The world's oldest orchestral music, gagaku was imported from mainland China in ancient times. The melody is not based on a ...

Nippon Gakki got its name (literally, Japan Musical Instruments) from Founder Torakusu Yamaha, a medical equipment engineer who began making reed organs as a hobby in 1897, two years later ...

The virus was not the only factor in his decision. An industry group representing retailers of traditional Japanese musical instruments says 14,500 Japanese-made shamisen were sold in the country ...

“We would like to protect and nurture Japanese musical instruments’ culture and the skills of craftspeople who make them by using state‐of‐the‐art technology,” an Itochu official sai ...

The Japan Culture and Entertainment Industry Promotion Association (CEIPA) made its debut in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 16, at the Peacock Theater with the sold-out matsuri’25: Japanese Music ...