Musical Profile of Japan

Is Japanese music Western music? Suppose that you go to Japan, and—as a way of preparing yourself for a new culture—you take a Japanese airline. You hear announcements in Japanese, and you sample some Japanese food and rice wine (sake). Then you try to introduce yourself to Japanese music. You find several channels related to Japanese music, but after trying these channels you are surprised to find that there is no channel for the traditional music of Japan. In the names...