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This page link is about the history of Japanese music. It speaks of the most prominent musical artists of a few time periods before the present. The info pertaining to these artists refers to their backgrounds and how they started and became popular. It also mentions a few of the most popular styles of music during those periods.

Japanese musics past 1990 has lessened the the focus on traditional orchestrations of imi uta, and other older types of Japanese music. The country and its emerging musicians from younger generations have developed more technologically produced work, like the digitally composed genre dubbed "J-Pop", which combines catchy, computerized rhythms with lyrics applicable to other aspects of entertainment in Japan, like the production of anime.

Hollywood blockbusters took over the movie industry in the 20th century, but Kitano Takeshi became the leading Japanese film director. He rose in the international movie world and lead the Japanese movie industry to a new heights in the current decade. In this century, Hollywood has created many remakes of original Japanese horror movies. Popular ones include The Ring (Ringu 1998), Tinseltown (2002), and The Grudge (Juon 2003)

Echoing Japan's progress in the 197O's, the film industry is under a bust. Compared to the box office sales in 2008, 2009 seems to be foreshadowing a decline and an economy repression. It was surprising to find out that foreign movies are in a decline in sales as well. The industry's progress already prompted Distributors Wise Policy and Movie-Eye Entertainment to cancel their pieces of works midway through. Japan is also insisted on investing into making 3-D films because critics say that it would prove to be beneficial.

This page discusses the fall and rebirth of the Japanese film industry in modern times. The industry fell in the nineties, where Japan faced the biggest drop ever. The rebirth was due to increased funding from television companies and others, as well as the rise of talented new directors and actors, the opening of multiplex theaters, and the decline in quality of a lot of Hollywood films.