This week’s best new indie releases featuring Japanese Breakfast, Pup, awakebutstillinbed, Cloakroom, clipping., and more.

A new era for the Japanese music industry arrives on May 22 when the Japan Culture and Entertainment Industry Promotion ...

Four of Japan’s biggest rock stars formed a new band, The Last Rockstars, in a race against time to preserve the spirit of rock music. “We’ve come together to start this challenge for the ...

which specializes in hard rock and heavy metal, was released to an aging and shrinking core readership. The musical genre has fallen out of favor among the Japanese public, and younger music fans ...

The event isn't just about honoring the best Japanese music from the ... on myriad sounds and styles found in the Japanese music community, including rock, rap, Vocaloid and more.