Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese pop pioneer and Oscar-winning composer, dies aged 71

Sakamoto was one of Japan’s most successful musicians, acclaimed for work in Yellow Magic Orchestra as well as solo albums and film scores Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Japanese musician whose remarkably eclectic career straddled pop, experimentalism and Oscar-winning film composition, has died aged 71. As a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra alongside Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro … Read more

Parisians vote on banning e-scooters from French capital

Paris mayor, Anne Hidalgo, supports ban after three people died and 459 were injured in e-scooter accidents during 2022 Parisians are voting on Sunday on whether to rid the streets of the French capital of electric scooters, although some say the city’s leaders ought to be focusing on more pressing issues. Paris was a pioneer … Read more