Akihiko Narisawa came to Jamaica two years ago from Japan with one aim in mind - to find authentic Jamaican music produced by Jamaican artists and send it back to his homeland, where love for Jamaican ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

King Midas Sound’s Kiki Hitomi blends Jamaican reggae with Japanese enka on her genre-twisting debut solo album Karma No Kusari. Laurent Fintoni takes a closer look at the roots and influences behind ...

Acall has been made for Sugar Minott’s massive contribution to the expansion of reggae in Japan to be fully documented in English. The call came from no less a person than top Japanese Reggae artiste, ...

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 ...

If there is ever a Reggae Hall of Fame, Hiroko Okuda at Casio Computer Co. would be a fitting nominee for a monumental contribution she unknowingly made to the popular Jamaican musical genre. Casio ...

I didn't make the Chiefs game last night, as I was hanging out at the Corporate Challenge, where Michele Sardinia-Barker, Syracuse.com GM, took the prize for fastest time for a female senior exec.

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 ...