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When we lived in Japan the popular song was "China Night".I did not know that there was such a Japanese song as "Gomen nasai (I am so sorry)" in 1953 but was introduced as a very popular song in the US.
Ten years earlier than "Sukiyaki". Royalty is said having donated to the Elizabeth Saunders Home.
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Source: World Entertainment Pictorial (June 1953)
When we lived in Japan the popular song was "China Night".
Yes, that is it- thank you for posting the video.Interesting testimony, Neil.
A YouTube video confirms -
It seems that GIs remembered this song on Radio Tokyo during the war. Like "Shi-na-no-yo-y(*r)u, Shi-na-no-yo-y(*r)u-yo", this was sung proudly by GIs stationed in Japan in the postwar.
During the Pacific War, this song was used for overseas propaganda by Radio Tokyo. US soldiers who listened to it called this song "China Night (Shina-no-yoru)" and sang it. After the war ended, they competed for records in Japan.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6z1h82C7ms