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Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 13, 2020
Local Visions web label creates a digital oasis for pop
Masayuki Funo, founder of the music label Local Visions, gives burgeoning artists the freedom to explore their own sound.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 19, 2016
Omake Club helps Zombie-Chang escape down her own artistic rabbit hole
Midway through our conversation at a dimly lit Shibuya cafe, Meirin Yung offers to break down any song on her recently released album under the name Zombie-Chang. I choose the slacker-inspired ¡°Semete Kanashii Tokiniwa¡± (loosely translated as ¡°At Least in Sad Times¡°) that served as the advance preview...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 14, 2014
Smany¡¯s sophomore outing shows subdued promise
Smany ¡°Polyphenic¡± (Bunkai-kei records)
CULTURE / Music
Apr 8, 2014
Datafruits brings netlabel talent to a wider audience
It was a bit of good timing for Tony Miller when two underground music scenes he liked intersected in 2011.
CULTURE / Music
Sep 18, 2013
Various artists ¡°Tanukineiri Drink Sampler¡±
It¡¯s getting harder to listen to netlabel-released albums in one sitting recently. Electronic-music compilation series ¡°Fogpak¡± recently put out a collection featuring 48 different artists (should we call the Guinness people?). Now Tanukineiri Records has popped out ¡°Tanukineiri Drink Sampler¡± ¡ª 90...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 14, 2013
Smany ¡°komoriuta¡±
Netlabel culture in Japan ¡ª referring to Web-only music labels that distribute tunes online, usually for free ¡ª has been around long enough to develop its own set of minor celebrities and ¡°star¡± imprints. Bunkai-Kei has become one of the most popular of these Internet institutions, and its latest...
Takaichi¡¯s punishing workload draws renewed scrutiny after 6?-hour checkup at hospital
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the Prime Minister's Official Residence in Tokyo on Thursday
60% in Japan give up activities due to sweat, survey finds
The summer heat hits Tokyo's Ginza District on July 23.
Congo Ebola outbreak ¡®far from being under control¡¯: WHO chief
Members of the Civil Protection team, wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), disinfect after handling the body of a man who died of Ebola, in Bunia, Ituri province, Congo, on July 10.
Japan and Australia tout progress on high-energy laser and missile range tests
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi reacts as he talks with Australian defense chief Richard Marles during a news conference at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday.
China¡¯s Unitree unveils ¡®Superman¡¯ robot as fervor builds ahead of Shanghai debut
A Unitree Robotics R1 humanoid robot on display at the company's booth during the Embodied Intelligent Robot Industry Exhibition in Shanghai on Aug. 12
The new world of collectible design
Nilufar, founded by Milan curator Nina Yashar, was among the exhibitors at Salone Raritas. Yashar calls collectible design ¡°a free, authorial language¡± that goes beyond function.
Â鶹´«Ã½ Summer Koshien baseball tradition comes face-to-face with new climate reality
Ariake High School players greet their cheering section after winning their first game on Aug. 7.
Takaichi¡¯s punishing workload draws renewed scrutiny after 6?-hour checkup at hospital
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the Prime Minister's Official Residence in Tokyo on Thursday
Young Japanese anxious as Australia slows working holiday visa processing time
Commuters disembark a tram in Melbourne in March.
Unrelenting Russian anti-war protesters in Japan fight through inescapable doubt
Anti-war Russians protest Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in February.

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