People in Japan are swooning after discovering the many talents of this foreign-born gardener who gave up his original nationality to become Japanese.
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As in most countries, magazines aimed at young adults in Japan spend a lot of time talking about the opposite sex. Just as publications aimed at men often wax poetic about their image of the ideal woman, so too do women’s magazines write up collections of traits of desirable guys.
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