But in World War II, jazz music was stopped due to pressure from the Japanese royal army. After the war ended, the US Army introduced to Japan a typical American genres such as boogie-woogie, mambo, blues and country. The types of music were performed by Japanese musicians to American troops stationed in Japan the United States. Songs such as "Tokyo Boogie-Woogie" sung by Sizuko Kasaoki (1948), "Tennesse Waltz" by Chiemi Eri (1951), "Omatsuri Mambo" by Hibari Misora and the "Omoide no Waltz" by Izumi Yukimura became popular in Japan. Even outside musicians like Jazz At The Philharmonic and Louis Armstrong visited Japan to perform. 1952 is the year of the Jazz Boom. However, Jazz is not the kind of music that is easy to learn so most Japanese amateur musicians learned Country music is considered the most easy to learn.
The Rock and Roll began to hit Japan in 1956 by a country music group, Kosaka Kazuya and Wagon Masters who released the album "Heartbreak Hotel", originally sung by king Elvis Presley. Outbreaks of rock and roll reached its zenith in 1959 with a movie focusing on performances of Japanese rock and roll group. The downfall of rock and roll in the United States followed by Japan as many groups in Japan that is not more than a copy of Rock and Roll.
Most of the musicians turned to merging traditional Japanese pop music with rock and roll. One success was Kyu Sakamoto with "Ue Wo Muite Arukou". Other performers to create new music, by taking a popular American songs and translate the lyrics into Japanese, hence the birth of "Cover Pop". And also, a lot of jazz kissa (who performed at the club / café) began to disappear as a result of radio and television stations that broadcast music performance kemudan start disappearing also with karaoke. Cover Pop music became common in Japan for several years.
In the 1970s until the mid-1980s music in Japan began to implement more complex song arrangements and no longer deliver social messages in his music, but of love and personal impressions. The music is then called the New Music. Yusui Takuro Yoshida and Inoue are such artists.
In the 1980s, City Pops came to music themed big cities in Japan such as Tokyo. Because City Pops are less well known, and therefore many songs can be regarded as a city or a new pop music. Once this term became popular, wasei Pop became word to describe both City Pop and New Music. By the 1990s, J-pop became the common word for the majority of popular songs.
In the late 1980s saw the emergence of one of the most famous rock groups in history, Chage & Aska. Duo consisting of Chage (Shuji Shibata) and Ryo Aska (Shigeaki Miyazaki) released a series of works - works of hits throughout the 1980s and 1990s, establishing themselves as the most popular rock group in Asia. Ryo Aska is widely considered as one of the best songwriters in Japan. However, with the advent of dance music with techno rhythms that dipunggawa by Namie Amuro and Tetsuya Komuro in the mid- and late 1990s, the popularity of rock groups like Chage & Aska has declined. But that does not mean J-Rock lost prestige for granted, rock music in Japan began to be attended by groups like B'z, Mr. Children, L`arc en Ciel, Glay and got excited by the radical Hide rock music.
In 1996 to 1998, the style of music began to change with the rhythm of dance fewer and more to pop. Groups such as Speed, Kinki Kids, Da Pump, Every Little Thing and Max is a successful group for this kind of music. Even Namie Amuro had come to change his musical style. This musical style was followed by almost all and still dominates today.
In 1998, the group Kiroro duet debut and became popular with their ballad style of music using the piano as the main instrument. Being different and relatively new style that they immediately gained popularity.
In 1999, Utada Hikaru debuted in Jepangmenjadipopuler with urban style of hip-hop with a strong American influence. His style is different in Japan because it is identical or confusingly similar to American hip-hop. It was caused by Utada Hikaru was born and raised in New York.
In the same year, appeared Dragon Ash that mimic depleted American Rap style. Since then artists hip-hop started popping up now and beginning to rise as the success of Home Made Kazoku (2004). Namie Amuro again adjust music style with hip-hop rhythms.
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