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FEATURE: Worst of all: no music in Japan's TV music shows.

Publication: Japan Weekly Monitor
Publication Date: 11-JUN-01 		Format: Online - approximately 839 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
TOKYO, June 7 Kyodo

When I write this column, I try to be positive. I like to share information about pop culture, especially music, that I like, and offer what I hope are insights that will entertain my readers and perhaps give a new perspective on various aspects of Japanese pop culture. I don't like being gratuitously negative.

Which makes it difficult for me to write about this month's topic: music programs on Japanese TV. I won't beat around the bush -- I think most of them are rubbish. TV music programs, especially those on the national networks, are generally banal, mediocre, superficial, inane, cheesy and -- worst of all -- they don't have enough music.

All too typical is the Fuji TV program ''Hey!...

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