A Japanese musician has released his first album in six years — a collection of compositions recorded during his battle with cancer. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on Jan. 26, 2023.) ...

With special thanks to HarperCollins and The Estate of Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japan Society is presenting the weekend program Music By Ryuichi Sakamoto, highlighting six rare films scored by 'The Professor ...

Ryuichi Sakamoto is sitting quietly in the back of his studio. Nestled on the garden floor of a West Village townhouse, the small space is filled with musical equipment — at least a dozen keyboards ...

Ask Ryuichi Sakamoto if a movie saved his life, and he’ll say yes. In June of 2014, the famed Japanese composer was diagnosed with Stage III throat cancer. On July 10 of that year, Sakamoto made his ...

Over the weekend, the management team of Ryuichi Sakamoto shared a final parting gift from the towering musician, who died in March — a playlist he compiled for his funeral. The 33-song set runs for ...

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Sad news: the great Ryuichi Sakamoto has died. He left us on March 28 at age 71. He had been battling stage 4 cancer. The news came via his website: An Announcement We are deeply saddened to announce ...

TOKYO — At the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, a standing-room-only crowd watches the unfolding of Ryuichi Sakamoto and Shiro Takatani’s “TIME TIME” (2024). The shadow of a woman playing a shō, a ...

Janus Films has revealed an official trailer for the wonderful documentary performance film titled Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus. This is the final performance of the master Japanese composer Ryuichi ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ryuichi Sakamoto won awards for his innovative film scores (Reuters) Ryuichi Sakamoto, an eclectic Japanese composer who was an ...

Elizabeth Lennard, director of the 1985 documentary Tokyo Melody about the famed experimental musician, discusses the film and her memories of Sakamoto. The documentary was conceived after Sakamoto’s ...

Ryuichi Sakamoto has been an enormously respected artist for decades, starting with his work in the '70s and '80s as a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra in his native Japan to his deeply affective, ...