You’ve heard the axiom a thousand times, and the band Spirit Bomb applies it to a rock beat with lyrics in mostly Japanese and four other tongues. “Music really IS a universal language,” said lead ...

Japanese folk songs evolved in the same way as English language ones even though they are sung in different tones and scales. Patrick Savage at Keio University in Japan and his colleagues analysed the ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by After a 1962 visit, a mutual love affair began between the composer and the country’s musicians. A new series at the Japan Society explores this ...