Getting Back to His RootsCULTURE | Dec 28, 2021

Yōko and John: By the Japanese Music Journalist Who Knew ThemCULTURE | Dec 7, 2021

João Gilberto: How the Bossa Nova King Took Japan to His HeartCULTURE | Sep 14, 2021

Ono Yōko and “Hiroshima Sky Is Always Blue”INSIGHT | Aug 6, 2021