From concerts at Madison Square Garden to appearances on Letterman, U.S.-based Japanese music fans have had a lot to celebrate lately. No, we probably won’t see Japanese artists pull off a “Gangnam Style” craze like Korean pop artist Psy did back in late 2012. But for a fandom reliant on YouTube to catch shaky glimpses of live performances, any Japanese artist playing on American soil feels like a win. And the fact that Japan Nite is celebrating its twentieth anniversary this year feels like a jackpot.
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