From the beginning of the American Occupation in 1945 to the post-bubble period of the early 1990s, popular music provided Japanese listeners with a much-needed release, channeling their desires, fears, and frustrations into a pleasurable and fluid art.
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Pop music allowed Japanese artists and audiences to assume various identities, reflecting the country\'s uncomfortable position under American hegemony and its uncertainty within ever-shifting Geopolitical realities.
From the beginning of the American Occupation in 1945 to the post-bubble period of the early 1990s, popular music provided Japanese listeners with a much-needed release, channeling their desires, fears, and frustrations into a pleasurable and fluid art