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HARUOMI HOSONO

Rock band Mrs. Green Apple performed an emotional rendition of hit song ¡°Darling¡± on the final night of the Music Awards Japan.
CULTURE / Music
May 29, 2025
Songs, stars and strategy: Japan debuts its newest awards ceremony
From viral hits to legacy tributes, Â鶹´«Ã½ ¡®answer to the Grammys¡¯ delivers a celebration of J-pop¡¯s past and present at its inaugural event in Kyoto.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 5, 2023
The unyielding spirit of Ryuichi Sakamoto
The award-winning composer and member of Yellow Magic Orchestra showed a rebellious streak throughout his life, which not only influenced musicians worldwide but also effected social change.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 21, 2023
Yukihiro Takahashi: Style, substance and the knack for a beat
Yellow Magic Orchestra¡¯s principal vocalist and rhythmic linchpin was a leading figure in Â鶹´«Ã½ music scene, inspiring musicians the world over with his collaborative spirit.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 15, 2023
Electronic music pioneer Yukihiro Takahashi of YMO dies at 70
Yukihiro Takahashi¡¯s output for Yellow Magic Orchestra would go on to influence early New York rappers and techno acts from Detroit and the U.K.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / Sound Off
Jun 5, 2022
Harry and the house that Hosono built
None other than global pop star Harry Styles takes inspiration from one of Â鶹´«Ã½ most-talented musicians. The question is, will the West follow?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 27, 2022
Lyricist Takashi Matsumoto on Happy End, writing for pop and helping change the course of Japanese music history
Happy End¡¯s decision in 1970 to play American-inspired yet sing in Japanese proved to be a watershed moment for pop music here.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 25, 2021
¡®Heisei no Oto¡¯: A sonic trip to the golden age of CDs
Osaka record store owners Eiji Taniguchi and Norio Sato have unearthed some musical treasures from 1989-96 for this bright and buoyant compilation.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 23, 2019
¡®No Smoking¡¯: Poking the embers of Haruomi Hosono¡¯s career
Marking the 50th anniversary of Haruomi Hosono¡¯s musical career, ¡®No Smoking¡¯ takes a look at his life and some of his famed concerts
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jun 19, 2019
Pioneering singer-songwriter Sachiko Kanenobu finally gets her due
If she had to sum up the past couple of years, Sachiko Kanenobu would probably opt for a simple ¡°OMG!¡±
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Mar 13, 2019
Haruomi Hosono reworks a modern classic with ¡®Hochono House¡¯
As he enters his 50th year in the music business, Haruomi Hosono hasn¡¯t lost his talent for making you wonder what the devil he¡¯s up to. After using modern studio technology to recreate the sounds of mid-20th century pop on ¡°Vu Ja De¡± in 2017, his latest effort looks to his early career for inspiration....
CULTURE / Music
Nov 22, 2018
Yellow Magic Orchestra go big and go home
Yellow Magic Orchestra made its 1980 debut on the legendary American dance show ¡°Soul Train¡± performing a cover of ¡°Tighten Up¡± by Archie Bell & the Drells, two years after the November 1978 release of the trio¡¯s eponymous first album
CULTURE / Music
Aug 23, 2018
Haruomi Hosono: ¡®I never tried to be a pioneer¡¯
Haruomi Hosono is widely regarded as one of the most important figures of Japanese popular music over the past 50 years.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 29, 2017
¡®Vu Ja De¡¯: Fans of Haruomi Hosono are rewarded with a deep dive
At a recent concert in Tokyo, Haruomi Hosono enlisted a pair of comedy acts to open the proceedings. First stand-up duo Knights did a routine based on mangled misreadings of the headliner¡¯s Wikipedia page, then impersonator Michiko Shimizu and her brother, Ichiro, performed the Happy End song ¡°Aiaigasa¡°...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 11, 2017
The beginnings of Mariah¡¯s sound
When U.S. label Palto Flats reissued Japanese band Mariah¡¯s album ¡°Utakata no Hibi¡± (¡°Ephemeral Days¡°) in 2015, it wasn¡¯t the first time an obscure record from the bubble era had been given new attention. However, the critical praise that followed the release triggered new interest in Japanese artists...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Dec 2, 2014
Flipping through rock¡¯s baby pictures
In the mid-1960s, a young Mike Nogami picked up a camera and started taking pictures of things around him ¡ª dogs, his neighborhood, friends playing guitar. Some of those friends were in a band called Happy End, the group that Haruomi Hosono played bass in before starting Yellow Magic Orchestra.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Putin visits disputed Etorofu island off Hokkaido, sparking protest from Tokyo
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Yasny fish processing factory on Etorofu island, one of four islands in the contested chain known as the Kuril Islands in Russia and the Northern Territories in Japan, on Thursday.
Â鶹´«Ã½ inflation paradox is creating winners and losers
Chieko Sugai at her home in Murakami, Niigata Prefecture
How U.S. bombing survey in Japan shed light on civilian sentiments of WWII
Residents are seen walking beside rubble in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, in this undated photo taken soon after the end of World War II.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Takaichi needs Aso on her side to solidify position in LDP
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a Liberal Democratic Party meeting alongside LDP Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki (left) and LDP Vice President Taro Aso in Tokyo earlier this month
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®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.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
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