Let’s take a look at the 256 songs that are up for the Song of the Year category, as compared against Billboard Japan's ...

By Glenn Peoples “We’ve been trying to spread our music from Japan to the world,” Lilas Ikuta, singer for the Tokyo-based duo YOASOBI, told the audience at a sold-out Peacock Theater in Los ...

Singer Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast is inspired by 17th-century Dutch vanitas works for her new album cover ...

Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new tracks. Listen to the Playlist on ...

Singer Robin Zander and bassist Tom Petersson were pretty, longhaired, rock’n’roll stars waiting to happen. In contrast, guitarist Rick Nielsen and drummer Bun E. Carlos were prematurely bald; Nielsen ...

The composer and saxophonist Yasuaki Shimizu is at home in free jazz, classical and art pop. Finally touring North America, ...

The three-day event runs April 4-6 and features a dizzying array of vendors, street food offerings, traditional Japanese ...

SOW SWEET PUBLISHING's Rio Hirai spoke with ATARASHII GAKKO! for the latest installment of the WIM interview series. Read the ...

Former New England Patriots and current North Carolina head football coach Bill Belichick, 72, and his girlfriend Jordon ...

Independent firm Believe’s latest move in Japan is a partnership with Teichiku Entertainment, a label whose history dates back to 1934. The deal will see Believe distribute Teichiku’s catalogue both ...

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 ...

Michelle Zauner is finally finding balance between all the things she yearns for: her career goals, a connection to family ...