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“We won’t stand for this,” assert vocalists.
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Why worry about surgery scars when you can just make(up) your worries away?
Thousands of passengers arrived at their destinations all over Japan last night, only to find that everyone’s bags were left behind.
SMAP, one of Japan’s most famous pop boy band groups, have announced they will disband at the end of this year.
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