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Japan: Music and Dance
- CLASSICAL JAPANESE MUSIC: GAGAKU COURT MUSIC, SHAKUHACHI FLUTES, THE KOTO, BIWA AND OTHER TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENTS
- WESTERN CLASSICAL MUSIC IN JAPAN: SEIJI OZAWA, TORU TAKEMITSU AND JAPANESE MUSIC CONTEST WINNERS
- JAPANESE FOLK MUSIC: SAMISEN PLAYERS, TAIKO DRUM GROUPS, KODO AND OKINAWAN MUSIC
- ENKA (JAPANESE OLD-PEOPLE MUSIC), MISORA HIBARA AND JERO, THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN ENKA SINGER
- J-POP (JAPANESE POP MUSIC), THE JAPANESE MUSIC INDUSTRY AND COMPETITION FROM K-POP
- J-POP IDOLS, TALENT AGENCIES, DIGITAL IDOLS AND IDOL OTAKU
- J-POP AND POP ARTISTS IN JAPAN; SMAP, NAMIE AMURO, AYUMI HAMASAKI
- AKB-48: ELECTIONS, MEMBERS, MARKETING AND RANKED WORLD'S LARGEST POP GROUP
- ROCK IN JAPAN: BEATLES, X JAPAN, HIDE, PUFFY, B'Z, VISUAL-KEI AND GROUPS POPULAR AT ANIME-MANGA FESTIVALS
- PUNK, FOREIGN MUSIC, TECHNO, COUNTRY MUSIC, HIP-HOP IN JAPAN
- YOKO ONO: HER LIFE, ART AND MUSIC, THE BEATLES' BREAK UP AND JOHN LENNON'S DEATH
- KARAOKE IN JAPAN: ITS HISTORY, INVENTOR DAISUKE INOUE, ITS SUCCESS AND DECLINE
- DANCE IN JAPAN: TRADITIONAL DANCES, BUTOH, FLAMENCO, HIP-HOP AND DANCE MACHINES