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Since January 2014, the Southern Arizona Japanese Cultural Coalition has been putting on an annual Japanese cultural event in Tucson. It started out as a New Year’s mochi pounding event and has grown ...

Inspired by bonkers UK bass festival Balter, Run Da Bass gives hardcore heads in Osaka a place to “dance hard, shout loudly ...

Nashville Taiko, located in Music City, Tennessee, is the state’s first taiko group. Heather and Lelan join them to learn ...

Toowoomba Taiko is running free beginner lessons for people interested in exploring the art of the Japanese drum.

St. Louis Osuwa Taiko is a vibrant, community-based ensemble dedicated to preserving and sharing the powerful Japanese art of ...

Steady hollow bangs that resonate not only through the ears but through the heart. Perfectly timed wooden clicks of complex rhythmic patterns. Call-and-response shouts ...

Founder of Beni Daiko, Junko, talks about sharing Japanese culture with the community at the International Festival With spring sports on the horizon, we want to know which high school sport you enjoy ...

Prime Minister Takaichi leveraged her high approval ratings to steer her Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to a supermajority in the Lower House – the first single party supermajority in 40 years. A ...

John Tateishi was just under three years old when he was sent to prison. He was never arrested or charged with a crime. But like over 120,000 other Japanese immigrants and Japanese Americans, he and ...

The 92037 ZIP code is more than 5,500 miles from Tokyo, but a performing troupe rooted in La Jolla is bringing an ancient Japanese drumming practice to various parts of San Diego. The drum ensemble La ...

One compares her to baseball star Shohei Ohtani, another praises her as a "commoner prime minister". Japan's Sanae Takaichi is generating buzz among Gen-Z in a country where politics has long been ...