On Mon, 4 Jan 1999, Joe Petrow wrote:

> Of course, Max, Speed, Globe, ELT, L'arc en Ciel, and just about
> anyone who's anyone in J-POP, J-ROCK, Enka, or Noh was also there.

Not necessarily true.  I've never seen any of the performers from the
Being production group ever perform on the Kouhaku (or the Japan Record
Awards) show.  That includes B'z, who has sold more albums and CD-singles
than anybody else in the '90s. 

Wayde Higuchi