MACOMB, IL - The Western Illinois University School of Music will present "A Celebration of Japanese Saxophone", a Guest Recital featuring saxophonists Nathan Mertens and Kenta Saito and pianist ...

A photo of what appears to be an entry in a Japanese textbook tweeted by Kurita as been surprising netizens across the country. The photo (at end of story) shows a list of foreign loan words that had ...

Sanshiro plays the soprano saxophone before the audience including Hiroki Okabe, right, in a wheelchair, at Hibiya Okuroji in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on June 20, 2024. (Mainichi/Maki Nakajima) TOKYO -- ...

Tokyo-born composer Takashi Yoshimatsu can’t claim the international reputation of compatriots Joe Hisaishi (of Studio Ghibli fame) or Toshio Hosokawa, but that may be changing soon. Among his ...

TOKYO - Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins - one of the last surviving legends of the golden era of jazz - has just turned 80. His hair is a burst of white, and he staggers a bit when he walks onstage.

Watanabe's One-Night Stand at the Japan America Theatre In Japan, when people think of jazz, saxophonist Sadao Watanabe is often the first name that comes to mind. The so-called "John Coltrane of ...