This Side of Japan

Exploring the new Daichi Yamamoto album, a '70s Song of the Summer, and a decade in Kyary Pamyu Pamyu

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This Side of Japan covers the year's best anison releases with special guest Hannah

Jun 30

Listing the best Japanese songs of the year

Jun 27

Rounding up the best albums of the year so far from Japan and the rest of the world

Jun 27

A quick text list (plus playlists!) of my favorite idol songs of the year

Jun 25

The best in idol from the past two months featuring mzsrz, KOTO, BiS and many more, plus a few thoughts on Tacoyaki Rainbow's recent graduation

Jun 25

Discussing Ryoko Hirosue's debut album, Hinatazaka46's latest number one and revisiting Capsule's past releases (plus some guest selections!)

Jun 16

Highlighting the new Kabanagu album, Hiromi Iwasaki's "Madonna Tachi No Lullaby" and 5 favorite drama tie-in songs of the year

Jun 2

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