Ryuichi

Ryuichi Sakamoto is hunched over a grand piano, wearing a black suit and his customary tortoiseshell eyeglasses. The room around him is drenched in darkness, with no other textures visible but the freckles on his face and the glossy shine…

Just days before his death on March 28 at the age of 71, Ryuichi Sakamoto used his final reserves of strength to fire off a letter to the governor of Tokyo.Japan’s most important postwar composer, a pioneer of electronic music and an…

By YURI KAGEYAMA and MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Ryuichi Sakamoto, a world-renowned Japanese musician and actor who composed for Hollywood hits such as “The Last Emperor” and “The…

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 company Avex said in a statement Sunday that Sakamoto died…

By AFP TOKYO:  Pioneering composer and green activist Ryuichi Sakamoto, whose score for "The Last Emperor" scooped an Oscar and a Grammy, has died aged 71 after his second cancer diagnosis. Having shot to fame in…

Ryuichi Sakamoto posing for a portrait in 1996.…

Japanese musician, composer, record producer, pianist, activist, writer, actor and dancer Ryuichi Sakamoto,…