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  2. Marie Yanaka - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  3. Cultural views on the midriff and navel - Wikipedia

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    Japanese women performing a traditional Japanese dance Yosakoi in navel-exposing attire in the Yosakoi Matsuri 2006 at Kōchi. Japan has long had a special regard for the navel. During the early Jōmon period in northern Japan, three small balls indicating the breasts and navel were pasted onto flat clay objects to represent the female body ...

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  5. Wakashū - Wikipedia

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    Woodblock print by Ishikawa Toyonobu, c. 1740, showing two actors portraying a wakashū (left) and an adult man (right). Note the difference in hairstyle. Wakashū (若衆, lit. ' young person ', although never used for girls) is a historical Japanese term indicating an adolescent boy, used particularly during the Edo period (1603–1867).

  6. Women in Japan - Wikipedia

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    A Kimono-clad woman. During the 21st century, Japanese women are working in higher proportions than the United States's working female population. [5] Income levels between men and women in Japan are not equal; the average Japanese woman earns 40 percent less than the average man, and a tenth of management positions are held by women. [5]

  7. Maria Takagi - Wikipedia

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    Maria Takagi was born in Chiba Prefecture, Japan on October 25, 1978. Using the name Yukiko Hara (原由紀子), she released a "gravure" (non-nude) photo album Nishi-Shinjuku Love Story (西新宿恋物語) in June 1998. [2]

  8. Category:Japanese women journalists - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Japanese women journalists" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Tamao Akae; D.

  9. Nure-onna - Wikipedia

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    Nure-onna (濡女, "wet woman") is a Japanese yōkai which resembles a reptilian creature with the head of a woman and the body of a snake. They are also seen as a paranormal phenomenon at sea under the name of nureyomejo. In legends, they are often said to consume humans, but they have no single appearance or personality.