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This month's round-up of great new Japanese releases from Asunojokei, Perfume, Young Coco and more

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A quick update from This Side of Japan for the next few weeks

Jul 26

Discussing the new Young Coco album, Ippu-Do's "Sumire September Love" and some of the other great Showa singles commissioned by Kanebo

Jul 20

Checking out some of the amazing songs produced as tie-ups to Kanebo's cosmetic commercials

Jul 20

Looking into the new SAKA-SAMA album, Toshinobu Kubota's "LA LA LA LOVE SONG" and Hikaru Utada's 2004 crossover record 'Exodus'

Jul 6

Here are the newsletter's 50 favorite Japanese songs of the year so far

Jul 3

This month's round-up of great new Japanese releases from chelmico, Nerd Magnet, Tohji and more

Jul 3

A text list of the newsletter's favorite songs from the idol scene in 2022

Jun 24

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