J-Pop Sakura (asia DREAM radio)

In Japan's listing J-Pop Sakura (asia DREAM radio) lands at 12 of 88, which puts it on the first or second page of the country hub rather than in its tail.

The directory counts 23 opens against this stream. That is well above Japan's median and it is the reason the station sits where it does on the country list, since the ordering is the count and nothing else.

J-Pop Sakura (asia DREAM radio) broadcasts in Japanese, which is the language most of Japan's stations in the directory use. The country's listing records four languages in total, so the Japanese stations are the body of the dial rather than the whole of it.

Only three entries in Japan put j-pop first. The tag is self-declared and inconsistent between countries, which is why the rail below is worth more as a way of wandering than as a filter.

At 128 kbps this is a typical stream for Japan by the one measure the directory carries.

Its audio comes straight from quincy.torontocast.com:2070, an address unique to this entry in Japan's listing. That is the simplest case there is, and it is the one where pressing play tells you the whole truth about whether the station is on air.