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I have received a lot of love from the people of Japan, and now I feel true happiness.

日本語 Interview by Isao Tokuhashi Edited by Jennifer A. Hoff info@myeyestokyo.com   Yolanda Tasico (Philippines) Enka Singer Japan is filled with a wide variety of music, including J-pop, K-pop, Western music, world music, and so on. All of these are popular among people of all ages, but we must not forget the type of music that has moved the hearts of Japanese people since ages past. That would be: “enka” (演歌”). Enka, which has been popular since pre-war times, has been regarded as “that which sings the heart of Japan”. Since the 1980s, however, it has also been sung by singers

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I feel my activities connect Vietnam and Japan so I’m really happy now.

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: info@myeyestokyo.com   Hai Trieu (Vietnam) Singer (He’s been in Japan since 2001) We met him for the first time at the event called “Love Asia Vol.18” which was held in Shibuya in October 2012. Its slogan is “Unify Asian nations through music” and Hai sang songs with his band. He looked a little bit small in stature from a distance, but we were really amazed with the incredible strength of his voice and his commanding performance. After his show, we were called by Ayaka Sugiyama, MC/organizer of the event who is the