A Cajun-style band performs on a street in Tokyo’s Koenji neighborhood. It’s just one of several places to experience the city’s eclectic music scene. Photograph by James Whitlow Delano, Redux If ...

The reggaeton star's March 2026 secret performance underscores growing Japanese interest in Latin rhythms, with local bands ...

Tokyo gets a new summer festival this July in the form of Future Frequencies Festival, a collaboration between local music ...

TOKYO — The 2024 leg of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour launched Wednesday in Tokyo, where 55,000 thousand fans filled the Toyko Dome eager for the star's return. Swift profusely thanked the audience for ...

MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN 2026, Japan's biggest international music awards show, has unveiled its nominees across 63 categories ahead of the June 13 ceremony.

Students from the former Tokyo Music School, now a faculty within the Tokyo University of the Arts, are seen performing at a sending-off ceremony for students enlisted into the military at the former ...

‘The borderline between the famous “major musicians” and the “indie musicians” – no one really knows where that line is.’ Sitting composedly in a black kimono-like jacket, Kai, guitarist for the ...

An audience member is seen to the left wearing a mask, face shield and gloves at a live music venue in Tokyo's Nerima Ward on June 19, 2020, after it reopened for the first time in some three months. ...

If you're a record collector, a guitar nerd, a jazz head, a garage rocker, or a karaoke crooner, Tokyo is possibly the best place on the planet for music lovers. Before planning a trip to Japan's ...