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• Regional: Asia: Arts and Entertainment: Music  (8)
• Shopping: Entertainment: Recordings: Audio: Music: Specialty: Regional and Ethnic: Japanese  (5)
• Shopping: Music: Instruments: Percussion: Taiko  (3)

• The Earliest Japanese Music - Explains the origins and influences of Japanse music, its influences from China, and its different classifications in the Nara and Heian Periods.
• Japanese Music - An introduction to the various styles of music.
• J-Music.com - Contains information on Japanese jazz and traditional music performers. Includes profiles, discographies, articles, and performance schedules.