As a boy, Jerome White Jr. often spent weekends at his grandparents' house, where a melodramatic genre of Japanese music called enka would waft in the background.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- As a boy, Jerome White Jr. often spent weekends at his grandparents' house, where a melodramatic genre of Japanese music called enka would waft in the background. White's ...

The first ever American-born enka singer, Jero, has become the talk of the Japanese blogosphere the past weeks as he made his debut with the single “Umiyuki (Ocean Snow)”. The single came in fourth on ...

The masterpieces of Hibari Misora have been reissued in spatial audio to commemorate the anniversary of her passing. Hibari ...

WASHINGTON — As a boy, Jerome White Jr. often spent weekends at his grandparents’ house, where a melodramatic genre of Japanese music called enka would waft in the background… ...

Unchanging in an ever-changing music scene, enka has survived the times to still ring today for those nostalgic for Japan's lost and idealized past. What is enka? Not a Premium subscriber?

Aki Yashiro is known as the Queen of Enka, or 'Japanese ballads,' according to the standard translation. However, Yashiro started out singing jazz in hostess clubs and didn't make her enka debut ...

Samurai Warriors 4 will be released for the PlayStation 3 and Vita March 20th in Japan.

As a boy, Jerome White Jr. often spent weekends at his grandparents’ house, where a melodramatic genre of Japanese music called enka would waft in the background.

WASHINGTON (AP) — As a boy, Jerome White Jr. often spent weekends at his grandparents' house, where a melodramatic genre of Japanese music called enka would waft in the background.White's ...