How ‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ honored Godzilla’s Japanese roots

Ren Watabe, Qyoko Kudo and Anna Sawai walking down a street in suburban Tokyo

“Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” is a family affair. In the show’s present day, Cate Randa, portrayed by Anna Sawai, is trying to learn the truth about her father’s disappearance along with her newly discovered half-brother […]

MÖTLEY CRÜE Shares Official Video Recap Of Japanese Concerts

Watch: MÖTLEY CRÜE Plays In Yokohama, Japan

MÖTLEY CRÜE has shared an official video recap of the band’s November 3 and November 4 concerts at K-Arena Yokohama in Yokohama, Japan as part of “The World Tour” with DEF LEPPARD. Check out the […]

Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese Composer, Dead at 71

Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese Composer, Dead at 71

Ryuichi Sakamoto, the highly influential Japanese pianist, composer, and electronic music producer, has died at 71, Kyodo News reports. Sakamoto had first revealed a throat cancer diagnosis in 2014, which went into remission after successful treatment. […]

Watch: Japanese Supergroup THE LAST ROCKSTARS Plays Sold-Out Concert At Hollywood Palladium

Watch: Japanese Supergroup THE LAST ROCKSTARS Plays Sold-Out Concert At Hollywood Palladium

Japanese supergroup THE LAST ROCKSTARS played a sold-out concert last night (Friday, February 10) at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. Fan-filmed video of the show can be seen below (courtesy of the Faith WestYouTube […]

Watch: Japanese Supergroup THE LAST ROCKSTARS Plays First U.S. Concert In New York City

Watch: Japanese Supergroup THE LAST ROCKSTARS Plays First U.S. Concert In New York City

The Melissa CastorYouTube channel has uploaded video of the first-ever U.S. performance of the Japanese supergroup THE LAST ROCKSTARS, which took place Friday night (February 3) at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Check out […]

‘A modern-day fairytale’: the joyful Japanese food and friendship drama you should never watch hungry | Television

Natsuki Deguchi as Sumire in The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House.

With a Netflix Top 10 that, in the UK at least, features Ginny & Georgia, Vikings: Valhalla and Emily in Paris, you might be forgiven for wondering if there is much left on the streaming […]

From Abba to enka: how my 10-year-old fell in love with 1940s Japanese music | Music

Enka’s undisputed queen, the late Hibari Misora, performing at Tokyo Dome in 1988.

Since her father is a longtime music journalist and her mother is a musician, it was inevitable that my 10-year-old daughter would fall in love with music. But I never imagined that the music she […]