"Soulful" Japan!

((*a "T-10" restored repost, blocked by "Who?"Tube)) -- [original description]: Forget "America's Got Talent"... The Land of the Rising Sun's got "SOUL!" Herewith, a small sample of some of the rich diversity of the Japanese music scene, specifically highlighting the heavy Soul/R&B influences which contributed greatly to it.

(I apologize for the lackluster quality, but the original file was lost in the first wave of computer failures, and it was soon learned that whenever "Who?"Tube puts a "copyright block" on an uploader, that uploader will be prevented from reclaiming his/her project even though it's still viewable from the uploader's "Video Manager" section.)