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...Hana and Aya, both 15, loiter outside a fast-food joint in Shibuya staring at a sheet of purikura photos, instant snapshots printed on stickers taken in arcade booths. It features the two in various poses with four guys who look to be in their mid-20s. "We can't go home because our parents would smell the drink on us," says Hana, her face clouding. "I hate them. They're so strict." Lately she's run away for longer periods, sometimes sleeping at her friend Aya's house, sometimes partying for days on end. Hana brightens and nudges Aya...
...hosts didn't say anything about security problems," Aya Gruber, a second-year Law School student and the trip's chair. "I don't think the Peoples' Republic of China is going to be too interested in our visit...
Tens of thousands of people, appalled at the lack of goods and services, picked up their belongings and set out on foot for Osaka, 19 miles away. Yoko Kawaguchi, 28, dressed in fashionable clothes, pushed her daughter Aya, 14 months, around piles of cement and glass. ``We're going to my sister's house near Osaka,'' she said, pointing to her husband driving ahead of her on a motorcycle loaded with clothing. ``We're worried that our house might not survive another strong quake.'' An elderly man stayed put, sitting in front of his shattered house, holding a flask. ``Everything...
...Aya de Leon '89, a member of the committee,said, however, that improving lighting was anintegral part of making the Yard safe. "It's a lotof different little things. If we can change thefeel of Harvard Yard...it's discouraging [tocriminals]," she said...
...avid amateur marine biologist, Akihito became an expert on fish. He is also a dedicated musician, and the palace often resounds with impromptu concerts of Mozart, Grieg or Beethoven; Akihito is a fine cellist and is joined by his wife playing the harp, Hiro on viola, Aya on the guitar and Nori at the piano. Says chief chamberlain Yasuo Shigeta: "This is a family so full of sweet music...