'Pretty ambassadors' trot globe to promote Japanese pop culture

'Pretty ambassadors' trot globe to promote Japanese pop culture

TOKYO, Japan - Shizuka Fujioka, in this photo taken April 23, has been named by the Foreign Ministry as one of three female ''pop culture addressers'' popularly called ''kawaii ambassadors.''

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