Japan performed live for the last time in the UK during a six night stint at London's Hammersmith Odeon in November 1982. These perform...

'Ghosts' was a single taken from Japan's 1981 album 'Tin drum'. Bereft of drums, the minimalist track would not be descr...

'Visions of China' was a single released by Japan in 1981. I discovered the track a few years later, when the music video appeared o...

Taken from their debut album of the same name, 'Adolescent sex' was the first hit for Japan, reaching number 27 in the Netherlands a...

So this is the 12" single of Japan's 'Nightporter', on which the track appears in its full glory. While on the 7" sing...

'I second that emotion' was originally a hit for Smokey Robinson & the Miracles in 1967. Written by Smokey Robinson and Al Cleve...

'Cantonese boy' was the third single taken from Japan's 1981 album 'Tin drum'. The album continued their now developed u...

'Quiet life' was Japan's first big chart hit, peaking at number 19 in the autumn of 1981. The album of the same name saw the ban...

Japan released their first album for Virgin Records, 'Gentlemen take polaroids', on November 15, 1980. Only the title track was rele...