Among all the Japanese music with lyrics (=songs), the ones preferred by the younger generation is called J-POP in general. The term was created by J-WAVE, one of the most popular FM radio stations in Tokyo and periphery.
Definition: J-POP includes most of the pop-idol songs but excludes “enka” (traditional ballad), and as for the discussion on whether or not to include folk songs remains controversial. In most cases, folk songs with rather strong social messages are not counted as J-POP music. Songs in the following genres are many times also excluded: hard rock / heavy metal / guitar rock / rock’n’roll / (punk rock) / hard core punk / loud rock / heavy rock / (hip hop) / reggae / techno, house and trans (dance music) as well as music and “anime songs” and sometimes “visual-kei”.
Hence, “pop” in J-POP does not necessarily refer to a narrow definition of “cherry, light music with high tempo and rhythm” but has a broad meaning of pop music (*that is to say, pretty much everything but the above) in Japanese language i.e., Japanese folk, Japanese rock and Japanese popular songs (“kayoukyoku”). Having defined so, the definition is actually vague and blurry making most music genres except for extreme ones like heavy metal or hard core punk part of J-POP –-–-–- not to mention that many of the so-called J-POP music are like blends of different genres.
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from: http://www.jmode.com/madeinjapan/madein5-5.html
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