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King Brothers roar into tranquil Visalia April 4

(No rating): Sister blog "Best in J-pop" is stuck with the heavy lifting again as manic-depressive J-rock trio, the King Brothers, invades sleepy Central California. Boy, the mariachi crowd is in for a shock. Find out why!

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Namida no Iro (PV)

YO's rating: A | "Morning Musume Again" gets the high grade for just getting this thing out pronto. MMA's three-word review: "I like it." And so do I! C-ute is wearing regular clothes again, but the smoothness of this simmering Latino-style number is intoxicating from the get-go!

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Stormtrooper Takes Over Tokyo

YO's rating: B | It's not exactly Godzilla, but the goofy video of the fully uniformed Star Wars imperial stormtrooper striding through the Shibuya district of Tokyo has finally been explained. Who is the man behind the plastic?

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Saki Shimizu of Berryz Kobo, center, is flanked by Kusumi, right, and LinLin of Morning Musume during the opening number of the Hello Project’s Winter 2008 Awards Show on Jan. 27 at Yokohama Arena, Japan.

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