Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this photo released by Casio Computer Co., Hiroko Okuda holds, at its headquarters in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2022, the Casio MT-40 ...

In 2001, longtime hardcore reggae fan Hidetsugo Haji faced a dilemma. He wanted to be a part of the “real thing,” but he lived in Japan, which lacked some basic pieces: a ghetto, for example, and the ...

Japanese disc jockey Oga Works is preparing for his four-month Jah Works World Tour which starts in Jamaica in May. The trek ends in August, with dates in New York, Bermuda, the United Kingdom and ...

Hopeton Harris never imagined he’d be a reggae music apostle in Japan. Like many expats who end up staying longer than expected (ahem!), Harris was a willing victim of happenstance. “I got asked to ...

SUNDAY, June 5 is the new date for the Reggae 4 Japan benefit concert to be held at York College in Queens, New York. The organisers, in addition to securing the date, have announced a line-up ...

Jamaica competes directly with Hawaii, Guam, and Thailand for Japanese tourists. With a bit of reggae, great food, and an all-inclusive resort concept new to Japanese visitors, this is a new chapter ...

Reissue label Time Capsule is lining up the release of a compilation featuring Japanese reggae produced in the ’70s and ’80s. The record, titled Tokyo Riddim 1976-1985, "captures the moment J-reggae ...

When Japan was first introduced to reggae music there was something about the music and the lifestyle that really spoke to people - particularly in this Japanese city. Japan's initial fascination with ...

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TOKYO (AP) — A musical revolution in Jamaica has a connection with a bouncy rhythm from a portable electronic keyboard that’s the brainchild of a Japanese woman. The pattern that resonates in the 1985 ...