A special radio series inspired by the music of Haruomi Hosono was broadcast on 26 November 2017. NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Haruomi Hosono on 22 February 2019. Haruomi Hosono has been played over 600 times on NTS, first on 22 December 2013. Haruomi Hosono's music has been featured on 418 episodes.

Mr. Hosono started his musical activity with Apryl Fool, a legendary psychedelic rock band, in 1969. Since then, he has played a critical role in Japanese music history moving to Happy End, Tin Pan Alley, Y.M.O. He also established \EN label (with Mr. Takahashi) and Non Standard, and he is eager to discover new artistic talents. F.O.E. is a project like unit centered by Hosono after Y.M.O. disbanded. In addition to the regular members, James Brown, Miharu Koshi and Makoto Kubota and Sandii participated. This is an interesting mix of funky sound, Y.M.O. sound and Electro Dance sound. Under the name of F.O.E., you can listen to a rare Rap by Hosono in the song "Come Back" (included in the album "Heavy") which he played together with President BPM, Haruo Chikada. He is not just a Lawson's middle-aged guy. Around Monado, he is more Ambient. He is also active as Harry & Mac and Tin Pan reviving 70s.