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In the fifth installment of this series, we report on “MIRROR,” an android opera shown in Dubai in March of this year.

On one hand, Yua Uchiyama is an active member of idol group RAY. On the other, she has gained local popularity for her Twitter #YuaUchiyama’sOneAlbumADay and for her music blog on note.com. The second review for her music serial is on Haruomi Hosono’s Tropical Trilogy.

In honor of the late Rei Harakami’s legendary cassette tape re-release, we’re kicking off a short series of three articles. In the first installation, we interview filmmaker Yasuto Yura, whose friendship with Harakami dates back to their university days.

In the fourth installation of this series, we report on an impromptu performance by musician Keiichiro Shibuya and Shingon Buddhist monk Eizen Fujiwara in Dubai last December.

Peppe introduces his first encounter with Japanese culture through his manga. The second installment is about his first-ever Pachinko experience. Any beginners luck?—Let’s find out.

In this series, Tsuya-chan writes about contemporary music with a focus on Japanese hip-hop. They breaks down the relationship between music and fashion, as well as fashion trends and youth culture. In the last installment, they delves into the heart and trajectory of the work of Japanese women rappers.

Noh performer, Noboru Yasuda, who published A Journey to Search for the Invisible in June, discusses the important values deriving from noh: “the ability to be cognizant of intangibility.”

In this series, Tsuya-chan writes about contemporary music with a focus on Japanese hip-hop. She breaks down the relationship between music and fashion, as well as fashion trends and youth culture. In the sixteenth installment, she looks into the creativity of Japanese rapper LEX, who had a notably busy year.

Peppe introduces his first encounter with Japanese culture through his manga. The first installment of the series is on Kabuki.

This project asks creators about the allure of made-in-Japan brands and products. The fourth installment features Ryoko Hori, a therapist who runs RYOKO senses salon in Berlin.