It's also where Elijah Rhea Johnson disappears into the role of a lifetime. He brings the late King of Pop to life eight shows a week. It's a full-circle journey that began back in Detroit.

(Mainichi/Ryotaro Nishimoto) The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about the recent resurgence of vinyl records in Japan and abroad. Question: I usually listen to ...

Fujimoto has lived his life by the philosophy that ... He rode the tide of Japan’s asset-inflated economic boom of the late 1980s and increased his assets at the time to 1 billion yen.

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