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Demon Slayer is a Japanese manga series. It is about a boy named Tanjiro Kamado who tries to become a Demon Slayer after his family was killed and his younger sister, Nezuko, turned into a demon.  Demon Slayer has twenty-three books. Not only Japanese people but also people all over the world are fascinated by the comic book.

A twenty-six episode anime series was made by the company Ufotable. It was played in Japan from April to September 2019. A sequel, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train, was made in October 2020. A second season of the anime series, a sequel to the Mugen Train was made called the "Entertainment District" arc from the book. It was played in Japan from October 2021 to February 2022. A third season for the "Swordsmith Village" arc  is currently premiering.
Details of Demon Slayer 
“Demon Slayer” is one of a comic book which started to serialize from Weekly Shonen Jump in 2016 on No.11. It was written by Gotouge Koyoharu. The book is completed from 1 to 23. It is a fight story between humans and demons. Demons appear in various places to catch and eat humans. However people who were trained specially confront demons. Even though it is simply a fight story, it is composed of stories that are laughing, moving, powerful.
Main Characters 
Tanjiro Kamado decided to embark on a journey because his sister Nezuko Kamado was made to be a demon. Then, he entered an organization which is called “Kisatsutai”. People can attend it over an audition, so there are many strong people in it. Begging with Tanjiro and members who have each “breathing”. Tanjiro has breathing of water, Zenitsu Agatsuma who is synchronous to Tanjiro has breathing of thunder, and Inosuke Hashibira who is also synchronous to Tanjiro. Inosuke is the only known user of breathing of animals and is said to have created the style. In addition, there are 9 of the strongest slayers who are called “Hashira”. On the other hand, there is the worst and strongest demon which is called Muzan Kibutsuji.
Progress 
Demon Slayer started from a comic book, and it expanded various things. Anime started in 2019, and the movie started in 2020 as the “Mugen train” version. In addition, a smartphone app started in 2020, and a home video game is going to start in 2021. Furthermore, there is a stage of the orchestra which performs with pictures of the story of Demon Slayer. In the summer of 2021, the stage of Demon Slayer is going to be held.

Achievements 
The comic book of Demon Slayer became popular since anime started in 2019. So the comic book made 34 times more sales in half of one years. Eventually, the comic book was published 120 million. In addition, the movie sales recorded 32.4 billion on December 28 in 2020, and it was over the sales of Spirited away which had been the most sales in Japan. On the other hand, Demon Slayer combined with Kurazushi and Gindako, and the sales increased by more than 100% year-on-year.
Trends 
Movie song of Demon Slayer is “Homura” which was sold December 14 in 2020. Anime song of Demon Slayer is “Gurenge” which was sold July 3 in 2019. Both of them were sung by Japanese singer LiSA. They were the first and second songs that were sung in Karaoke of DAM in 2020. In addition, “Demon Slayer” was nominated for the Bussword Award in 2020.

Writer

The name of the mangaka (Manga artist) is Koyoharu Gotouge. An interview with the person concerned said the writer is female. She is from Fukuoka in Japan and was born in 1989. She has never been seen publicly, and her true identity is unknown. She started her work as a cartoonist in 2013. Demon Slayer is her fifth product. She is also called "crocodile teacher(In Japanese;Wani Sensei)" because of her self-portrait of a crocodile which wears glasses.

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King Gnu is a Japanese alternative rock band. The band is made up of 4 members: Daiki Tsuneta (guitar & vocal), Satoru Iguchi (keyboard & vocal), Kazuki Arai (bass) and Yu Seki (drum).

Overview 
The band, Mrs.Vinci was formed by centering on Daiki Tsuneta in 2013. 2 years later, Mrs.Vinci renamed Srv.Vinci. After reorganization of members, they renamed King Gnu in 2017. It is what they are now. The band made their major debut in January 2019 by releasing their 2nd album “Sympa”. The band is called “tokyo new mixture style” because each member of the group is influenced from music in various fields and they create their own music style which has overwhelming original sense and high perfection in both their sound and visual. In terms of music, the band creates songs that incorporate elements from a wide range of genres such as R&B, jazz, J-POP, as well as rock.

Members
Members

Daiki Tsuneta (May 15, 1992) 
is the reader of the band. All King Gnu songs are produced by him. He mainly plays guitar and sings as a vocalist with Satoru Iguchi. And he can play piano, bass, cello, drum and so on. He attended Tokyo University of the Arts and majored in cello. He also belongs to PERIMETRON which is a creative group making music videos, jacket pictures, or something making videos. King Gnu’s video and pictures are also created by them.  His work covers a wide range of topics. He also works as a record producer. A project called millennium parade, a group of musicians, is led by him.

Satoru Iguchi (October 5, 1993) 
is in charge of vocals and keyboard. He also attended Tokyo University of the Arts and belonged to the vocal music department. He is also an actor and narrator.
Kazuki Arai (October 29, 1992) 
is a bassist and he plays bass, synth bass, and contrabass. And he is in charge of chorus. He also acts in the millennium parade. He started bass when he was 14 years old, and he learned jazz bass. He had lived with Satoru Iguchi.

Yu Seki (September 2, 1992) 
is a drummer. His parents are professional musicians and he hit an electronic drum when he was young. He also attended dance school. The goodness of his sense of rhythm comes from it. He acts in the millennium parade.

History

2017 
After the band was renamed King Gnu, they appeared on FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL in July. They released their first album “Tokyo Rendez-vous ” in October. “Vinyl”, which is recorded in the album, is designated as a television CM song.

