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Oct 2, 2024 · The History of Jazz in Japan: Finesse through Cultural Osmosis. 🔖 9 min read. The story of jazz in Japan is one of cultural osmosis, arriving on Japanese shores through the interchange of globalisation. Technological innovation in the late 19th and early 20th centuries drove a steep rise in transportation. People and goods moved faster.
During World War II, jazz was considered "enemy music" and banned in Japan. However, by then the genre had become far too popular for a complete ban to be successful. Jazz-like songs, sometimes of a strongly patriotic type, continued to be performed, though these songs were usually referred to as "light music."
Apr 30, 2014 · With this year's International Jazz Day concert taking place in Osaka, an East Asian historian (a musician himself) describes how the music came across the Pacific — and how it took off after that.
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Oct 9, 2015 · Focus on Rekion: Jazz Music in Japan. There is some uncertainty about the beginnings of jazz music in Japan, but some believe it started with an increase in luxury liners between Japan and the western coast of the United States. These liners were equipped with orchestras and bands that played for the passengers, and often this included jazz music.
Jazz Ban: Japan's Musical Controversy • Jazz Ban • Discover why Japan banned jazz during World War II and the fascinating cultural implications behind this c...
Japan’s globalized culture and jazz’s inherent adaptability as an art form. Except for a few years during World War II when all things Western were banned, jazz has had an important presence in Japan for over a century. Jazz travels well and works its way into cultures, like Japan’s, where it would not appear welcome in many ways.
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This iconic American musical form became very popular in the 1930s, but the Japanese government banned it as “enemy music” during the war years. Upon the arrival of U.S. military personnel after the Japanese surrender, jazz became popular again, as swing music for dancing. In Occupied Japan, “jazz” was used as a synonym for any U.S ...
