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To me the current Japanese music state has been stagnant for a very long time . When I 1st started listening almost 10 years , it was more exciting & fun
Over the years KPop has overtaken JPop in many aspects but what JPop lost out to KPop was marketing & also the KPop artistes who toured extensively worldwide
JPop artistes are still very pigeonholed & I don't know if it's their mentality but most I feel are very contented to just solely tour domestically (aside from GRANRODEO's frontman KISHOW who has a terrible phobia of flying until it's so bad that he only will take train rides within Japan from 1 prefecture to another =__=)
And at times when they do tour overseas , they always felt genuinely surprised they do have fans outside of Japan
Some JPop artistes have the foresight to tour both within & outside Japan but it's still not as good as what KPop artistes have done . Likewise I noticed that KPop concerts tend to be more international geared friendly unlike Japan concerts where provided only if you speak/know Japanese , only then you will thoroughly enjoy yourself
Almost 10 years ago , most if not all will bemoan how Johnnys artistes kept on dominating Oricon . Now that has changed & the spotlight has to be shared/overtaken by idol girl groups who I don't support + I feel the amount of copies on what they sell which's documented on Oricon doesn't tend to justify the quality of their material
Lastly when I 1st started to listen to Japanese music , I only focused on solo female acts . It took me quite a while of coaxing before I decide to listen to male solo acts & eventually JRock groups + Johnnys groups
Typing this makes me a bit sad seeing that abingdon boys school who was the 1st JRock band I know/listen ain't active anymore while on the other hand , not able to go for a girl next door concert is still a big regret for me as I supported them from their debut until when they broke up
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