Idle Moments: Inside Brilliant Corners’ audiophile and wine haven

Japanese city pop singer Kikuchi Momoko performs live at Nippon Budokan during 1986

Japanese house legend Shinichiro Yokota compiles 20 year retrospective on 2xLP

Our 10 favourite reissues of 2019 so far

Satoshi Ashikawa’s coveted Japanese ambient LP Still Way reissued for the first time

Contemporary experimental music from Japanese female artists collected on new LP, Seitō

A new record shop has opened in Tokyo

Magnetic Punk – The tape innovations of Open Reel Ensemble

Akiko Yano’s cult 1977 album Iroha Ni Konpeitou released outside Japan for the first time

Sachiko Kanenobu’s coveted ’70s Japanese folk LP Misora reissued on vinyl

The sun-drenched Americana of Japanese artist Hiroshi Nagai

Sora’s celestial 2003 Japanese electronica LP Re.Sort released on vinyl for the first time