Mainstream and indie pop, rock, punk and R&B from Japan that you should know about.
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[There's No Escaping Things From Japan]
[Energy Vortexes Loom In SOILtown]
[GO!GO!7188 Hit The US This August]
[Look! The Message Board Is Newer!]
[Hana And Alice Reach The US On DVD]
[Beware Of Shiny Things From Japan]
[More Things From Japan - O RLY?]
[Try Turbo.264 For Speedy Video]
[Contest Results: Memories Of Matsuko DVD]
[Contest: Memories Of Matsuko DVD]
[Without Warning, More Things From Japan]
[Torrents Of Free MP3s From SXSW 2007]
[Wondercon 2007: The Media Vortex, Plus Comics]
[The Runaway Girl Army Wants You]
[Japan Nite 2007 US Tour Is A Go]
[It's Perfectly OK To Adore Dodolook]
[PS3 Stuck To The Junk Magnet]
[Erika Welcomes You To The Nice Forest]
[Top 10 CDs Not From Japan In 2006]
[Top 10 CDs From Japan In 2006]
[I Can't Believe It: More Things From Japan!]
[Masked Teens Conspire In SOILtown]
[Hot IQs Vs. The Greatest Of All Time]
[How Entertaining Can The Disgusting Be?]
[All Hail Louise It's Veruca Salt]
[Iceland Hates The Boss Of It All]
[What Love Can Last 4.6 Billion Years?]
[Junk Magnet's European Vacation]
[Hark, The Hot IQs West Coast Tour]
[Another Junk Magnet Vacation]
[Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re and Suicide Girls, Again]
[Veronica Mars: Case Of The Sassy Sleuth]
[Sardina: The Best Band From Indiana, Ever]
[Some Girls Are All About Lovely Crushing]
["Bambi And Her Pink Gun" Assassinated?]
[The Last Sleater-Kinney Concert]
[Use Charity Navigator For Smart Donations]
[EyeTV - Now With More In Your Face]
[Jet Set Show, Beyond The Rocketboom]
[A Statement Of Purpose Is In Order]
[The Post Office Cares About My Packages]
[LEGO Mindstorms NXT And My Little Robot]
["Eureka Seven" Surfs Above Average Skies]
[RanPic - Titan Go King's Are Rocky Cute]
[Amanda Congdon Leaves Rocketboom]
[Talkin' 'Bout My bit Generations]
[Monthly Terror From Rue Morgue]
[Follow The Junk Magnet Digg Dash]
[Stuff, Things And Junk - Various Randomness]
[Almost Timely Reviews Of Great Japanese Music]
[RanPic - The Semi-Secret Underbelly Of Ginza]
[The New Digg.com Is Horribly Addictive]
[RanPic - Umbrellas Out In Harajuku Rain]
["KatieBird" Is Certifiably Impressive Horror]
[RanPic - Shibuya Wears Sunglasses At Night]
[All Hail Team Fujisan, Bringer of Manga]
[RanPic - The Ultimate Density of Akihabara]
[The Loud Family Are Shouting Yet Again]
[RanPic - Yayoi Of Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re Rocks]
[10th Anniversary Special: "International Japanese"]
[RanPic - Price Of Gas In Iowa, 2001]
[10th Anniversary Special: 100 Word Music Reviews]
[RanPic - Cast Of "Serenity" At WonderCon]
[10th Anniversary Special: Fibulator Interview]
[RanPic - Polite Fan Mania In Akihabara]
[10th Anniversary Special: Antizine Text Game]
[RanPic - Starpower Live in Portland, OR]
[RanPic - The Pillows Live in San Francisco]
[10th Anniversary Special: Antizine Fragment]
[10th Anniversary Special: Lost Zine Covers]
[RanPic - Assault At Kiddy Land]
[10th Anniversary Special: Junk Magnet 1996]
[be your own PET Ready For Adoption]
[RanPic - Guarding Agent Smith]
[Tommy february6 / heavenly6 Page Exists]
[Junk Magnet Search Is Now Active]
[Things From Japan: Can They Be Stopped?]
[Junk Magnet 2.0 Is Not That Web 2.0]
[Some Thoughts About Wii, Xbox 360 and PS3s]
[Ze Amazing Life Of Ze Frank, Sports Racer]
[Is It Best Not To Mention Things From Japan?]
