Archive - This Side of Japan

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

Jul 31

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

Rounding up the best idol songs from the past two months, featuring WASUTA, Up Up Girls (2), Planet After the Rain and more

Jun 24

Charting the creative growth of lyrical school's current 5-member line-up through 6 of their best songs

Jun 24

Highlighting the new chelmico album, YUI's "My Generation" and Gen Hoshino's song for Spy x Family

Jun 22

We go deep into Kensuke Ushio's soundtrack for Masaaki Yuasa's Ping Pong, plus guest selections as well as words on AKB48's latest Oricon number one

Jun 8

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