TOKYO, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Shoji Morimoto has what some would see as a dream job: he gets paid to do pretty much nothing. The 38-year-old Tokyo resident charges 10,000 yen ($71) per booking to ...

Japanese pianist and composer Satoko Fujii has long demonstrated her ability to marshal ensembles of varying size—from intimate duos to sprawling orchestras—with an ear attuned to both spontaneity and ...

The Japanese guitarist and improviser has collaborated with Haruomi Hosono and Nels Cline. His new album collects 10 years’ worth of shape-shifting dream-pop and minimalist jazz. Every song on ...

“Japanese-influenced listening bars” may be the latest, greatest trend in US bar culture, but their high-end sound systems and even more highfalutin aesthetic draw from a much more humble ...

Distinct from live music venues, a Japanese jazz kissa revolves around enjoying vinyl records or CDs. Coined from kissaten, translating to 'tea-drinking shop,' jazz kissa gained traction post-Second ...