Ryuichi Sakamoto

April 15, 2013
Their demand: The right to live free of radiation. The plaintiffs who started the legal battle: 14 children.

March 19, 2013
"Psychedelic Afternoon," a new anime short jointly created by composer Ryuichi Sakamoto and artist duo UrumaDelvi, was released online for streaming on March 11, the second...

August 26, 2012
This is Japan's summer of discontent. Tens of thousands of protesters--the largest demonstrations the country has seen in decades--descend on Tokyo every Friday evening to...

August 21, 2012
A group of big-name anti-nuclear activists led by Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto is pushing lawmakers to support legislation that would phase out...

August 14, 2012
When filmmaker Mansaku Itami warned of the dangers of blind obedience in 1946, he could have had no way of knowing that Japan would be learning that same lesson nearly 70 years ...

July 16, 2012
Despite being orchestrated by musician Ryuichi Sakamoto, novelist Kenzaburo Oe and other prominent figures, the Sayonara Nukes 100,000 Rally held on the July 16 national...

July 04, 2012
I believe the first catalysts that made me aware about pacifism and the anti-nuclear movement were Nobel Prize-winning writer Kenzaburo Oe's "Hiroshima Notes" and Keiji...

June 15, 2012
I have always felt discomfort about the way decisions are made in Japan based on "the mood" rather than "logic," and without proper discussions regarding principles.

February 14, 2012
BERLIN--World-renowned composer Ryuichi Sakamoto is vowing to use his considerable talents and the power of music to maintain the public's interest in the dangers of nuclear...
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