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Rising singer/songwriter Mina Okabe returns with her euphoric new single “Strong.” Out now via Capitol Records, “Strong” spotlights the Danish-Japanese star’s talent for dreaming up perfectly breezy ...

Japanese band Kazha will perform at the Orpheum Theater on Friday, Jan. 30, bringing a unique blend of hard rock ...

Japanese city pop, this retro-futuristic musical genre born in the late 1970s, continues to fascinate music lovers and curious listeners far beyond Japan. Characterized by its optimistic sounds ...

In 2025, life imitates digital art. When a cohort of vintage Japanese pop songs went viral on YouTube throughout the 2010s, city pop and J-pop went from an absolutely underground interest of a select ...

The charismatic members of the four-piece group have had a busy year between attention-grabbing Coachella performances, a new album and a world tour. By Nicole Fell Assistant Editor Mere seconds into ...

Fans have been making anime/Star Wars mashups for years now. And some of them have been quite excellent. They’ve been so good, Lucasfilm produced a proper anime with Star Wars: Visions, which is ...