I love Japanese popular music. I listen to it on a daily basis. But you know one thing I’ve found out? Many of the Japanese artists I listen to have taken inspiration from the band that I discovered as a young teen and which attached themselves so indelibly to my psyche. Yes, I speak of the band that brought me to this forum in the first place, the Beatles. On more than one occasion I can remember being amazed when I’ve come across a reference to the Beatles by a Japanese artist who I had grown...