 Nonfiction writer. After working for the Sankei Shimbun in the National Police Agency Press Club, the Metropolitan Police Department, the Kanagawa Prefectural Police Department, the Judicial Press Club, and the National Tax Agency Press Club, he went freelance. His recent book is "How We Live: Money, Women, and Quitting Time of the Modern Yakuza" (Kodansha + Alpha Shinsho).

 Masahiro Ojima

 Shinji Hasuo

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 Yasuko Sakaguchi (1st photo)

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 Can we allow them to go unchecked? - They can be bought for 10,000 yen each and are indistinguishable from the real thing.

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 Born in 1976. After working as editor-in-chief of a monthly magazine and as a reporter for a weekly magazine, she became a freelance journalist. She is the author of "Prostitution Island: Report on Watakanojima, the Last Shangri-La" and "Report on Street Prostitution in Kabukicho, Shinjuku. He also wrote the original story for the comic "Prostitution Island 1981.

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 Taisuke Nishida (first and second pictures) Kazuki Yabuta's Instagram

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 Kazuhiko Nakamura

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 Snow Man" is currently the most popular group among the former Johnny's, setting a new record for YouTube distribution at the end of the year. However, the man who earns the most viewer ratings on TV is Masaki Aiba of "Arashi". ......

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 Momoiro Clover Z's Natsunako Momota updated her SNS. Momota Natsunako of "Momoiro Clover Z" updated her SNS and showed a photo of her and Shiori Tamai wearing the popular character "Chiikawa" headgear. Speaking of Momota, she just announced her marriage to Tsuyoshi Domoto of "KinKi Kids"...

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 Hiroyuki Komatsu

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