Ayumi Hamasaki Sekai - View Single Post - Prime Minister of Japan holds up Ayu cover at press conference
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Old 13th April 2009, 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by emiko View Post
yey for Ayu.

I've been noticing more and more how ingrained Ayu really is in the culture in japan...

its like...not even funny. I don't know if any artist anywhere has really achieved that.
Actually whats funny about that clip is that he holds the mags up and asks the people if they know who they are and is met with either laughter or silence. Then says something to the effect of, well its not our generation really.

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Originally Posted by AsukaRoses View Post
WOW ! this guy is soo cool XD
the first time I see a Prime Minister who talks about something related to his country's pop culture XD
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi was famous for talking about X-Japan's Forever Love as his favorite song.
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