A special radio series inspired by the music of Yellow Magic Orchestra was broadcast on 26 November 2017. Yellow Magic Orchestra has been played over 300 times on NTS, first on 6 October 2013. Yellow Magic Orchestra's music has been featured on 225 episodes.

Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO) was an influential Japanese electronic music band, formed in 1978. They are renowned as a major influence in popular music, and for pioneering the synth-pop genre. The principal members are Haruomi Hosono (bass), Yukihiro Takahashi (1952-2023, drums) and Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952-2023, keyboards).

The band was originally conceived as a one-off studio project by Hosono, the…