And the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra has just appointed Joe Hisaishi, famed Japanese composer of film and video scores, as its composer-in-residence, an accolade formerly reserved for genuinely ...
The Burrn! music magazine marked the 40th anniversary of its foundation despite finding itself in a jam over drastic changes in both the print and music industries.
Though animal skin was used in previous decades—as recently as the 1970s—due to a decline in its production, synthetic skins, which are considered to provide a generally equal sound quality, are ...
some business operators will have to scale back on giving out disposable plastic items--including the ubiquitous cutlery handed out at convenience stores and elsewhere across Japan. The plastic ...