An NHK documentary about renowned Japanese musician and composer Sakamoto Ryuichi has won the top prize in an international competition for broadcasters, organized by Italian public broadcaster RAI.

The popular music of the late 1950s was dominated by Italian singers from the urban northeast — though you might never guess it with a cursory glance at their names. Besides the uncontested star of ...

What were the top radio hits the year you were born? Do you know what the big summer radio hits were the year you were born? If the answer is no, you can find out on this handy list that’s based on ...

Kaori Sakamoto and U.S. figure skater Ilia Malinin will headline the Olympic season opener at the elite ISU Grand Prix de France in Angers starting Friday, looking to lay the groundwork for gold at ...

Japanese teenager Ami Nakai shocked teammate and big favorite Kaori Sakamoto to win her first title at the ISU Grand Prix de France on Saturday as Japan swept the women's podium. Nakai, 17, competing ...

The figure skating Grand Prix season started with a surprise when Ami Nakai took the lead ahead of three-time world champion Kaori Sakamoto in the women's short program at the Grand Prix de France on ...

Memories of a prison camp in the Arizona desert, a tsunami and a plane crash are stirred by the bittersweet Japanese song Sukiyaki, a huge global hit of the 1960s. Originally released in Japan with ...

August 12th, 1985. A Boeing 747 carrying 524 people careens out of control in the skies above Japan. Alarms blare in the cockpit, as the pilots desperately grapple with an aircraft which seems to have ...

Photo by Clarence Davis, NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images In the early 1990s, there wasn’t a better model of hip-hop’s success than the rap group N.W.A. Founded by Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, and Eazy-E ...

Seiichi Murao is overcome with mixed emotions every time he thinks about a decision 36 years ago that almost certainly saved his life. The calligrapher, now 81 years old, flew home from Tokyo’s Haneda ...