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Twelve-year-old violinist Sora Iwai rehearses at Carnegie Hall in New York on July 31, a day before his performance at the hall.
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2026
12-year-old Kumamoto violinist performs at New York¡¯s Carnegie Hall
Sora Iwai performance at the hall came from him winning the top prize in the under-18 division of an international music competition.
The NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo (NHKSO) is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year with a range of performances ranging from Bach and Beethoven to Pokemon music.
CULTURE / Music
Jul 25, 2026
Â鶹´«Ã½ 100-year-old symphonic orchestra celebrates its milestone
The NHK Symphony Orchestra is celebrating its 100-year anniversary with an unwavering commitment to classical music, as well as new programs such as Pokemon concerts.
Yo Kitamura won the fifth prize in the cello division of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels on Sunday.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
May 31, 2026
Japanese cellist Kitamura wins fifth prize in Brussels contest
Kitamura, 22, played Russian composer Sergey Prokofiev¡¯s Symphony-Concerto and other works with the Belgian National Orchestra.
Evan Call¡¯s score for anime series ¡°Frieren: Beyond Journey¡¯s End¡± is built around European folk instrumentation with subtle orchestration choices that carry emotional weight.
CULTURE / Music
Mar 6, 2026
For Evan Call, every melody is a conversation
The ¡°Frieren¡± composer builds anime¡¯s fantasy worlds with folk-infused scores.
Composer Jung Jaeil began his career when he was a middle school student and has since become one of South Korea¡¯s most sought-after film scorers.
CULTURE / Music
Feb 18, 2026
Jung Jaeil composed for ¡®Squid Game.¡¯ Now, he steps on the stage as himself.
The South Korean composer returns to live music and is set to stop by Tokyo for a show with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra.
Yuma Kagiyama skates during the NHK Trophy in Osaka on November.
OLYMPICS / Figure skating
Feb 1, 2026
Yuma Kagiyama¡¯s ¡®Turandot¡¯ program highlights music¡¯s impact in figure skating
Yuma Kagiyama, a medal favorite in men¡¯s singles, will skate to composer Christopher Tin¡¯s bespoke four-minute edit of his own ¡®Turandot¡¯ ending at the Milano Cortina Games.
Shiori Kuwahara performs at the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw on Monday.
JAPAN
Oct 22, 2025
Japanese pianist wins fourth prize in Chopin competition
This is the second consecutive time a Japanese-born pianist has won a prize at the prestigious international contest, which is considered a gateway to success for young pianists.
Satoshi Yoneda reacts to audience's applause at the Besancon International Competition for Young Conductors held in Besanson, France, on Saturday.
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2025
Japanese conductor Yoneda wins French competition
Previous Japanese winners of the Besancon competition include the late Seiji Ozawa, Yutaka Sado and Kazuki Yamada.
Nodoka Okisawa conducts the Saito Kinen Orchestra to perform Benjamin Britten's opera "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the Matsumoto Performing Arts Center in August for the 33rd edition of the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival.
CULTURE / Music
Sep 28, 2025
Nodoka Okisawa is carrying the baton for Seiji Ozawa in Matsumoto
Japanese conductor Nodoka Okisawa embraces both tradition and renewal at a festival that still embodies Ozawa¡¯s spirit.
Anton Felix Schindler (Yuki Yamada, left) sets out to rewrite the history of his late employer, Ludwig van Beethoven (Arata Furuta, right), in Kazuaki Seki¡¯s ¡°Faking Beethoven.¡±
CULTURE / Film
Sep 10, 2025
¡®Faking Beethoven¡¯: Comedic musical biopic forgets to have fun
Kazuaki Seki¡¯s comedy centers on the notorious fibber who shaped a maestro¡¯s myth.
Wataru Hisasue (L) and Masaya Kamei (R)
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2025
Japanese pianists win 2nd and 5th prizes in Brussels contest
Of the 12 finalists in Belgium¡¯s Queen Elisabeth Competition, four were Japanese.
