Deletion of List of musical artists from Japan

Comment: under #A7 as this list lacks any verifiable source to identify it as being suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia, let alone a verifiable defintion to demonstrate that this is, in some way, a culturally significant cross-categorization. This list fails the basic principle that #DIR|Wikipedia is not a directory of everything that exists or has existed
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion (WP:CSD||WP:NOT)

Comment: Looks like a perfectly |valid list. Again, ''categories, lists, and navigation templates are three different ways to group and organize articles. The grouping of articles by one method neither requires nor forbids the use of the other methods for the same informational grouping.''(|1
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Stand-alone lists (WP:SALAT||WP:CLN)

Comment: as article fails 
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOTDIRECTORY)

Comment: There's an interesting point here: I would disagree that it can be replaced by a category for the simple reason that there's too many articles. It's still not ''indiscriminate'' but it ''is'' a lot. The list can (and does) show these entries in a way no category could: In a well-formatted manner all on one page. This is, in fact, another point at . I do agree that there should be a lede section, but this is something that can be fixed
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Manual of Style (WP:LISTPURP)

Comment: and improve by including the type of music and perhaps some other useful information. This list is clearly acceptable per 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Lists (WP:LISTS)