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China urges U.S. not to use unmanned airship for political manipulation

STORY: China urges U.S. not to use unmanned airship for political manipulation DATELINE: Feb. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:50 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG WENBIN, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson STORYLINE: The U.S. should not have overreacted to or use the unintended entry of the Chinese civilian unmanned airship for political manipulation to smear and attack China, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Friday. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG WENBIN, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson "Speaking of 'deflecting,' can the U.S. tell us why it is able to see the 'balloon' 18,000 meters above the ground, but seems to have been blind to the toxic mushroom cloud of vinyl chloride over Ohio? Why was it vocal about investigations and accountability immediately after the Nord Stream blast, and yet unusually silent in the wake of the latest investigative report written by a U.S. journalist? The U.S. also needs to explain: What exactly were the three high-altitude o

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Concern grows over U.S. handling of toxic chemicals after Ohio train derailment

STORY: Concern grows over U.S. handling of toxic chemicals after Ohio train derailment DATELINE: Feb. 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:34 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of the derailed train in East Palestine, Ohio STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent "Concern is growing over the handling of toxic chemicals by U.S. authorities after a freight train derailed in the village of East Palestine, Ohio, earlier this month. There were a total of 20 hazardous material cars in the train consist, 10 of which derailed, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). After hundreds of residents evacuated their homes, the emergency crew conducted a controlled release of the chemicals on Feb. 6 to avert a possible explosion. However, the operations were said to have discharged toxic and potentially deadly fumes into the air. Five of derailed hazmat cars carried vinyl chloride. Vinyl chloride exposure is associa

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Concern grows over U.S. handling of toxic chemicals after Ohio train derailment

STORY: Concern grows over U.S. handling of toxic chemicals after Ohio train derailment DATELINE: Feb. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the derailed freight train cars (courtesy of NTSB) STORYLINE: Concern is growing over the handling of toxic chemicals by U.S. authorities after a freight train derailed in the village of East Palestine, Ohio, earlier this month. About 50 Norfolk Southern freight train cars derailed on the night of Feb. 3 in East Palestine, a town of 4,800 residents near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border, due to a mechanical problem on an axle of one of the vehicles. There were a total of 20 hazardous material cars in the train, 10 of which derailed, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), a U.S. government agency responsible for civil transportation accident investigation. Five of derailed hazmat cars, the NTSB said, were carrying vinyl chloride, a colorless gas that burns easily and is produced indust

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Old sewage pipes being renewed without digging up roads

TOKYO, Japan - Workers attach zonal polyvinyl chloride resin to the inner wall of an old pipe in Tokyo's Taito Ward. (Photo courtesy of the Tokyo metropolitan government's Sewerage Bureau).

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Robot balances pole in its palm

OSAKA, Japan - A robot called DB, developed by a project team of Japan Science and Technology Corp., demonstrates in Kyoto on Aug. 30 its ability to balance a pole in its palm. The human-shaped robot, which is 190 centimeters tall and weighs 80 kilograms, balanced the pole for four minutes. The pole, made of vinyl chloride, is 4 centimeters in diameter and 120 centimeters in length.

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Annual Tanabata festival wishes

Mothers and children in Tokyo walk down the street near Hibiya Park on the day of Tanabata festival July 7, holding in traditional practice bamboo branches decorated with narrow strips of colored paper bearing their wishes. The banner reads Give us harmless pacifiers while other placards say No more PVC (polyvinyl chloride) toys.

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Green development of Chinese largest salt lake helps boost productivity

STORY: Green development of Chinese largest salt lake helps boost productivity DATELINE: June 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:40 LOCATION: XINING, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Chaerhan Salt Lake 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LIU WANPING, Deputy Director of the Science and Technology Research and Development Center of Qinghai Salt Lake Industry Co., Ltd., STORYLINE: Chaerhan Salt Lake is China's largest salt lake located in the Qaidam Basin of northwest China's Qinghai Province. It is rich in natural resources, including potassium and magnesium. Through green development, the lake could produce 8 million tonnes of potassium chloride, 110,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate and 1.69 million tonnes of industrial salt annually. Its potash fertilizer industry also leads the world. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LIU WANPING, Deputy Director of the Science and Technology Research and Development Center of Qinghai Salt Lake Industry Co., Ltd., "Chaerhan Salt Lake is the largest soluble potassium-magnesiu

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion J'zk. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. November 10, 2009, Corrida Corset Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion J'zk. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. November 10, 2009, Corrida Corset Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion J'zk. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. November 10, 2009, Corrida Corset Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion J'zk. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. November 10, 2009, Corrida Corset Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion Mie Aoi. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. November 10, 2009, Corrida Corset Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion J'zk. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. November 10, 2009, Corrida Corset Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion J'zk. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. November 10, 2009, Corrida Corset Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion J'zk. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. November 10, 2009, Corrida Corset Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion J'zk. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. November 10, 2009, Corrida Corset Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion J'zk. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. November 10, 2009, Corrida Corset Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion J'zk. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. November 10, 2009, Corrida Corset Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion J'zk. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. November 10, 2009, Corrida Corset Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion J'zk. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. November 10, 2009, Corrida Corset Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion Mie Aoi. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. November 10, 2009, Corrida Corset Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion J'zk. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. November 10, 2009, Corrida Corset Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion Mie Aoi. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. November 10, 2009, Corrida Corset Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion J'zk. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. November 10, 2009, Corrida Corset Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion Mie Aoi. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. November 10, 2009, Corrida Corset Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion Mie Aoi. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. November 10, 2009, Corrida Corset Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion vivi. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. October 13, 2009, Kiba showroom, Fujikura Ltd., Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion Mie Aoi. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. November 10, 2009, Corrida Corset Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion Mie Aoi. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. November 10, 2009, Corrida Corset Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion Mie Aoi. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. November 10, 2009, Corrida Corset Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion Mie Aoi. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. November 10, 2009, Corrida Corset Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion Mie Aoi. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. November 10, 2009, Corrida Corset Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion Mie Aoi. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. November 10, 2009, Corrida Corset Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion Mie Aoi. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. November 10, 2009, Corrida Corset Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion Mie Aoi. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. November 10, 2009, Corrida Corset Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion Mie Aoi. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. November 10, 2009, Corrida Corset Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion vivi. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. October 13, 2009, Kiba showroom, Fujikura Ltd., Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion Mie Aoi. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. November 10, 2009, Corrida Corset Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion vivi. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. October 13, 2009, Kiba showroom, Fujikura Ltd., Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion vivi. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. October 13, 2009, Kiba showroom, Fujikura Ltd., Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion vivi. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. October 13, 2009, Kiba showroom, Fujikura Ltd., Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion vivi. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. October 13, 2009, Kiba showroom, Fujikura Ltd., Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion vivi. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. October 13, 2009, Kiba showroom, Fujikura Ltd., Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion vivi. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. October 13, 2009, Kiba showroom, Fujikura Ltd., Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion vivi. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. October 13, 2009, Kiba showroom, Fujikura Ltd., Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion vivi. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. October 13, 2009, Kiba showroom, Fujikura Ltd., Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion vivi. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. October 13, 2009, Kiba showroom, Fujikura Ltd., Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion vivi. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. October 13, 2009, Kiba showroom, Fujikura Ltd., Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion vivi. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. October 13, 2009, Kiba showroom, Fujikura Ltd., Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

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Fetish fashion

Fetish fashion vivi. Fashion that is conscious of material fetishes such as rubber, leather, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), enamel, fetishes for various uniforms and specific clothes, fetishes for parts of the body, etc. October 13, 2009, Kiba showroom, Fujikura Ltd., Tokyo, Japan. (Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)