[Kaneko Atsushi Explores Mysteries In "SOIL" 4]
[Rakubiki Jiten Gets All Kanji On Your Ass]
[Laura Veirs Bursts Meteors With Song]
[Hot IQs' "Firecracker" Causes Library Ruckus]
[What If President Bush Was Really Sorry?]
[Cake Bake Betty's All-Singing All-Moving Video]
[Animal Alpha, The Omega Of Cabaret Kabuki]
[18 Live Views Of Japan, Beautifully Arranged]
[It's Exhilirating To Watch Japanese Places]
[The Amazing World Of Japanese Voyeurism]
[YouTube : Teen Dancing :: Addiction : Crack]
[More Torrents Of Music From SXSW 2006]
[The Darker Side Of Buzz-O-Phone - Reject Calls]
[Call Buzz-O-Phone, Rant Worldwide]
[Riding On A Rocketboom, Baby]
[Toddle Up To Perfect Sound Forever]
[Annetenna Transmitting Joy From The Past]
[Infinity Cat Conducts The Art Circus]
[No One's Listening To Junk Magnet]
[Revenge Of The Beastles: Let It Beast]
[2006 + Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re + US = Love]
["BAMBi And Her Pink Gun" Vol. 2 Hits The US]
[Praise Your Maker, No More Politics]
[How The King Of The US Spends Your Tithes]
[Hands-Off Democracy And Virtual Monarchy]
[The State Of The Union Is Red]
[Gantz And Genshiken Know How To End]
[Have I Ever Mentioned Things From Japan?]
[Mochacochalatta Meet, Eat, Judy And Mary]
[New Years and Macworlds Go Great Together]
[Top 4 US "Comic Books" In 2005]
[Top 5 Non-Japanese CDs In 2005]
[Top 6 Miike DVDs From Netflix In 2005]
[Top 7 US Anime DVDs Released In 2005]
[Top 8 CDs From Japan In 2005]
[Top 9 Bands I Saw Live In 2005]
[Top 10 Bands I Discovered Via SXSW 2005]
[Slight Junk Magnet Vacation Almost Over]
[All Hail "The Myth" Of Jackie Chan]
["Soy Como Vos": MAUMA Vs. Cybergeisha]
[No Argument Here: Hot IQs Contest Results]
[Amazing Adventures Of The Infinity Cat]
["Gankutsuou" Of Monte Cristo, Transformed]
["AV" - Composite Of Porno And Bathos]
[The Girls From The Clouds, Literally]
[New Wave Casiocore Secrets Revealed!]
[I Can't Stop About New Things From Japan]
[Studies In XHTML And CSS - Exciteness!]
[Junk Magnet Has Stopped Moving; Hot IQs Contest]
[Still More About New Things From Japan]
[I'll Trade Canada Anything For Metric]
[Hot IQs Burn Up Berkeley, Intelligently]
[Hot IQs Visit The West Coast - Exciting!]
[Take A Song Quake With Cake Bake Betty]
[More Japan Girls Night with Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re]
[Keeping Tabs On My 50 Daily Netmarks]
["Serenity" Is Amazingly Frantic and Shiny]
[Kaneko Atsushi Raises Beauty In "SOIL" 3]
[Tommy Is Heavenly All Months Of The Year]
[Juliana Hatfield Is The Real McCoy]
[Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re and Suicide Girls Conquer US]
["Corpse Bride": Always Early To The Altar]
[No More Strays - Be Your Own Pet]
[Apple-Powered "Extraordinary Machine" Is On]
["MPD Psycho": Beware The Barcoders]
[Give Some Dollars To Mummy The Peepshow]
[EeL Makes Everyone Dance All Swimmy]
[It's Fun To Stay At The Y-M-C-K]
[Girls And Boys and "Genshiken" Toys]
[Introducing The "Complete Index"]
[Mystery Auctions - Simply Entertaining Scams]
[Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re Shall Return To The US]
[PINE*am Graces The US, Again]
[Random Encounter" Is A Calculated Joy]
["BAMBi And Her Pink Gun" Now Out In The US]
[Junk Magnet Message Board Is Back]
[Baku-Ten Versus Elfen Lied, Round Two]
[Tokyo Jihen All NTSC Like: Dynamite In!]
