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Fore someone who has been in Japan for 3 years, before the Korean wave took hold, Japan's entertainment industry has changed dramatically.

It would be as if in a period of several months, American television started replacing normal television on every channel with Mexican and Spanish speaking dramas with subtitles. While yes, there are many people that would enjoy this, it would obviously piss a lot of people off.

The argument that "They air American dramas blah blah blah" is really petty. Yes, they air American dramas, at like 2 in the morning for an hour or two. Most people watch drama's by choice through DVD's, or they pay for cable and watch dedicated stations that air American dramas. They aren't being showed in prime time and American actors, actresses and singers are not constantly in your face. Stars come for like a week, record shows which are aired for a week or two, and then they are gone until the next year. If anything, Lady Gaga is the only American singer who has a lot of major promotion here, and it's nothing compared to Korean entertainment here currently.

The percentage of people who like Korean stuff is still pretty small. The amount of artists debuting and presence of Korean stars makes it look as if everyone in Japan is loving it, but it's not the case. A lot of Japanese people are really tired of it.

Like for example, the TSUTAYA near my house moved the domestic releases behind Kpop. I had to walk past Kpop to get to the current Japanese releases.