Re: Japanese hipsterism....

[Tom Smith]

> > Got me thinking, anyone know who the most popular Japanese artist in US
> > history might be?

I don't know what things are like in the UK now, but I 
remember percussionist Stomu Yamashita and that  
composer who played the camp commandant in "Merry 
Christmas Mr Lawrence" being far more popular in Britain 
than any Japanese acts have ever been here in the US.
(probably showin' my age)

Tom Smith