Word: yuko
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...kids themselves hit the road for reasons ranging from chasing down a beloved pop act to escaping an abusive home. Michiko and Yuko, who are slurping a 1 a.m. dinner of curry-flavored instant noodles on a street corner, are a couple of 17-year-olds who met on a weeklong pursuit of their favorite boy band, Glay clones called Due le Quartz. Parked nearby are their miniature suitcases, one a faux Burberry, the other girlishly pink with a strawberry pattern. Michiko has taken off from her suburban Tokyo home before, but this is a first for Yuko, who rode...
...Earlier in the week, Michiko and Yuko had about $200 each saved up from convenience-store jobs. The first nights they slept and showered at $10-an-hour hotels?"just us, no men," says Michiko?but tickets to the band's gigs have eaten up the rest. "Plus, we buy the members gifts," says Michiko. "You know, so they notice us and maybe let us ... you know ... " Yuko giggles. (They've heard of groupies who have partied with the band.) Passing men notice them, and the girls know they can always use them for a free meal...
...spread on the movie in the fan magazine Pia never even mentions Japan's involvement in the attack. As a result, some critics view the company's marketing strategy as a bait and switch. "A movie is a product, and it should be sold for what it is," says Yuko Sekiguchi, editor-in-chief of the influential cinema magazine Kinema Junpo...