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Apr 06 2007 3 Comments

Tokyo talent

Japan’s rapidly ageing population and stubbornly low birth rate have all sorts of implications, with economic growth in the future and pension payments probably topping the list. Yet these seismic societal shifts will also have a huge impact on the nation’s entertainment industry, which by and large supports itself with young ladies who make up for whatever they lack in ability with other, more eye catching attributes.

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A change that some people argue may in the end be beneficial, as talent rather than titillation will eventually become the mainstay of the Japanese entertainment and music industry. But in a land where appearance is everything, poster and calendar producers in particular remain unconvinced, as regardless of the wonders of soft lighting and computer wizardry, images of guitar goddess Mari Goto and her ilk may simply not appeal to the masses — regardless of how old they are.

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Categorized: Music

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  1. Donny says

    4/6/2007 at 2:22 pm

    Her launching into “Stairway to heaven” could give the song a whole new meaning!!

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  2. Jim Beam says

    4/8/2007 at 9:11 am

    http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/showpost.php?p=148980&postcount=751

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  3. David says

    4/9/2007 at 3:52 am

    Japan’s entertainment industry is indeed filled with talentless “tarento”, and it completely baffles me how these individuals are given so much attention.

    I’m all for giving “hot babes” the attention they deserve, but sometimes the extremely high amount they do get is just ridiculous.

    Then again, I guess this is one of the things that makes Japan, Japan. And another reason why I find the country, and its people, so interesting.

    Regards,

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