 Ippei Hara

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 The momentum from the Paris Olympics continues unabated!

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 Leah Dizon has become a topic of conversation for her beauty after updating her social networking site for the first time in a year. She was once known as the "black ship of the gravure world" and dominated Japan for only three years. Please take a look at this precious collection of images.

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 NHK's TV series "Omusubi" continues to fly low. When we asked experts about the reason why even "#Reflections" is in danger of disappearing while the Kanna Hashimoto fiasco has had no impact, all we got were harsh opinions...

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