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Word: shisutaakei (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soul Sister Tokyo-Style | 7/8/2002 | See Source »

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