"I have just posted a bunch of Japanese punk MP3's from bands on the label KON I think a lot of people should check out. They include Indian-Hi (a crazy band from Okinawa), Jack Badra (probably the ...

Akira Tsuneoka, founding member of and drummer for Japanese punk band Hi-STANDARD, has passed away. He was 51 years old. The band announced his passing in a statement on Facebook which reads, With ...

Off day in Osaka. An old family friend showed us the local lifestyle, mostly consisting of many tiny dishes of meat, noodles, ...

Doors open at 11 a.m., and the first band hits the stage at 12:30 p.m. On Sunday, March 30, the festival moves to Makuhari Messe Convention Center just east of Tokyo, where the godfather of punk ...

Japanese Breakfast just announced a new album ... and they’re taking along some other great bands, varying by date, including Cancer Bats, Defeater, Koyo, Orthodox, and Desmadre.

Okoda, 56, who has run a vinyl record store in Hiroshima’s Naka Ward for 30 years and sings in a punk band, said he organized the concert in light of his 12 years of interactions with Sunao Tsuboi.