I have just downloaded the purported theme song of FFX-2.
It's as far as one could possibly get from 'Suteki da ne' and still remain under the common Platonic-ideal umbrella of "Japanese popular music".
Idoru pop, man. Serious idoru pop.
EDIT - I also have Erasure's version of 'Ave Maria', Latin and all. The logic escapes me utterly, but it's quite pretty.
It's as far as one could possibly get from 'Suteki da ne' and still remain under the common Platonic-ideal umbrella of "Japanese popular music".
Idoru pop, man. Serious idoru pop.
EDIT - I also have Erasure's version of 'Ave Maria', Latin and all. The logic escapes me utterly, but it's quite pretty.