This 22-minute educational film explores the history, construction, and performance techniques of Japan’s three major traditional instruments: the koto, shamisen, and shakuhachi. Through ...

We always look forward to new music from best-selling author and singer-songwriter Michelle Zauner (aka Japanese Breakfast ).

"The world needs all the uplifting pop-star love stories we can get," and that's exactly what Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco's ...

The Nintendo Switch 2 Direct revealed a lot of new information about the system yesterday, and one of the tidbits you may have noticed is that Japan is getting a Japanese-language only version of ...

For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural ... of frigid temperatures had frozen Lake Suwa into a sheet of solid white. First, people were awakened at night ...

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Mariah Carey has enjoyed massive pop success, endured volatile relationships and everything in between during her 30-year music career Kevin ... through her life in photos. Mariah Carey was ...

TOKYO -- The Japanese government established a new joint operations command Monday to oversee the three branches of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, aiming to ensure readiness and greater ...

By Billboard Japan Billboard Japan’s Women in Music initiative launched in 2022 to celebrate artists, producers, and executives who have made significant contributions to music and inspired ...

We asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme of "my best photo". Here is a selection of the photographs we received from around the world. Matthew Logan: "These boys ...

Welcome to our weekly music post, where we spotlight our favorite ... that such an Eden-like place could ever exist on Earth.” Japanese Breakfast frontwoman Michelle Zauner’s breakout 2021 ...

Michelle Zauner turned a lifelong rumination on loss into a cinematic capsule in Japanese Breakfast‘s “Picture Window” music video. “I wanted this video to feel like a short film,” the ...