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Danny Turner

“Sylvian then felt justified in mixing our work alone – which by any other name would be known as hijacking”: The destructive breakdown of a band that reached artistic greatness only to fall apart due to internal tensions – twice!

Rain Tree Crow/Japan.

Popular music is littered with stories of incredible bands folding under the pressure of internal conflict, managerial intrusion, competing ambitions, and the simple reality that success often pushes people in different directions.

Among those many examples, British band Japan stands as one of the most fascinating and revealing. What's particularly noteworthy is that the group dissolved when they were arguably at the peak of their creative powers - and on two separate occasions.

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