Japanese artists gave performances of traditional musical instruments on Friday at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

Your chance to gaze through a window into a far-away culture is coming up next week in Grusin Music Hall. Led by instructor Mami Itasaka-Keister, the Japanese Ensemble takes the stage in a flurry of ...

The "Japanese-ness" of Japanese music has interested composers and audiences in Japan and beyond for decades. The doctoral dissertation "March from the Age of Imitation to the Age of Creation:" ...

This article is part of a two-part series. To learn about a biwa master and her music lessons, see here. Traditional Japanese instruments, also known as wagakki, are an intrinsic part of Japan’s rich ...

A group of Japanese Irish musicians, along with an Irish restaurant owner in Tokyo, created this video of “The Foggy Dew” to commemorate the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising. Alan Fisher, ...

The Hilo-based Japanese Community Association of Hawaii will present Bunka No Hi, Japanese Culture Day from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The Consulate General of Japan in Kolkata recently hosted four Japanese musicians and treated the audience of the city to ...

FX’s acclaimed miniseries “Shōgun,” now nearing its halfway point, sports a score quite unlike Maurice Jarre’s music for the 1980 original adaptation. While utilizing authentic Japanese instruments, ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — For Latin American audiences, Kihara said, Japanese traditional dance might be hard to embrace. MEXICO CITY (AP) — When music requires her to cry, Japanese traditional dancer Naoko ...

WELCOME BACK. RIGHT NOW, A GROUP OF PERFORMERS FROM JAPAN ARE IN IOWA SHARING THEIR ART OF PUPPET THEATER. KCCI’S NICOLE TAM EXPLAINS THE UNIQUE STORYTELLING ON STAGE WITH THE LONG HISTORY THAT DATES ...