Ska-core, that curious musical hybrid, seems to have finally come into its own in Japan. On the Oricon Top 50 album chart for the week ending Oct. 22, there were three Japanese ska-core albums.

Skad Missile

That's pretty amazing, considering that, until now, ska-core has been a very underground, street-oriented musical trend, with next to no backing from the geinokai showbiz establishment.