Entertainment Nippon

This program introduces you the best of Japanese entertainment. This time, we'll be introducing you to one of Japan's top guitarists, Tomoyasu Hotei. Not only is he an amazing guitar player, with history of collaborating with The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Iggy Pop to name a few, but he is also a well known composer and producer who has written music for Hollywood films and often tours Europe and US. We talk to him about his new home of London and find out what drives him to continue pursuing his passion for music worldwide.

Virtual singer Hatsune Miku and Taiko Performing Arts Ensemble Kodo. These 2 world renowned artists blew music fans away with their first collaboration concert this past March. In our next episode, we will be giving you an up-close look at the new generation of Japanese music with footage of their performance, a collaboration between a virtual singer made using the world's leading digital technologies and a traditional Japanese group that is connecting the past to the future through taiko drums.