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A jazz band performs an improvised set in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, accompanying presentations by overseas startups competing for Yamaha‘s TRANSPOSE audio prizes. (Yamaha)
YOKOHAMA, Japan — Inside Yokohama’s Red Brick Warehouse — a historic building that marks the flow of trade through the port city to Tokyo after Japan opened its market to the world in the 19th century — a global exchange of 21st-century sounds and music was playing out last month.
