Japanese singer-songwriter Shinji Tanimura, who is known for hit songs such as "Subaru" that has also made him popular in China, has died at a hospital. He was 74.
Japanese singer-songwriter Shinji Tanimura, who was known for hit songs such as "Subaru" (Star), which also made him popular in China, died at a hospital on Oct. 8, his music agency said Monday. He was 74. Tanimura, leader of Japanese folk group Alice formed in 1971, underwent surgery for acute…
Time fades away: on the occasion of Shinji Somai’s ongoing retrospective at the Japan Society, critic Emerson Goo offers a primer on the director’s audacious, and enduring, filmography
Japan sits on buried treasure worth 4.3 trillion yen. Its name is Junk. Think of the nation as a six-mat room. It’s a tight squeeze but that’s the nature of microcosm. Living in the room is a certain “Tsutomu Kawasaki,” as Spa (Jan 24-31) pseudonymously calls him. Keeping him company is…
Japan sits on buried treasure worth 4.3 trillion yen. Its name is Junk. Think of the nation as a six-mat room. It’s a tight squeeze but that’s the nature of microcosm. Living in the room is a certain “Tsutomu Kawasaki,” as Spa (Jan 24-31) pseudonymously calls him. Keeping him company is…