Conductor Seiji Ozawa, who led postwar Japan’s classical music world and remained at the forefront of some of the greatest symphonies on the planet, died of heart failure on Feb. 6. He was 88.

Story Land in Classical Japanese This series is aimed at students of the Japanese language and viewers interested in classical literature. It provides easy introductions to celebrated classical ...

Back in her university days, Japanese singer Milet was hanging ... from a young age because of her parents’ love for classical music: “I was listening to classical music before I knew how ...