[Kaneko Atsushi Update - "SOIL" Continues]
[A Site That Might Excite, Delight]
[Where Everyone Knows Your Favorite Comic]
[Remembering Number Girl, In My Head]
[All Hail All Star Batman And Robin]
[Koda Kumi Can't Fool Me With Her Charms]
[More About Some New Things From Japan]
[The Best Japanese Dictionary For Gamers]
[Ten Eyes Are Better Than "The Eye 10"]
[BAMBi Contest Winners: Selected!]
[Triceratops Contest Winner: Announced!]
[By The End Of Tonight Is Hella Good]
[Palomar Appreciates Telescopes, Toothpaste]
[Make Mine The Pretty Please, Please]
[Howl's Castle Will Move Your Heart]
[The Batman, The Begins, The Great]
[Lost? Try Oceanic Air For Your Vacation]
[All About Some New Things From Japan]
[Sleater-Kinney: More Than A Road in Lacey]
["Sky High", Or, Bloody Dead Ghosts Frighten]
[BAMBi Hits - And Shoots - The US]
[Triceratops Month At Junk Magnet]
[Stuff, Things and Junk: A Roundup]
[PINE*am Graces The Golden State]
[Step Off, FannyPack Attack Back]
[Two Eyes Are Better Than "The Eye 2"]
[Attack Of The Wireless Boomerangs]
[Titan Go King's Contest Results]
[Junk.log Is On A Short Vacation]
[Rings Communities Update: A Non-Corporate Fan Site]
[Stellvia: Savior Of Earth, Containing Cute Girls]
[Samara And Sadako Sitting In A Tree...]
[Yes, Rescue Actually Save Fallen Listeners]
[PINE*am Contest Is Now Active]
[Puffy AmiYumi Contest - We Have Winners]
[Breathe Deeply Through the Sugar Cane]
[The Like Young Are Like, Great]
[The Moaners Live To Rock Your Role]
[Fan Your Brain For The Hot IQs]
[M.I.A. Has the Bombs To Blow Up Big]
[Burst Angel About Ready To Explode In the US]
[Survive Style 5+ Actually Adds Up]
[Puffy AmiYumi Contest - Win Tickets or CD]
[Titan Go King's Month Is On - Contest!]
[Friday Was Tegan And Sara Day]
[Everyone Prepare For The Pillows' Fight]
[Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re Devour All Comers With Smiles]
[Titan Go King's Play A Royal Flush]
[Noodles Are The Tastiest Band Of All]
[The Emeralds Make Shining Rock 'n Roll]
[Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re Are Amazingly Amazing]
[Titan Go King's Rock My World]
[Even In Tragedy, Yuki Still Brings "Joy"]
[The Damnations Save Us All Musically]
[Cruiserweight: So Heavily Heavenly]
[Japan Girls Night 2005 Is So Alive]
[Fiona Apple Is Extraordinary, Not A Machine]
["Gantz": Ewwww, Are Those Flying Heads?]
[Nanaca Crash Definitely All Flash]
[Soon To Be Hot: Andy and Scott]
[SXSW: A Torrential Force In Music]
[Once Again, Your Junk.log Is Representing]
[Strangely, A Junk Magnet Interview]
[junk.log Shut Down Until March]
[Next, We All Must Save "Wonderfalls"]
[Manda And The Marbles Contest Results]
[My Junk Magnet Looks All Funny]
[Utada Concert In NYC 2.23.05]
[Shock! New Sherbets Album Soon!]
