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"Umi Yukaba" later became popular among the military, especially with the Imperial Japanese Navy. As set to music in 1937 by Kiyoshi Nobutoki (信時 潔, Nobutoki Kiyoshi) it became popular during and also after World War II. After Japan surrendered in 1945, "Umi Yukaba" and other gunka were banned by the Allied occupation forces.
Under the spring sky of the Showa Restoration The man [P 3] who marshals a righteous cause In his heart is the march of a million troops Ready to fall like ten thousand sakura blossoms 昭和維新の春の空 正義に結ぶ丈夫が 胸裡百万兵足りて 散るや万朶の桜花 Shōwa ishin no haru no sora seigi ni musubu masurao ga
"Ue o Muite Arukō" (Japanese: 上を向いて歩こう, "I Look Up as I Walk"), alternatively titled "Sukiyaki", is a song by Japanese crooner Kyu Sakamoto, first released in Japan in 1961. The song topped the charts in a number of countries, including the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1963.
In 1979 the Canadian Cultural Workers' Committee, a musical group associated with the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist), released a song on their album 'The Party is the Most Precious Thing' titled 'Death to the Traitors' which takes its melody from "Land of the Silver Birch" but with new communist lyrics about destroying imperialism ...
"Aozora" (青空, "Blue Sky") was the eighth single by the Japanese band The Blue Hearts. The song was recut from the group's third album Train-Train. This song was written in opposition to the continuing apartheid of the time. [citation needed] "Heisei no Blues" (平成のブルース), the B-side track, was not on the album Train-Train.
The lyrics in romaji, with English translation, as well as a performance of the song; Wikimapia article regarding one of the sculptures in Yokohama; The "Akai Kutsu" Story – various works about "Akai Kutsu" (in Japanese) 「A Guide to Azabu-Juuban」･･･Various things about the "Kimi-chan Statue" in Azabu-Juuban. (in Japanese)
These songs, while not having Tokyo in their names, lyrics, or in content, have, in their (promotional) videos, scenes of Tokyo. "I Love The Things You Do To Me" by Balaam and the Angel "Love Missile F1-11" by Sigue Sigue Sputnik "Just Can't Get Enough" by The Black Eyed Peas "Motorcycle Emptiness" by The Manic Street Preachers
"Kimigayo" is the national anthem of Japan.The lyrics are from a waka poem written by an unnamed author in the Heian period (794–1185), [1] and the current melody was chosen in 1880, [2] replacing an unpopular melody composed by John William Fenton in 1869.