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First issue of 2022 explores the new Shapeshifter album, the best single by the Queen of Winter Songs and the anime The Heike Story
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What happened to Komuro after the 2000s, and why time is right for a re-evaluation of the producer's hits
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Ami Suzuki arrives as the fresh new personality from the Komuro Family who can show that a more optimistic lifestyle can lie ahead.
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Tomomi Kahara inspire a pop story from Komuro that breaks the mold of the tales familiar to the rest of the Komuro Family.
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Globe explore the overarching, ambient melancholy surrounding the narrative of Komuro's city songs
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Namie Amuro embodied the personal in Komuro's club songs while growing into the idol representing the lifestyle associated with the genre.
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TRF established Eurodance as not just Japanese club music but the soundtrack to city life
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An intro to a series of five essays on the singles that defined the hit-maker in the ‘90s
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A rundown of This Side of Japan's top 25 Japanese albums of the year
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We wrap up the best of 2021 coverage with selections picked by friends of the newsletter
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Celebrating a great year in music in Japan, featuring songs by Gen Hoshino, Hitsujibungaku, Hakushi Hasegawa and many, many more
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Listing the year's best from Gen Hoshino, Hitsujibungaku, Hakushi Hasegawa and more
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