The Hot 100 launched in 1958, just 13 years after the end of World War II. The war was still well within living memory, and I have to imagine that it left deep psychic wounds all across the globe. And ...

Underlying the sweetness of Kyu Sakamoto's unexpected hit song "Sukiyaki" was a story of sadness and loss. (Courtesy of the artist) ...

(CBS 11) - Today's song was a #1 hit from 1963… and sung all in Japanese!! Kyu Sakamoto (born November 10, 1941 in Kawasaki, Japan and died on August 12, 1985 in a plane crash) was a Japanese adult ...

Fifty years ago today, the No. 1 song in America was an import from Japan: a song about young love called "Sukiyaki," sung by Kyu Sakomoto. Ian Condry, who teaches Japanese culture at MIT, says ...