It's got to be tough to go through this once, so a second time is sad. Thank you all so much for your continuing support." I sincerely apologize for any inconveniences this may cause to those who are involved in ongoing projects.įrom now on, I will be living alongside cancer.īut, I am hoping to make music for a little while longer. There may be instances where I have to cancel work.
Still, I will continue to work as much as I can while in treatment. I want to create a myth about man and nature, Sakamoto Ryuichi said of his new work Time. I want to express my heartfelt gratitude.ĭue to these circumstances, traveling long distances for work will be difficult. After receiving treatment for throat cancer for several years, Ryuichi Sakamoto was diagnosed with rectal cancer last year, but he still did not stop working. I am now undergoing treatment.Īmid the overwhelming hardships that the medical institutions and healthcare workers face during this unprecedented pandemic, the sincerity with which everyone involved cares for their patients is nothing short of admirable. The news was disheartening, but thanks to the excellent doctors I met, the surgery I underwent was a success. However, unfortunately, I have been diagnosed with cancer again-this time, rectal cancer. I was relieved after the throat cancer that I had in 2014 went into remission after six years. In today’s note, Sakamoto concedes that his work rate will slow but pledged to do what he could as his treatment progressed. In recent years, a flurry of reissues and film scores have cemented the Yellow Magic Orchestra co-founder’s legacy. He said the following year that treatment had left him “in great shape”-it is now in remission-and in 2017, he returned with the landmark album async. In 2014, Sakamoto was diagnosed with throat cancer. “But, I am hoping to make music for a little while longer.” “From now on, I will be living alongside cancer,” the note reads. Sakamoto writes that, while “the news was disheartening,” his initial surgery was a success and he will undergo further treatment. Ryuichi Sakamoto has been diagnosed with cancer for the second time in a decade, according to a note on the beloved composer’s website.
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