Word: shiraishi
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...their first child; Naruhito's younger brother, Akishino, 37, has two daughters and no son. Under the current laws, after Naruhito, Akishino and an uncle, no one is in line to ascend to the Chrysanthemum Throne. "I have to say I was disappointed it was a girl," says Naomi Shiraishi, who stood in line Saturday night buying special commemorative crackers near Masako's childhood home in Tokyo's Meguro ward. "I hope she gives it another shot, and that next time, it'll be a boy." Given Japan's current state of psychological flux and funk, a girl seems almost...
...plane crash, on Abaco Island, the Bahamas. Her two subsequent albums also produced chart-topping singles and sold millions. In 2000 she co-starred with Jet Li in the film Romeo Must Die and was slated to appear in the next two installments of The Matrix. DIED. YOSHIAKI SHIRAISHI, 87, a former sushi chef and inventor of kaiten-zushi, a clever conveyor-belt system for serving sushi in restaurants that uses color-coded plates to inform customers of the prices; in Osaka. In 1958, Shiraishi opened the first restaurant using his method, which quickly gained popularity throughout Japan and overseas...
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