Sultry-voiced Aki Yashiro, beloved as the “queen of enka” (Japanese ballads), died of rapidly progressive interstitial ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- As a boy, Jerome White Jr. often spent weekends at his grandparents' house, where a melodramatic genre of Japanese music called enka would waft in the background. White's Japanese ...

As a boy, Jerome White Jr often spent weekends at his grandparents’ house, where a melodramatic genre of Japanese music called enka would waft in the background. White’s Japanese grandmother, Takiko, ...

WASHINGTON — As a boy, Jerome White Jr. often spent weekends at his grandparents’ house, where a melodramatic genre of Japanese music called enka would waft in the background. White’s Japanese ...

There are some days that Jero could definitely use a few clones. Ever since the enka singer made his debut in February, his life has been a daily whirlwind of promotional appearances, media interviews ...

The 27-year-old American has made a name for himself singing enka, a traditional form of lounge music that flourished in 1940's Japan. It seems an unlikely musical style for the Pittsburgh native to ...

This Singh sings in Japanese, dances in a kimono and swirls his umbrella like opera performers from the orient. In fact, he is one himself. HT Image Sarabjit Singh Chadha, 59, a Delhi-based ...