Editing Country music (section)

===Japan and Asia===
[[File:ClaraChung.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.7|[[Clara Chung]]]]
In [[Japan]], country and western music first developed a following before World War II, but many Japanese became exposed to it after the war due to the [[Far East Network]].<ref name="Kitazawa 2019">{{cite web | last=Kitazawa | first=Yosuke | title=Y'All Come: Japan's Country Music Scene | website=PBS SoCal | date=September 11, 2019 | url=https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/country-music/yall-come-japans-country-music-scene | access-date=October 13, 2022}}</ref><ref name="AFAR Media 2020">{{cite web | title=Honky-Tonk Tokyo | website=AFAR Media | date=July 7, 2020 | url=https://www.afar.com/magazine/in-tokyo-japan-country-music-finds-an-audience | access-date=October 13, 2022}}</ref> One of the first Japanese western acts was Biji Kuroda & The Chuck Wagon Boys, other vintage artists include Jimmie Tokita and His Mountain Playboys, The Blue Rangers, Wagon Aces, and [[Tomi Fujiyama]].<ref name="Kitazawa 2019"/> While the majority of these musicians sung in English, a few of them sang in the Japanese language, such as Fujiyama and Kazuya Kosaka.<ref name="Kitazawa 2019"/> The genre continues to have a dedicated following in Japan, thanks to Charlie Nagatani, Katsuoshi Suga, J.T. Kanehira, Dicky Kitano, and Manami Sekiya.<ref name="Kitazawa 2019"/> Country and western venues in Japan include the former annual Country Gold which were put together by Charlie Nagatani, and the modern honky tonks at [[Little Texas (Tokyo restaurant)|Little Texas]] in Tokyo and Armadillo in [[Nagoya]].<ref name="Nerozzi 2020">{{cite web | last=Nerozzi | first=Timothy | title=Clocking up the years with Charlie Nagatani, Japan's country king | website=The Japan Times | date=January 16, 2020 | url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2020/01/16/music/charlie-nagatani-japan-country-king/ | access-date=October 14, 2022}}</ref><ref name="KPRC 2021">{{cite web | title=See inside the Little Texas Bar and Grille in Tokyo | website=KPRC | date=August 8, 2021 | url=https://www.click2houston.com/video/news/2021/08/08/see-inside-the-little-texas-bar-and-grille-in-tokyo/ | access-date=October 14, 2022}}</ref><ref name="赤坂カントリーミュージック ライブハウス">{{cite web | title=赤坂カントリーミュージック ライブハウス | website=赤坂カントリーミュージック ライブハウス | url=http://www.countryhouse-tokyo.com/sp/link.html | language=ja | access-date=October 14, 2022}}</ref>

In [[India]], there is an annual concert festival called "Blazing Guitars"<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article2158484.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707011005/http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article2158484.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 7, 2011 |title=Country Roads |newspaper=The Hindu |access-date=July 19, 2011 }}</ref> held in [[Chennai]] brings together Anglo-Indian musicians from all over the country (including some who have emigrated to places like Australia). The year 2003 brought home-grown Indian, [[Bobby Cash (singer)|Bobby Cash]] to the forefront of the country music culture in India when he became India's first international country music artist to chart singles in Australia.

In the [[Philippines]], country music has found their way into Cordilleran way of life, which often compares the [[Igorot]] lifestyle to that of US cowboys. The Philippines was once a US Commonwealth from 1900 to 1946, and country music began to be exported to the islands in the early 20th centurty. [[Baguio]] City has an FM station that caters to country music, [[DZWR]] 99.9 Country, which is part of the [[Catholic Media Network]]. Bombo Radyo Baguio has a segment on its Sunday slot for Igorot, Ilocano and country music. And as of recently, [[DWUB]] occasionally plays country music. Many country music musicians tour the [[Philippines]]. [[Original Pinoy Music]] has influences from country.