Latest column for the Yomiuri-on Miho and J-Pop in the USA

My latest column for the Daily Yomiuri, and co-published by 3:AM magazine in the UK, features interviews with Miho Hatori, formerly of Cibo Matto, and Reni-chan, a so-called 'maid cafe' performer, both of whom have been transplanted from Tokyo to New York to make it in America. It's a little riff on the status of Japanese music performers in the US, via AKB48, of course.
SOFT POWER, HARD TRUTHS / Japan's music-makers in America

Roland Kelts / Special to The Daily Yomiuri

When Japanese pop...