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The Japanese invasion started in 1963 with the hit song Sukiyaki by Ken Sakamoto, after him came a wave of japanese bands that managed to become popular in the US, canada, and australia this wave of cross cultural influance lasted through out the rest of the 60s, into the 70s, and ended in the 80s with Maria Takeuchi. With Maria being the last Japanese artist to break the top hundred in the popular charts in the west.

But what if this era of cross cultural exchange didn't happen? What if Ken Sakamoto was a one off what if he didn't open ground for other japanese artists to become popular outside of japan? What would our world look like today?
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