Ryuichi Sakamoto did not shy away from speaking out against things he considered unacceptable as he monitored the absurdities ...

Ask Ryuichi Sakamoto if a movie saved his life, and he’ll say yes. In June of 2014, the famed Japanese composer was diagnosed with Stage III throat cancer. On July 10 of that year, Sakamoto made his ...

A vast collection of the works that Ryuichi Sakamoto left behind shows that a musician with great curiosity and a strong ...

Ryuichi Sakamoto is sitting quietly in the back of his studio. Nestled on the garden floor of a West Village townhouse, the small space is filled with musical equipment — at least a dozen keyboards ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ryuichi Sakamoto, the influential electronic music composer and member of the Yellow Magic Orchestra who won an Oscar for the ...

Ryuichi Sakamoto has been an enormously respected artist for decades, starting with his work in the '70s and '80s as a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra in his native Japan to his deeply affective, ...

Over the weekend, the management team of Ryuichi Sakamoto shared a final parting gift from the towering musician, who died in March — a playlist he compiled for his funeral. The 33-song set runs for ...

Sad news: the great Ryuichi Sakamoto has died. He left us on March 28 at age 71. He had been battling stage 4 cancer. The news came via his website: An Announcement We are deeply saddened to announce ...

TOKYO — At the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, a standing-room-only crowd watches the unfolding of Ryuichi Sakamoto and Shiro Takatani’s “TIME TIME” (2024). The shadow of a woman playing a shō, a ...

Sakamoto starred in Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence alongside David Bowie in 1983 The Japanese composer behind 1987's The Last Emperor, Ryuichi Sakamoto, has died. Sakamoto's management team announced ...

TOKYO (AP) — Ryuichi Sakamoto, a world-renowned Japanese musician and actor who composed for Hollywood hits such as "The Last Emperor" and "The Revenant," has died. He was 71. Japan's recording ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ryuichi Sakamoto won awards for his innovative film scores (Reuters) Ryuichi Sakamoto, an eclectic Japanese composer who was an ...