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Six Japanese Women’s Junior College Students Write Graffiti on Florence Cathedral

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Six Japanese junior college students during a trip to Italy wrote graffiti and their names on the wall of the Florence Cathedral (the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore). It says February 18, 2008 with their names: Mana, Chii, Yui, Ayana, Rika, and Miki, then they even wrote the name of their school! Gifu City…

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Former Morning Musume Mari Yaguchi to Marry to Masaya Nakamura

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Notwithstanding the recent marriage announcement of Ayumi Hamasaki and Manuel Schwarz, former member of Morning Musume, and still a popular singer, tv personality, and idol, Mari Yaguchi has announced plans to marry her boyfriend of about a year, actor Masaya Nakamura. Nakamura is 192cm (6’3″ or so) actor has something of a height difference with…

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Top 10 Reasons It’s Great to be Japanese (According to Japanese Women in Their 20s)

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This is a translation of a poll done in which women in their 20s were asked about the moments they felt glad to have been born Japanese. Here’s the list: Being moved by the deliciousness of rice and miso soup. / Eating Japanese food. Regularly bathing in hot water. / Taking hot baths and entering…

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Japanese Women’s Olympic Curling Team – Team Aomori

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Team Aomori is the women’s curling team from Japan. They are young and extremely popular in Japan. After the Torino Olympics 4 years ago, the team members continued to find themselves followed by the tabloids and a myriad of fans. This year’s team is also young and good-looking and promises to be popular in Japan…

Dancing Japanese Girl Idol Robot Video

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Manufacturing robot Japanese idols that can dance could be the secret to solving a lot of the social problems in Japan… or maybe not. Comments on 2CH were mixed. Some of the “otaku” population thought this was amazing and a great step forward, others thought that this was c0mpletely eerie and weird. Still others, true…

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Another Famous and Pretty Woman in Japan Commits Suicide – Announcer

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Ako Kawada, a well known announcer in Japan committed suicide in her car on the 26th by inhaling the fumes from burning charcoal. Lately she had apparently been writing some negative things on her official blog showing signs of depression. She was found in the morning in her white Mercedes-Benz. What will it take for…