The Consulate General of Japan in Kolkata recently hosted four Japanese musicians and treated the audience of the city to traditional music at the Calcutta School of Music and Netaji Bhawan. We caught ...

You’ve heard the axiom a thousand times, and the band Spirit Bomb applies it to a rock beat with lyrics in mostly Japanese and four other tongues. “Music really IS a universal language,” said lead ...

In the world of video games, the journey ahead might last days or it might last just a few hours, but the soundtracks to those passing hours are often so integral to the game — and steeped in the ...

TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Jerome White Jr moves like a U.S. rap star and sings like a Japanese crooner. The 26-year-old from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has stormed the charts here with his soulful ...

Steve Gunn heard an interview with Sachiko Kanenobu on the radio. Now she’s preparing to open two of his shows next month. The musicians Steve Gunn and Sachiko Kanenobu, photographed last month in ...

Japan ranks low in gender equality among developed nations. The first woman to lead the country is an ultraconservative who ...