JEDDAH: Singer Nahomi Koyasu has mixed her Japanese roots with the Arabic language and become known as her country’s answer to the legendary Lebanese artist Fairouz. “Fairouz Al Yabbaniya” (Japanese Fairouz) had been listening to Arabic songs for years. She then began translating classic 1970s and 1980s pop songs into Japanese and performed them to the original music. Koyasu