[Shonen Bat Swings And Connects]
[Solex: Anything But A "Laughing Stock"]
[Tokyo Incidents Contest Results]
[Choking On A Big, Fat "Appleseed"]
[I'm "So Jealous" Of Tegan And Sara]
[Yuki Shrine Ready For Devotion]
[A Fairly Sophisticated "Juvenile"]
[Salyu and Barnabys Pages Now Active]
[Cuter Than Any Honey You've Had]
[Manda And The Marbles Contest]
[Elgato Systems Attacks Macworld Expo]
[Tokyo Incidents Page Now Magnetized]
[Thmlues Page Now On Junk Magnet]
["Hana And Alice" DVD: Now With English Subs]
[The 2005 Weblog Awards Await You]
[Morning Musume: 6th Time Not So Charming]
["2046": A Room, A Time, A Place]
[Tokyo Incidents Are My Kind Of Band]
[Ayu: Finally Another Great Album]
[RSS History For The Rest Of Thee]
[Top 5 Japanese Movies Of 2004]
[Top 10 Japanese Albums Of 2004]
[Becky: Yes, I'm Definitely Obsessed]
[Between Mikura and Barnabys, I'm Set]
[XML For The Best In Junky RSS]
[Incidentally, Tokyo Jihen Are Great]
[Meet The Beastles To The Five Boroughs]
[Lolita Vs. Yankii in Shimotsuma]
[Anne Suzuki Is Oh So Special]
[Massive Boredom: Top 20 Pages]
[Netflix Roundup: DVD For You, Me]
[Joypop: Satisfaction For All Action]
[The Pillows: Restful for the Stressful]
[Utada DVD Super English Friendly]
[Stuff, Things and Junk: A Roundup]
[Yuki Sweet Yuki: You Shine, Be Mine]
[Slam Dancing To The Acoustic Bomb]
[Salyu Sounds Like Light Looks]
[Yumiko Kayukawa Swings Starward]
[Contest Results: Exciteness!]
[Empire Of AOL Discs Triumphant]
[Candy Cane Licks "Rumble Roses"]
[Holla Out For "Harajuku Girls"]
[Nintendo DS: Game and Watch Reborn]
[Me, My Mirror Self, My Enemy]
["Shikoku": Land Of The (Cute) Dead]
[Tamio Okuda Is A "Lion" Of Rock]
[Something About "Lily Chou-Chou"]
[Music I Like, Despite All Odds]
[Stuff, Things and Junk: A Roundup]
[Wherever You Are, There You Go]
[Miwako Ichikawa Has My "Concent"]
[Mikura Makes Me "Mezzo" All Over]
[All Hail Advanced Demographics]
[A Moment Of Silence: Logic Is Dead]
["Lil' Slugger" Is A Big Lie; Shonen Bat!]
["Casshern": Your Robots Are Not Safe]
[Utada No Longer Performing Reggae]
[Wild Boy Comes Out Of The Closet]
[The Moon Is Gone; I'm Scared!]
["The Grudge" Makes Girls Scream]
[Hacking the Ranking Number Server]
["Hana And Alice": My New Obsession]
["Zhivago" is Jude Triumphant]
[Amazon.com | Charity Contest]
[Indulge The Bulge: Is Bush Wired?]
[Lena and Clara Against The World]
["Dead Leaves": Crazy Caterpillar Picnic]
[Newtype USA: Puppies Bark in Glee]
[Self-Promotion: EyeHome 1.5 Released]
[Interpol Are Full Of Hip "Antics"]
["Uzumaki" Spirals Out Of Control]
[Utada Contest Is Over - The Winner...?]
[The Kleptones: Savor the Samples]
[Kaneko Atsushi Now On Junk Magnet]
[Vege Station at Roppongi Hills]
[Chevelle Roll Rocks And Dominate]
[Kaneko Atsushi's "BAMBi" Coming to US!]
[Zombie Pixies Raise the Living]
[Sheena Ringo Causes Tokyo Jihen]
[Grand Tone Music Not All That Salty]
[RECOfan: Music for the Miss and Mass]
["Sky Captain": Pulp SF Novel Explosion!]
[New Boredoms Album Out 9.23.2004]
[Mister Donut: All Tongs and Trays]
["Kiddy Grade": More Gonzo Greatness]
[Manda and the Marbles Explode!]
[Penjacking - Bic Beats Kryptonite]
["SOIL" is Kaneko Atsushi Resplendent]
[Thmlues: Guys with Sonic Sweetness]
[C. C. Lemon: 10 Years of Wow Wetness]
[Aquarius: Corporate Tasty Water]
[Natchan! Tasty Smooth Soft Beverage]
["Easy Breezy" PV Isn't That Bad]
[Super Milk-Chan Has Tissue Issues]
["Anacondas" Love People of Color]
[Metric: The Measure of a Band]
["Donnie Darko" is the Most Cooler]
[The "Tomie" Series: Headless Horror]
[Junk Magnet is 10, Nick is 32]
[EyeTV 1.6 Out; EyeHome 1.5 Soon]
[New Jude Album: "Zhivago": 9.29.2004]
[Bakuretsu Tenshi = Burst Angel]
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