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Two Tokyoites take top titles in annual contest.
Assembly rules at commercial high school called cult-like, disrespectful to students.
Aika Okita surprises everyone with a very different look offscreen.
Vicious attack that required 10 stitches is followed by startlingly kind gesture of forgiveness.
Clever trick ensures students will never want to untuck their school shirts for that “cool look” ever again.
Debut work by teen creators smashes crowdfunding goal in less than two hours, aims to be better than made-by-adults titles.
Warnings about “the dangers of social media” have critics saying his statement appallingly misses the point.
Their amazing speed has them joining the ranks of other incredible record-holding skippers from Japan.
Gyoza No Ohsho franchise’s bottomless generosity runs on the simple principle that young people need to eat.
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