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Takeo's doing the parapara, and it seems like just about everyone is following his lead. The sound of parapara is the heavy, synthesized, Eurobeat-style dance music that rules the Japanese charts. (One-hit wonder Aqua beat out Eminem, Britney and Christina Aquilera on the Japanese charts last year.). Trendy teen mags print full-page diagrams showing the motions that have been created for each new parapara song. Nightspots like Tokyo's hugely popular Twinstar distribute their own how-to parapara videos. Elementary school kids perform the moves at school events and, the ultimate Japanese pop-culture imprimatur, even...
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