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During the First Sino-Japanese War and World War II, a soldier going off to fight was often given a senninbari haramaki ("1,000 stitch belt") by his family. A mother, sister, or wife would stand on the street and ask passing women to contribute a stitch until 1,000 had been collected.
Pages in category "Japanese all-female bands" The following 64 pages are in this category, out of 64 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Marie Yanaka (谷中 麻里衣, born August 30, 1990 in Tokyo) is a Japanese news caster, commentator, journalist and the 2011 winner of the Miss Nippon ("Miss Japan" in Japanese) beauty pageant. [1] She graduated from the faculty of law at Keio University .
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Obi is also "belt or "band" or "sash" in Japanese. With the exceptions of books where belly-bands are used to add marketing claims, obi were unique to Japan and are used to provide the title of the product, track listings (if applicable), price, catalog number and information on related releases in Japanese.
Pages in category "Japanese girl groups" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 258 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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Often, tarento, whether men or women, have notoriously short career spans (around one or two years) and their earning capabilities are not as high as popularly imagined. The vast majority make just enough to maintain a middle-class lifestyle in Tokyo, Japan's media capital. This is because their talent agencies take a majority share of their ...