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Japanese Folk Music

Imjin River by the Folk Crusaders In Japanese and English

https://youtu.be/nVoZI0a_Q1kVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: イムジン河 Imjin River – Fok Crusaders 英訳 translated into English (https://youtu.be/nVoZI0a_Q1k) Approx Japanese level  JLPT2, JLPT3 Themes Korea Japan & Korea   Text Type Lyrics, Songs In Translation Lyrics イムジン河水清く とうとうと流る水鳥自由にむらがり 飛び交うよ我が祖国南の地 想いははるかイムジン河水清く とうとうと流る 北の大地から 南の空へ飛び行く鳥よ 自由の使者よ誰が祖国を二つに 分けてしまったの誰が祖国を 分けてしまったの      イムジン河空遠く 虹よかかっておくれ河よ 想いを伝えておくれふるさとをいつまでも 忘れはしないイムジン河水清く とうとうと流る The imjin river flows so clear It flows so strong, it flows so deep …

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Japan’s Most Famous Anti-War Folk Song? Wataru Takada’s Jieitai Ni Hairo

You probably know something about the anti-war folk music of the United States in the 1960s. But do you know much about the parallel movements in Japan?
Today I’m taking a look at one of the most representative songs of the time, Wataru Takada’s 自衛隊に入ろう Jietai in hairou or, as I’ve translated it, “Why don’t you join the army?”

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