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Japan's empire of cool
Source : MSNBC/Washington Post
Japan's empire of cool Culture becomes its biggest export TOKYO - In the supercharged air of Shibuya, Tokyo's fiercely hip teen quarter, music videos by Japanese pop stars topping the charts throughout Asia boom from towering, outdoor liquid-crystal display screens. The streets below are clogged with hordes of young women wearing the Japanese schoolgirl look -- streetwalker's makeup, sexy stockings and plaid miniskirts -- styled by international fashion magazines the height of child-delinquent chic. Read the rest of the article here.
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