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I think Pavarroti sang Nessun Dorma in Italian and that sold a shit load in Britain because the song was catchy (and used to promote a football tournament, of course.) Anyway, I'm sure if a japanese band brought out a really catchy song (and had it used to promote a football tournament, of course) then I see no reason why they couldn't have the same success here as someone like Pavarroti.
Another factor is that Pav's success was also built on how he represented certain notions of 'Italian'-ness to a non-Italian audience. For a Japanese band or artist to achieve a similar level of success they'd somehow need to promote themselves as representing what non-Japanese people would consider 'japanese'-ness.
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