WASHINGTONWASHINGTON — 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 ...

You can still walk into music stores in Japan and see albums released on cassettes. I’m not sure which is more amazing: Being able to walk into a music store or being able to buy new music on ...

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. White’s Japanese ...