The director of Avex Entertainment believes that if an artist like BTS was born in Japan, J-POP can conquer overseas markets

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15 minutes ago, A Hamster Named Loneliness said:

well first they would need to get with the times and actually make their music accessible internationally instead of just domestically. Before 2010 I was able to listen to various Japanese artists on Youtube but then after Japan started tightening restrictions it's gotten inaccessible. A vast majority of the Japanese music industry is still region-locked and you can't view many artists' music videos unless you live in Japan or a country that isn't blocked by Japan's restrictions. There are a lot of artists where you have to know Japanese in order to comb through Japanese music sites to find their music. Arashi is Johnny's Entertainment's most successful and most popular group and yet they weren't allowed to have social media accounts until sometime last year. 

this. jpop easily could've been what kpop is today if it had been marketed globally from the start.