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This Side of Japan's Best of 2020-2025: The Friend's List
Wrapping up, we invite back our friends and contributors from over the years for their list of favorite Japanese songs from this decade so far!
Enjoy our friends picks - nearly 300 songs! thissidejapan.substack.com/p…
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For This Side of Japan issue #100, we present the Top 100 Japanese Songs of 2020-2025!
We look back at this decade in Japanese music so far through the era's best songs from Ado, Pasocom Music Club, PAS TASTA and many more!
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Idol Watch presents... Top 100 Idol Songs of 2020-2025!
Ahead of This Side of Japan issue #100, we look back at this decade so far in idol with our favorite songs from iLiFE, FRUITS ZIPPER, RAY and a whole lot more!
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my annual list of kpop-ish songs - 2k25
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This Side of Japan's Top 100 Japanese songs of 2025!
Looking back at a great year in music from songs by Gen Hoshino, THE LUV BUGS, Suichu Spica and many more
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Idol Watch's Top 40 Idol Songs of 2025: The Boys Edition
Here are the year's best idol songs from the boys, listing highlights from Snow Man, M!LK, PSYCHIC FEVER and many more thissidejapan.substack.com/p…
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This Side of Japan's 75 favorite Bandcamp records of 2025!
here's our selection of favorite records available on the platform before the last Bandcamp Friday of the year, ft. LanPage, as a sketch pad, Emma Aibara and many more thissidejapan.substack.com/p…
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For @pitchfork I wrote about the debut album from 2pillz, the Vietnamese producer responsible for the best and most important Vietnamese pop album of the year. Gen Z artists are completely changing what V-pop sounds like right now and it's so exciting.
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michael retweeted
New This Side of Japan! What's inside:
🛟 2025 in Japan's rap so far
🛟 new Yuka Nagase album
🛟 singles by Mogry Home, Wednesday Campanella, Yusuke Takenouchi
🛟 Aya Matsuura's "Yeah! Meccha Holiday"
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✨This Side of Japan presents... Top 100 Japanese Songs of 2024!✨
We highlight the year's 100 best songs from Japan featuring Sasuke Haraguchi, Regal Lily, KOTONOHOUSE and many more!
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✨Idol Watch presents... Top 100 Japanese Idol Songs of 2024!✨
We highlight the best idol music of the year from FRUITS ZIPPER, f5ve, Phantom Siita and many more!
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michael retweeted
New This Side of Japan! What's inside:
⏰ top 50 TikTok songs of 2024
⏰ new ASP album
⏰ singles by Kruelty, Poison Girlfriend, Sedai
⏰ Namie Amuro's "Girl Talk"
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michael retweeted
"That’s one of the sad things about this modern view of happiness, that it’s something you pursue and attain. But actually, it’s always there. It’s not something you have to chase or find—it’s in you, or right by you."
@misterminsoo talks with the legendary pop star @utadahikaru
michael retweeted
New This Side of Japan! What's inside:
🎆 "Team Tomodachi" remixes from all across Asia
🎆 new Kenshi Yonezu album
🎆 singles by higma & somunia; Magnolia Cacophony; SKYTOPIA
🎆 Aiko's "Hanabi"
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michael retweeted
New This Side of Japan! What's inside:
⚡️the Hatsune Miku-meets-Pokemon songs from Project Voltage
⚡️ favorite albums Q1, 2024
⚡️ singles by CVN, nervous light of sunday, Stupid Kozo
⚡️ Seiko Matsuda's "Natsu No Tobira"
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New This Side of Japan! What's inside:
📲 on noa and indie-rock songs on TikTok
📲 new marucoporoporo album
📲 singles by DJ KANJI, Starceed & Yo-Sea; inu; Tomori Kusunoki
📲 Shizuka Kudo's "Arashi No Sugao"
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This Side of Japan is back! What's inside:
-Friends recommends #2 w/ @leikakeys @nanagazer @SinceriMusty
-new bala EP
-singles by KOTONOHOUSE and e5, marucoporoporo, Risa Takeda
-Kinki Kids's "Jet Coaster Romance"
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New Song/New Resonance: Anime as Gateways for New Music and Perspectives
For this special issue of This Side of Japan, we invited guest writers to share about songs found in anime, and how the anime deepened their relationship with music
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