Japanese cellist Eru Matsumoto, South African flutist Wouter Kellerman and Indian American vocalist Chandrika Tandon won a Grammy on Sunday for their album ¡°Triveni.¡±
CULTURE / Music
Feb 5, 2025
Japanese cellist Eru Matsumoto awarded Grammy for best new age album
Alongside South African flutist Wouter Kellerman and Indian American vocalist Chandrika Tandon, Matsumoto took home the accolade for the trio¡¯s album ¡°Triveni.¡±
The Tubassadors are (from left) Tomohiro Sosogi, Kazuto Shikada, Soen Tamura and Keisuke Nishibu.
CULTURE / Music
Nov 5, 2024
The Tubassadors hope to change the tuba¡¯s tune
Orchestras aren¡¯t known for tuba solos in their performances. However, this Tokyo-based quartet puts the instrument front and center.
Maestro Seiji Ozawa (center) lays flowers at the cenotaph for atomic bomb victims at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in October 2005.
JAPAN / History / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Sep 9, 2024
Maestro Seiji Ozawa¡¯s prayer for peace lives on in Hiroshima
His musical roots ¡ª and passion ¡ª can be traced back to the city where the first atomic bomb was detonated.
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
JAPAN / Science & Health / Longform
Jul 14, 2024
The neurological disorder that ¡®kills culture¡¯
Great pianists aren¡¯t made overnight, it takes years of practice. It can all be undone in a matter of days, however, due to a medical condition called dystonia.
A screencap of a performance of Hiroto Nagai's ¡°String Quartet No. 1 ¡®Polar Energy Budget¡¯¡± by the PRT Quartet
CULTURE / Music / OUR PLANET
May 7, 2024
How a Japanese scientist is turning the climate crisis into music
Hiroto Nagai has sonified polar climate data, resulting in a string quartet piece that he thinks can get people to care more about what the data expresses.
Pianist Fuzjko Hemming shot to fame after a documentary program about her life was aired on NHK in 1999. Her debut album released the same year, "La Campanella," sold over 2 million copies.
CULTURE / Music
May 2, 2024
Renowned pianist Fuzjko Hemming dies at 92
Born in Berlin to a Swedish architect father and a Japanese pianist mother, Hemming began learning the piano from her mother at the age of 5.
Experimentation seemed to be a driving force throughout conductor Seiji Ozawa¡¯s life as he pushed the boundaries of what a Japanese artist could achieve with classical music to magnificent heights.
CULTURE / Music
Feb 13, 2024
Seiji Ozawa¡¯s boundless experiment
The influential conductor was not only a man of extraordinary talent, his warm character had the power to unite people as one.
Seiji Ozawa shows his humorous side during a photo shoot with The Japan Times in 2017. The influential conductor died Feb. 6.
CULTURE / Music
Feb 10, 2024
The story behind my favorite photo of Seiji Ozawa
A lot of photography comes down to luck and reflexes. Once you get that magic shot, though, it can stay with you forever.
Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa during a rehearsal in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, in September 2005.
CULTURE / Music
Feb 9, 2024
Seiji Ozawa, Â鶹´«Ã½ trailblazing maestro, dies at 88
Throughout his illustrious career, Ozawa was instrumental in popularizing classical music for mainstream audiences in Japan and abroad.
America¡¯s cyberforces grapple with cluster of deaths by suicide
The U.S. Cyber Command building (center) stands on the National Security Agency campus at Fort Meade, Maryland.
Many Indonesians named after Japanese anime characters
Some people in Indonesia are named Doraemon, the name of a lead character of the blockbuster anime series with the same title.
Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital's largest summer o-Bon festivals.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
J. League enters new era as league kicks off first fall-spring campaign
Players from each J. League club pose during a kickoff event on Monday ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign.
Speaking Japanese at the movies with ¡®Chiikawa¡¯
A "Chiikawa The Movie" poster is seen at Toho Cinemas in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.

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