J-ENT is an abbreviation of "Japanese entertainment" (not to be confused with the website J!-ENT, which covers worldwide entertainment). It refers to popular forms of Japanese entertainment but more specifically a shortened term to encompass popular Japanese television dramas, variety shows and music shows from Japan. Also, to correlate popular Japanese music (J-Pop) with television shows and film. The term J-ENT was coined by entertainment journalist Dennis A. Amith on the BBS (Neo-Tokyo BBS) in 1993 and used on the J-POP Mailing List in 1995.
The term has been used freely to include import video gaming, anime and sports from Japan.
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