HANABIE.'s Bari Bari Buddy is the ending theme for Reincarnated as a Sword season 2. Release dates, the anime and new album ...

Salasa's Sobaniite (Soba ni Ite) is out now. The Shonan singer's autumn R&B song, her Live Bluesy EP, vinyl and Japan tour ...

Hokusai’s Under the Wave off Kanagawa is hanging in Manchester until Sunday 15 November 2026, as the centrepiece of Beneath the Great Wave: Hokusai and Hiroshige at the Whitworth. Entry is free, and ...

How director Mai Burns built Rebellious Bodies around Kazuo Ohno's improvised butoh, and the artists bringing his school to ...

As My Neighbour Totoro enters its final 12 weeks in London, a brand new set of behind the scenes images of the cast has been released, taken by Danny Kaan. The company on the forest set in an empty ...

On Friday 23 October 2026, the black frontage at 53 to 54 Berwick Street lights up red for NQJPN, a late-night cocktail bar and club with a Japanese arcade tucked behind it. It comes from the team ...

Butoh pioneer Mitsuyo Uesugi on leaving ballet to study with Kazuo Ohno, and why she never expected butoh to become a global ...

Tokyo producer and DJ Shingo Nakamura plays a headline show at The Lower Third on Denmark Street, London, on Saturday 14 November 2026, from 11pm until 3:30am. The night is promoted by FreeFromSleep, ...

Hidejiro Honjoh rang Dai Fujikura one day with a simple wish: “I want to play with Claire Chase!” Honjoh is a shamisen player, and has been Fujikura’s own shamisen teacher since the pandemic. Chase is ...