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Letter From Tokyo
Will Japan's entertainment industry see a renaissance?
It would do well to set its sights on building content that will appeal both domestically and to the world - as its S. Korean counterpart has
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TOKYO • I had known Arashi to be huge before I moved to Japan in 2016, but not quite how huge they were.
I thought they were just another teenybopper sensation and was pleasantly surprised by how the five-member group, which had their debut on Nov 3, 1999, were established mature artists in diverse areas - acting, hosting, concert management and even painting.
