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African-American singer Jero aims to keep singing 'enka' in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - African-American ''enka'' ballad singer Jero speaks at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on June 24. The 26-year-old singer, whose real name is Jerome White Jr., ranked fourth on the singles chart based on figures compiled by Oricon Co., marking the highest-ever debut single released by an enka singer in Japan.

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Total sales of AKB48 singles hit 36 million copies, a Japan record

Songwriter Yasushi Akimoto (C) is surrounded by members of the Japanese all-girl pop group AKB48 in Tokyo in this file photo taken in May 2013. Total sales of CDs with just one song by AKB48 have reached 36,158,000 copies, the most ever by a recording artist or group in Japan, music information provider Oricon Inc. said Dec. 9, 2015. Combined sales of single CDs written by Yasushi Akimoto surpassed 100 million copies, another first in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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African-American singer Jero aims to keep singing 'enka' in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - African-American ''enka'' ballad singer Jero speaks at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on June 24. The 26-year-old singer, whose real name is Jerome White Jr., ranked fourth on the singles chart based on figures compiled by Oricon Co., marking the highest-ever debut single released by an enka singer in Japan. (Kyodo)