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This month's round-up of great new Japanese releases from Fujii Kaze, Hitsujibungaku, lyrical school, and more

Apr 30

Rounding up the best idol songs from the past two months, featuring You'll Melt More, cinder-ella, PRIKIL and more, plus a discussion on Bellring Shoujo…

Apr 29

Joined by our friend Myrna, we discuss all about one of the most influential idol groups of the 2010s

Apr 29

Celebrating the newsletter's 50th issue with a list of my 50 favorite Japanese tracks from the last 5 years

Apr 20

The titles-only list of This Side of Japan's 50 favorite songs 2017-2021

Apr 20

This Side of Japan's pivot to K-pop brings you WJSN Chocome, Yena's great mini album, a Girls' Generation no. 1 plus guest selections!

Apr 1

This month's round-up of great new Japanese releases from Kana Hanazawa, HARETOKIDOKI, Yuga and more

Mar 27

Discussing the new Kana Hanazawa album, "Moonlight Densetsu," and the new Wednesday Campanella singles

Mar 23

A deep dive into SUGIZO's debut solo LP, Not Equal Me's latest no. 1, and wonderful guest selections from Japan's music past

Mar 9

This month's round-up of great new Japanese releases from MONDO GROSSO, JYOCHO, Caeca and more

Feb 27

Rounding up the best idol songs from the past two months, featuring TEAM SHACHI, The Grateful a MogAAAz, lyrical school and more

Feb 25

Exploring the new MONDO GROSSO album, ASIAN KUNG-FU- GENERATION's number-one hit and Horoyoi's mash up of two J-pop classics

Feb 23

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