Word: yamakawa
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...instant social phenomenon. After its release, police academies across the nation reported an increase in applications; some tourists arriving in Tokyo to this day are disappointed to discover that the film's mythical Wangan Police Station doesn't exist. "People collected Bayside-related goods," recalls Kawasaki City housewife Yoshimi Yamakawa. "It was like if you wore an Aoshima coat, you could be like him. There has never been a drama that made people go that far. It created maniacs...
...Japan vs. History: Yamakawa Shuppan, which publishes history textbooks used in nearly half of Japan's high schools, airbrushed its account of the casualties inflicted during the 1937 Nanjing Massacre by deleting the words "tens of thousands to 400,000" and leaving "many Chinese"; the Ministry of Education approved the revision...
Some students, in particular seniors with thesis deadlines to meet, will stay at Harvard for spring break. But because a small minority of students stay in the houses, Riki Yamakawa '98 said the College is not very accommodating...
...shuttle stops, the dining hall closes," Yamakawa said, noting that, "not too bad, though...
...sheer genius, into a hyper-modernized version of the Japanese schoolgirl: the archetype found ubiquitously in the cartoons (anime) which permeate Japanese popular culture. Decked out in characteristic anime schoolgirl uniforms--white blouses, hot pink neckties, suggestively tiny pleated skirts and hair in brilliant colors found nowhere in nature (Yamakawa's bright-blue bob must be seen to be believed)--the "little maids" combine in equal parts dizzy flirtatiousness, wide-eyed innocence and a hyper-sexualized tendency to vamp. The comedic effect, when contrasted with the stiffly suited business executives of the male chorus, is dazzling, and the introduction...