Origin: U.K.

Genre(s): New Wave, Synthpop

Years Active: 1974-1982, 1991

Members: Mick Karn, Richard Barbieri, Rob Dean, Steve Jansen, David Sylvian

 

Japan were a British pop/rock group, formed in 1974 in South London. The band achieved success in the late 1970s/early 1980s, when they were often associated with the burgeoning New Romantic fashion movement (though the band themselves have downplayed any such connection). Their Famous Song's Include "I Second That Emotion" and "Ghosts"

 

Japan's Chart Positions In The U.K.

Singles                                              Pos.

Ghosts                                                5

I Second That Emotion                         9

Quiet Life                                           19

Cantonese Boy                                   24

Life In Tokyo                                       28

Night Porter                                        29

European Son                                     31

Visions Of China                                 32

All Tomorrow's Parties                         38 

 

 

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