Memories of a prison camp in the Arizona desert, a tsunami and a plane crash are stirred by the bittersweet Japanese song Sukiyaki, a huge global hit of the 1960s. Originally released in Japan with ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. In June 1963, a Japanese pop song soared to the top of America’s Billboard Hot 100 chart. More than 50 years later, ...