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ZOOM LENS

CULTURE / Music
Dec 11, 2017
Electronic music artist LLLL gets more intimate on latest chain of releases
Kazuto Okawa, who performs as LLLL (pronounced ¡°four-el¡°), has spent the past two years since releasing his sophomore album, ¡°Faithful,¡± getting in touch with his personal side.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Mar 17, 2015
LLLL stays ¡®Faithful¡¯ to honest approach
Despite his elusive online persona, Kazuto Okawa, aka LLLL (pronounced ¡°four-el¡°), is strikingly open and honest about his views in person. Speaking in a small Koenji cafe, he discusses his sophomore album, ¡°Faithful,¡± released this week via Tokyo label Progressive Form, with a critical approach that...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Mar 17, 2015
Netlabel duo KiWi show plenty of ¡®Promise¡¯ on new EP
KiWi ¡°Promise¡± (Zoom Lens)
CULTURE / Music
Jan 23, 2015
DJ Obake brings a kaleidoscopic blend of elements to ¡®H¡¯
DJ Obake ¡°H¡± (Zoom Lens)
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 29, 2014
Meishi Smile brings anime-influenced sounds to Japan
Over the past two decades, Japanese pop culture has made major inroads abroad, thanks mainly to interest in video games and anime.
CULTURE / Music
Apr 15, 2014
Yoshino Yoshikawa ¡°Yumetatsu Glider¡±
Tokyo producer Yoshino Yoshikawa has often described his work as ¡°ultrapop,¡± and for a while that term made perfect sense. Yoshikawa created busy, buzzing songs in the mold of Yasutaka Nakata. With names such as ¡°Kawaii Candy,¡± they were a colorful rush of synthesizers and digitally manipulated vocals....
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.
Authorities urge continued caution after heavy rain in Chiba leaves eight dead
A local resident walks past a 7-Eleven convenience store in a flooded area after heavy rain in the city of Oamishirasato, Chiba Prefecture, on Friday.
Takaichi drops ¡®remorse¡¯ in her first war memorial address
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks onstage during a memorial service ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, at Budokan Hall in Tokyo on Saturday.
U.S. to tell partners they must pick sides in AI race with China?
People march as they protest against Pax Silica, a U.S.-led initiative, in Manila 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.

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