Music
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Ado: Not an artist but an ‘utaite’ singer
“Ussee, ussee, usseewa!” (Get lost, you’re annoying!) Singer Ado caused a sensation last year with...
May 27, 2022
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YNSO gives 1st Okinawa Pref. concert in 30 years
The Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra (YNSO) performed in Naha on Wednesday to commemorate the 50th ...
May 12, 2022
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Ryoko Moriyama spins her stories on 8-disc set marking 55th debut anniversary
Singer Ryoko Moriyama has released an eight-CD album titled “My Story” to commemorate the 55th anniv...
April 28, 2022
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Yomii: The piano virtuoso YouTuber with over 700 million views
A man dressed all in black came out and sat down at a gaudy piano. The man’s garb and the colorfully...
April 22, 2022
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10 composers band together to inspire unity
Ten popular composers teamed up to create the piano piece “Kizuna Piano,” created as a serial collab...
April 21, 2022
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Weigle on ‘vorspiel’ mission
This is the fourth spring for Sebastian Weigle to serve as principal conductor of the Yomiuri Nippon...
April 19, 2022
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YNSO 2022-23 season offers joy of music for 60th anniversary
© YNSOThe Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra By Ryoichi Matsumoto / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer [pos...
April 19, 2022
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Orchestra to accompany Chara in celebratory performance
The comforting and endearing charm Chara brings to her vocal stylings have made the singer-songwrite...
April 7, 2022
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Japan’s Mihoko Fujimura, Eru Matsumoto win classical album Grammys
LOS ANGELES — Two Japanese classical musicians scooped Grammys at the 64th Grammy Awards in Las Vega...
April 4, 2022
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Kohei Matsushita spreads wings in acting, singing
“There is part of me that can’t help but make music,” said actor-singer Kohei Matsushita. His soft-s...
March 18, 2022
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Japanese orchestras ditch Tchaikovsky’s ‘1812 Overture’
Some Japanese orchestras have decided to stop performing a piece by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tc...
March 16, 2022
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Traditional performance art helped Okinawans through hard times
Okinawa features its own history and culture, and the performing arts are no exception. Kumi-odori, ...
March 11, 2022
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Tokusatsu robot songs can lift spirits amid pandemic
A special CD box set featuring only songs about robots from Super Sentai series tokusatsu superhero ...
February 11, 2022
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NHK’s ‘Kohaku’ opts to diversify in bid to halt falling ratings
A television staple on New Year’s Eve for decades that has seen steadily declining ratings, the “NHK...
February 7, 2022
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Alluring Chanmina gets a good rap
A mysterious, bewitching aura radiates from Chanmina, but she appears very approachable when she fla...
January 21, 2022
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