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Plastics fantastic: Tokyo punks all loved up
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Plastics fantastic: Tokyo punks all loved up

Hajime Tachibana, guitarist and founder of the Plastics, describes how the band has evolved from a bunch of 'superficial, stupid punks' to a group that knows 'real love'
The most underappreciated Japanese music of the last decade
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The most underappreciated Japanese music of the last decade

Ignore the popularity contest of the Oricon charts. These are the last decade's best musical works that the Japanese media forgot to get excited about
Kana Nishino: The gyaru's favorite new singer
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Kana Nishino: The gyaru's favorite new singer

Sony finally jumps on the Avex bandwagon and produces a young female singer who has an audience beyond the 50 year-old aging hipsters at Sony
CNNGo Poll: Foods you'd never eat

There's nothing like a controversial food to split marriages and divide nations. Cast your vote for dishes you can't stomach.