Next level sound system music is flowing through Vomitspit, the Japanese record label run by the dubstep demons, Dayzero and...

Pragmata (2022, Capcom) Ghostwire: Tokyo (2021, Tango Gameworks) Resident Evil Village (2021, Capcom) Gran Turismo 7 (TBA, Polyphony Digital) Astro’s...

Japanese musical innovator, Ryuichi Sakamoto, has recorded a touching live performance for those in isolation around the world. Special guest,...

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) Crap No One Loves Me (2015) Soda Drinker Pro (2016) Islands: Non-Places LSD: Dream...

2400 years ago, during the 4th Century BC, Alexander the Great’s conquest across Asia diversified Greek culture, throwing off the...

1. Meiji Meltykiss: Matcha 2. Tonkotsu Ramen 3. Pizza Man 4. TaiyakiComing from England, a land known worldwide for its...

One of the things that makes these soul-clearing albums so special is their ability to invoke a massive range of...

Squeeze the play button on your cassette player and let the beats start flowing; vaporwave is the retro glamour of...

Following the Japan Nakama app, I finally arrived at Kensington Olympia, where London’s largest Japanese Convention, Hyper Japan, was in...

1. Juniroku Doburoku (sweet acid unpasteurised sake) 2. Kisaki 28 Junmai Daiginjo 3. Amanoto Silky Tokubetsu Junmai (roughly filtered sake)...

Hyper Japan is back to break through the winter chills with steaming ramen, live music, and soul-warming Japanese tea. In...

Inside the belly of Pirate Studios in Bristol, I connect to the Wi-Fi and let UMMMI know that I’m ready...

Last Saturday, five decades into his musical career, the legendary Haruomi Hosono played his solo work for the first time...

The critically acclaimed book, Mangasia, has begun its five-year world tour. So we sat down with its creator, Paul Gravett....

Bubbly music jiggled the floorboards of Matilda’s Sake Bar, which was already loud with glass clinks and laughter. I descended...

Noise takes it further than any other genre. Rhythm, melody, lyrics, standard instruments: all forgotten. For many, the first time...

Beyond the cracked marble hotel lobby fountains and abandoned shopping malls lies a world that both owes vaporwave its respect...

Along the noisy London Road in Brighton, a couple of doors away from Domino's Pizza, I walked into the ONCA...

Five minutes down the road from Old Street underground station, through the hustle and bustle of central London, I gazed...

On a rainy day near Buckingham Palace, I went to the Institute of Contemporary Arts for the sold-out showing of Japanese...

The SOAS Japan Society kindly invited me along to one of their (many) events last Saturday, a Japanese calligraphy workshop...