Word: shisutaakei
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...nearly a decade, a subcult of young Japanese has tried breaking free of the country's conformity by replicating and co-opting 'hood images they've been fed by Hollywood. Japanese girls are so into the trend that marketers have invented labels for them: they're called shisutaakei, "the sister group," or "hip hop" after the music they like. Japan's streets are where they fight their battle against the tired, older generations, with feather cell-phone straps, dreadlocks and black face paint...
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