NEW YORK — Ryuichi Sakamoto is not an easy man to categorize, and he seems to like it that way. As he sees it, he’s just following his instincts as a musician, paying attention to the sounds and ideas ...

Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto has passed away at the age of 71. Sakamoto’s management team confirmed his death in a statement published on social media. He died on Tuesday, 28th March. He’d been ...

Pioneering Japanese composer, producer, and pianist Ryuichi Sakamoto, who was among the first to bring electronic production into popular music consciousness, has died at 71. "He lived with music ...

Ryuichi Sakamoto, an eclectic Japanese composer who was an early leader in electronic pop music and became an acclaimed writer of film scores that blended Eastern and Western cultural influences, has ...

Music and noise, art and politics, sound and vision: Composer, musician, occasional actor and environmental activist Ryuichi Sakamoto says we’re living in a world in dire need of reconciliation.

Ryuichi Sakamoto has been an enormously respected artist for decades, starting with his work in the '70s and '80s as a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra in his native Japan to his deeply affective, ...

An NHK documentary about renowned Japanese musician and composer Sakamoto Ryuichi has won the top prize in an international ...

Ryuichi Sakamoto, a trailblazing composer and producer who was one of the first musicians to incorporate electronic production into popular songcraft, has died at the age of 71. Sakamoto died on March ...

Japanese composer and producer Ryuichi Sakamoto, a pioneer in electronic music and winner of an Oscar, Grammy and BAFTA awards, has died at 71. He died of cancer on March 28, the BBC reported, ...

Ever love a restaurant but hate the music they play and wish you could take over their playlist? Great Japanese artist Ryuichi Sakamoto, of Yellow Magic Orchestra, countless film scores and more, did ...

Sakamoto, a trailblazing composer and producer who was one of the first musicians to incorporate electronic production into popular songcraft, died last month after a multi-year battle with cancer.