ABOARD JS OSUMI--Hikari Maruyama, Runa Kurosawa and Sawaka Nakano are part of an elite force: Japan’s Amphibious ... a close-knit group of other female service members aboard the JS Osumi ...

[All-female bands] are out there ... These girls from Osaka Japan formed in the early eighties made their mark on a very solid fan base across the world with their quirky combination of everything ...

The 5.6.7.8’s are veterans of Japan’s equal-opportunity garage scene. “Another thing I love is that there are probably more women than men in these bands. A recent festival line-up was ...