Editing Culture of Japan (section)

=== Modern music ===
Japan is the second largest [[Music industry|music market]] in the world behind the United States, and is the largest in Asia,<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Fig. 5. Fragments of interferograms: a - from January 8, 2007– February 28, 2009, b - from January 11, 2008– January 16, 2010, c - from February 26, 2008– March 3, 2010, d - with a one-year interval from June 22, 2015–20.06. 2016. |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.31857/s0205-9614201953-14-16405 |access-date=2023-12-09 |doi=10.31857/s0205-9614201953-14-16405 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Wyrwoll |first=Claudia |title=Social media: fundamentals, models, and ranking of user-generated content |date=2014 |publisher=Springer Vieweg |isbn=978-3-658-06983-4 |location=Wiesbaden |pages=87–100}}</ref> with most of the market dominated by [[List of Japanese artists|Japanese artists]].<ref>{{Cite journal |title="Global Music Report 2023 – State of the Industry" |doi=10.1553/0x0001d281 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Local music often appears at [[karaoke]] venues on lease from [[record label]]s.

Western music has been adopted and adapted to the Japanese context and has often in the process become Japanized (domesticated) and different from its model.<ref name=":9">{{Cite book |last=Hughes |first=David W. |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781315172354/ashgate-research-companion-japanese-music-alison-mcqueen-tokita-david-hughes |title=The Ashgate Research Companion to Japanese Music |date=2017-02-09 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-315-17235-4 |location=London |pages=4 |doi=10.4324/9781315172354}}</ref> Hybrid music has resulted, such as ''[[enka]], [[J-pop]]'', and ‘contemporary Japanese music’ (''gendai hōgaku'') or ‘new Japanese music’ (''shin-hōgaku'').<ref name=":9" /> Famous enka singers include [[Hibari Misora]], [[Saburo Kitajima]], [[Ikuzo Yoshi]], and Haruo Minami. One notable contemporary influence on Japanese musical music came from Ainu music and the so-called nationalist composer Ifukube Akiraa (b. 1914 in Hokkaido) who brought the ''[[tonkori]]'' zither onto the World Music scene.<ref name=":9"/>

In the late 20th century Japanese music rose in popularity with ''[[Japanese idol|Aidoru]]'' (Japanese Idols) with popular audition shows such as the Suta¯tanjo¯(A Star Is Born).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hosokawa |first=Shuhei |title="Popular entertainment and the music industry." A Companion to the Anthropology of Japan. |year=2005 |pages=297–313}}</ref> Japanese music further evolved in the jazz, pop, R&B, and Rock music genres and continues into today. Popular artists of the 20th-21st centuries include [[Yoko Ono]], [[Suzuka Nakamoto]], [[Kōji Tamaki|Koji Tamaki]], [[Hyde (musician)|Hideto Takarai]], [[Takahiro Moriuchi]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-08 |title=15 Of The Greatest And Most Famous Japanese Singers |url=https://hellomusictheory.com/learn/famous-japanese-singers/ |access-date=2023-12-09 |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Kenshi Yonezu]], and [[Haruomi Hosono]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=Cunningham |first=Ed |date=2019-11-20 |title=7 Japanese Musicians that Influenced the World |url=https://www.tokyoweekender.com/entertainment/music/7-japanese-musicians-influenced-world/ |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=Tokyo Weekender |language=ja}}</ref> Popular groups of the same eras include [[The Oral Cigarettes]], [[Yoasobi]], [[Bump of Chicken]], [[King Gnu]], [[Mrs. Green Apple]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=ROCKIN'ON JAPAN {{!}} 出版 {{!}} 事業内容 |url=https://www.rockinon.co.jp/business/publication/magazine?genre=rockinon-japan |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=ロッキング・オン・グループ (rockin’on group) |language=ja}}</ref> [[Fishmans]], and [[Perfume (Japanese band)|Perfume]].<ref name=":10" />