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TETSUYA KOMURO

LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Jan 29, 2018
Let¡¯s discuss Tetsuya Komuro¡¯s retirement
Music producer Tetsuya Komuro says he will retire from the industry following a recent magazine report about his alleged extramarital affair with a nurse.
Japan Times
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Media / Japan Pulse
Jan 27, 2018
Shukan Bunshun shoots itself in the foot with Komuro scandal
Another month, another celebrity controversy in Japan. This time, however, the commotion over J-pop producer Tetsuya Komuro¡¯s alleged affair and subsequent retirement might mark the moment that netizens rejected the country¡¯s obsession with scandals. It also allowed those who might fall under the...
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jan 19, 2018
Famed producer Tetsuya Komuro quits music industry over alleged affair
Music producer Tetsuya Komuro said Friday he will retire from the industry following a recent magazine report about his alleged extramarital affair with a nurse.
CULTURE / Music / STRANGE BOUTIQUE
Jan 29, 2017
Happier times in the era of Tetsuya Komuro
A 58-year-old Japanese man with a dyed blond mullet in a thick, woolly sweater hunches over a series of a dozen keyboards. With a casual confidence his fingers trip through a few bright, up-tempo chords. There¡¯s something familiar about the sound ¡ª a nostalgia tinged with just a hint of guilty pleasure....
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 19, 2016
Is Japanese pop music losing its relevance?
Shukan Bunshun recently ran some articles describing how last year the talent management company LDH allegedly paid entertainment behemoth Burning Productions to ensure that one of LDH¡¯s acts would win the top prize at the 2015 Japan Record Awards (JRA). Accompanying one of the articles was a photo of...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Dec 24, 2014
Review: TM Network at Tokyo International Forum
Just as the year drew to a close, so too did J-pop trio TM Network¡¯s touring schedule at the Tokyo International Forum¡¯s Hall A.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 29, 2014
Review: TM Network at Fuchu no Mori Art Theater
The fanks were out in full force on Saturday as J-pop trio TM Network launched its ¡°the beginning of the end¡± tour.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 19, 2011
Tetsuya Komuro¡¯s ¡®Digitalian is Eating Breakfast 2¡¯
Emerging from the tail end of the 1980s new-wave scene with the band TM Network, Tetsuya Komuro was a producer who defined the 1990s. In fact, anyone searching out a single point when the more modern agglomeration of styles that later became known as J-pop killed off the older kayoukyoku (an older term...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Dec 18, 2009
The noughties played it nice
The biggest Japanese music event in 2000 was Hikaru Utada¡¯s Bohemian Summer tour, which was launched at Tokyo¡¯s Yoyogi Pool that June. Since emerging in December 1998 with the single ¡°Automatic,¡± followed by the debut album ¡°First Love¡± four months later, the 17-year-old singer-songwriter, daughter of...
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Apr 26, 2001
Producer Tetsuya Komuro to marry singer
Tetsuya Komuro, a popular musician and producer of a number of gold disks, will soon marry a vocalist in his group ¡°Kiss Destination,¡± sources close to the musician said Wednesday.
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Japan to set up expert working group on accepting foreign nationals
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (second from left) addresses a meeting of ministers responsible for policies concerning foreign residents, held at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Head of Swiss euthanasia firm dies after collapsing while ascending Mount Fuji
Around 200,000 people typically scale the 3,776 meter Mount Fuji each year.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

Podcast

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