Every New Year’s Eve in Japan the "Kohaku Song Contest" (Kohaku Uta Gassen) is broadcast on public broadcaster NHK. Since the 1950s, it’s featured an all-star lineup of musicians that spanned genres ...

Japanese rock band Radwimps has been riding high on newfound international fame since providing the theme songs for Makoto Shinkai’s smash-hit anime film "your name." Last week, Radwimps released its ...

Songs are part of the fabric of life in Okinawa Prefecture. When a song rings out, everyone naturally starts to dance. Okinawa is a prefecture in the south of Japan composed of a main island and more ...