Nippon Gakki got its name (literally, Japan Musical Instruments) from Founder Torakusu Yamaha, a medical equipment engineer who began making reed organs as a hobby in 1897, two years later ...

The virus was not the only factor in his decision. An industry group representing retailers of traditional Japanese musical instruments says 14,500 Japanese-made shamisen were sold in the country ...

a New York-based contemporary music organisation that seeks to bring Japanese musical instruments to western Classical Music. They had chosen six well-known contemporary US composers: Victoria Bond, ...

“We would like to protect and nurture Japanese musical instruments’ culture and the skills of craftspeople who make them by using state‐of‐the‐art technology,” an Itochu official sai ...

All you need is a small desk and musical instruments. NHK is launching a Japanese version of the worldwide phenomenon "tiny desk concerts," originally pioneered by American public broadcaster NPR.