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Keep on Fuji Rockin’ 2020: Amid Pandemic, Festival Streams Performances on YouTube
It was heartbreaking for rock music lovers in Japan when Smash Corporation announced earlier this summer that the Fuji R
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To Osaka Resident Misty Fujii, Black Lives Matter is Personal
Photo Credit: Samatha Milligan Where are you from? This is a question often asked of foreign residents in Japan. While
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No Fuji Rock Festival in 2020
It’s official: Japan’s most popular rock music festival, which was scheduled for August 2020 at Naeba Ski Resort in Niig
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INTERVIEW | The King’s Singers During COVID-19: Still Finding Harmony While Staying at Home
(First of Two Parts) The novel coronavirus has forced performers, who are normally so used to hopping around [&helli
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Stay Entertained In Lockdown With A Brass Ensemble Of Animals
Source: © SocialWire Co., Ltd. If there is one positive thing that is coming out from the current dire situation, it [&h
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DANCE TRUCK TOKYO: Making Performance Art Available to Everyone
We are standing in Adachi, Tokyo, in a space normally used as a parking lot of a large fish […]
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Pope Francis Sends Message, Jacques Chirac Remembered at Praemium Imperiale Awards
The Japan Art Association’s prestigious Praemium Imperiale, which recognizes the lifetime achievements of artists from
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[SOCIAL WIRE] ARASHI Band Thrills Fans By Opening YouTube Channel
The Japanese band under Johnny’s Associates ARASHI thrilled their fans from all over the world on October 9 at just afte
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Meet the Winners of the 2019 Praemium Imperiale Awards
Now on its 31st year, the Praemium Imperiale Awards, known as the “Nobel Prize of Arts,” announced the 2019 […]
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Japan Art Association Announces Winners of 2019 Praemium Imperiale Awards from Germany, Japan, S. Africa, U.K., U.S.
The Japan Art Association announced on Tuesday, September 17, in various locations around the world the 2019 recipients
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[FUJI ROCK 2019] Thom Yorke Gives Japanese Fans ‘A Really Magical Experience’ with ‘Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes’
The Fuji Rock Music Festival 2019 kicked off on Friday, July 26, with sunny weather, followed by intermittent [&hell
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If You’re Into East Meets West, Catch ‘A Seed: Ichi-Ryu Manbai’ at Kanze Noh Theater
With deeply established traditions in dance, theater and music, Japanese entertainment offers almost too much to k