• Being heard: Musician and parliamentary candidate Yohei Miyake addresses a crowd at Shinjuk Station last month. Author Noriko Manabe examines the mix of music and politics in Japan in her latest book, 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Protest Music After Fukushima.' | AISUKE ITOU
    Being heard: Musician and parliamentary candidate Yohei Miyake addresses a crowd at Shinjuk Station last month. Author Noriko Manabe examines the mix of music and politics in Japan in her latest book, "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Protest Music After Fukushima." | AISUKE ITOU
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“Let’s not put politics into music.”

This seemingly innocent phrase rose to prominence in June as a lightning rod for social media protest against the appearance of student political leader Aki Okuda at the Fuji Rock music festival. It also taps into a popular sentiment among Japanese people about how the spheres of entertainment and politics should — or shouldn’t — interact.

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