Editing Ryuichi Sakamoto (section)

=== 2020s ===
In 2021 he was associate artist of [[Holland Festival]] in Amsterdam where he presented the world premiere of ''TIME'', his last collaboration with his long-term collaborator [[Shiro Takatani]]. This "wordless opera", featuring dancer and actor [[Min Tanaka]] and shô player [[Mayumi Miyata]] was inspired by the first tale from [[Natsume Sōseki|Soseki Natsume]]'s collection of short stories ''[[Ten Nights of Dreams]]''.<ref name=Stames />

In 2022 he took part in the creation of [[Dumb Type]]'s new installation ''2022'' as a new member of the Japanese collective, for the [[Japanese pavilion|Japan Pavilion]] at the 59th International Art Exhibition – [[Venice Biennale|La Biennale di Venezia]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/artists/venice-biennale-national-pavilions-1234620060/japan-dumb-type |last1=Greenberger |first1=Alex |title=A Guide to the 2022 Venice Biennale National Pavilions, From Futuristic Gardens to AI-Influenced Performance Art |work=ARTnews.com |date=3 March 2022}}</ref>

The same year Sakamoto collaborated with the young Ukrainian violinist Illia Bondarenko on the single "Piece for Illia" as part of the compilation fundraiser ''Ukraine (volume 2)'' for relief for victims of the [[Russian Invasion of Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://www.thefader.com/2022/04/26/ryuichi-sakamoto-and-illia-bondarenko-share-track-from-ukraine-fundraiser-album | title=Ryuichi Sakamoto and Illia Bondarenko share track from Ukraine fundraiser album|magazine=Fact|date=April 26, 2022 }}</ref>

On April 24, 2023, the song "[[Snooze (Agust D song)|Snooze]]" was released by Agust D ([[Suga (rapper)|Suga]] of BTS), in loving memory of Ryuichi Sakamoto, in which he is featured in the song as keyboards. He also appears in the music trailers leading up to the Agust D album, D-Day.<ref>{{Citation|title=SUGA: Road to D-DAY' Official Trailer| date=April 6, 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPjfJrtLpww&ab_channel=BANGTANTV}}</ref>

In 2023, filmmaker [[Neo Sora]]–Sakamoto's son–directed a final performance of Sakomoto playing solo piano, released as ''[[Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus]]''. It premiered at the [[80th Venice International Film Festival|Venice Film Festival in 2023]].