Kaminari hopes audiences will come out of their comfort zones by performing Japanese a cappella music during their 10th ...

Over time, the two instruments developed differently according to their cultural contexts. Over centuries, the sheng became a ...

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Ellis, F.R.S., read a paper on “The Musical Scales of Various Nations,” illustrated ... Java, China, and Japan, with rapid glances at subordinate places. The relation to his former paper ...

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 ...

KYOTO, Japan -- Nidec is spending about 5 billion yen ($33.6 million) to boost production of cooling equipment for artificial intelligence data centers, a segment where it has carved out a leading ...

Bellatrix Aerospace and Astroscale Japan have signed an MoU to collaborate on propulsion solutions in India's growing space market and internationally. They aim to address active debris removal ...

A pillar of Japanese music “passed down since ancient times,” Shimizu said, “the pentatonic scale runs through my veins, like my own blood.” It’s more evident in Shimizu’s ...

Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast at the 2023 Ohana Festival in Dana Point, California. Credit: Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images After nearly 15 years in music, Michelle Zauner of ...

Japanese Breakfast, the indie-rock band led by singer-songwriter Michelle Zauner, is one of many musical projects that has become identified with the “sad girl” archetype. This aesthetic ...

It would be too easy to shunt indie-pop idea machine Japanese Breakfast’s records ... but it’s way more than just “sad girl music.” Over the course of 10 songs, Zauner grapples with ...

an allegorical minefield for the morbidity and bloodiness of our hedonistic modern existences. No one nails that like Japanese Breakfast.