Let’s celebrate the Valentine season with songs by eight modern Japanese artists, telling stories that range from first love confessions to fantastical tales of fate….

Please note that some of the videos in this article have flashing lights. I Iike synthesizers. Something about their quirkiness, grunginess, and intensity piques the…

“The First Take” was launched last year, in November, and because of the simple concept, in only one year, it became a hit on YouTube,…

My first introduction to the gentleness of Japanese music was from the SNES—AKA Super Famicom—game Pilot Wings. I don’t know if you remember, but in…

Until the first half of March, big sport and cultural events in Japan are being canceled or postponed in response to a request issued by…

20th Fuji Rock Recap On July 3, YouTube and Softbank announced for the first time ever that this year’s Fuji Rock Festival would be available…

We’ve seen the wonderful sounds of traditional Japanese instruments fuse old and new in fantastic ways before, with several artists treating us to traditional Japanese…

It can be a tall order to pick out something that most beautifully represents Japanese culture, but perhaps two selections that would find little argument…

Japanese traditional instrumental covers can be really freaking sweet, but when you add a human beat box into the mix? Well, it just adds a…