2018 
In April, their first radio program whose name derived from their band name had  started. The radio program title is “RADIO GNU”. In September, they released “prayer X”. And the song is appointed anime’s ending song.
2019 
In January, a new single “Hakujitsu '' was released as the theme song of a television drama. The song made them popular. And in January, they released their second album “Sympa”. “Hikotei”, which is recorded in the next album, is appointed as a television CM song. 

In December, they appeared on Kohaku by NHK.

2020 
In January, they released their third album “CEREMONY ”. 

In August, King Gnu streaming live was held and it was the first online concert because of coronavirus. 

In September, their new single ”Sanmon Shosetsu” was appointed as the television drama’s theme song. 

In October, their new single ”Senryou Yakusha” was appointed as the television CM.

Discography 
1st album “Tokyo Rendez-Vous” (2017)

2nd album “Sympa” (2019)

3rd album “Ceremony” (2020)

Japanese musical groups
SLAM DUNK is a manga from Japan. It is about basketball.  It was written by Takehiko Inoue and serialized in Weekly Shonen jump from 1990 to 1996. This comic caused a big basketball boom in the 1990's. As of August 2018, the cumulative circulation of the domestic series has exceeded 120 million. It was made into 31 comic books and 101 animations. Its animations were broadcast on TV Asahi from 1993 to 1996.  The comics have been printed in 17 countries.

In 2020, Slam Dunk was voted the third most popular manga in Japan.

Music

The opening and ending songs were also popular.

Sekai ga owaru made wa… /WANDS

Kimi ga suki da to sakebitai /BAAD

Anata dake Mitsumeteru /Maki Oguro

It ended up in comic books for a long time. But recently it was decided that SLAM DUNK would become a movie.
Story 
There is a basketball club in a high school. The main character is Hanamichi Sakuragi. He likes girls and fights. He sees that the girls he liked in middle school all liked basketball players. He is angry and did not like basketball. But in high school he falls in love with Haruko Akagi, who says he should play basketball. Hanamichi joins a basketball club/

Characters 
The story takes place in Hanamichi's high school.  

There is a basketball club called Shohoku Basukebu. The captain is Takenori Akagi. His nickname is "Gori" because he looks like a gorilla. He is a third year student who loves basketball and is good at it and at his studies.

Kaede Rukawa is a freshman student, like Hanamachi. He has been a famous person at basketball since he was in middle school. He had his own fan club "Rukawa Sineitai." He has a cool personality.

Mikinobu Kogure is a third grade student. He does not have special skills.

Ryota Miyagi is a second year student. He is a small player but really fast.
Ayako is Shohoku Basukebu's manager. She is a cheerful person and sometimes like a mother.

Hisashi Mitsui is a third grade student. He was an MVP player in middle school. He is good at three point shooting.  He had problems at first but became a good member.

Anzai teacher is a coach of Shohoku basketball club. He was called "white hair devil" in his youth.  He was famous for enthusiasm and his strict practice style. But now, he is called "white hair Buddha" because he is kind.

References

1990s manga
NiziU is a Japanese-Korean idol girl group. In the word NiziU, “Nizi” means the symbol of the audition project, and “U” means you, that is to say, members and people who like this group. In the group, there are nine members.

Audition 
Japanese music company called “Sony Music” and, Korean entertainment agency called “JYP” began a project called “Nizi Project”. This is an audition program, and it was held in Japan and Korea. The producer of NiziU is J.Y Park (박진영). He is a record producer, and founder of the JYP and also one of the singers in Korean. He is famous as a wheeler-producer. There are a lot of artists who became big artists thanks to him.

Members 
In the group, there are nine members. They were elected from 100,000 people.

(Name)                         (Birthday)

Mako Yamaguchi　-April 4th, 2001 – Leader, main dancer, lead vocalist　　　

Rio Hanabashi       -February 4th, 2002 – Main dancer

Maya Katsumura      -April 8th, 2002 – Lead dancer

Riku Oe             -October 26th, 2002 – Lead vocalist
Ayaka Arai          -June 20th, 2003 – Visual

Mayuka Ogou         -November 13th, 2003 – Lead rapper

Rima Yokoi           -March 26th, 2004 – Main rapper

Miihi Suzuno         -August 12th, 2004 – Main vocalist, lead dancer

Nina Hillman     -February 27th, 2005 – Main vocalist, youngest

Discography＆Performance

Song 

 Make You Happy

This is one of the songs in the Digital Mini Album. It is famous for being used in the nizi project. The song was released as the pre-debut song on only music streaming. The release day was before their debut. However the album became a big hit.  Also the dance of this song is very famous for “Nawatobi Dance”.

 Step and a Step

This is the first debut single. It was released on December 2nd in 2020. The dance is famous for “Rabbit Dance”. The high point of this song means that it’s ok to make progress on our own pace if the pace is slower than other people. The lyrics mean we don’t need to be upset about the  people’s step around us.

Commercial
Commercial 

 LOTTE [Fit’s] ( December 8th, 2020 - )
 Coca-Cola ( December 14th, 2020 - )
 KOSE ( January 16th, 2020 - )

Record of Awards 

 Best Dance Video Award - MTV VMAJ 2020
 Special Award - The 62nd Japan Record Awards
 VOGUE JAPAN Women of the Year 2020

Fans 
People who love this group and members are called “WithU”. “U” means, of course, you ( = fans ), and that fans usually think of NiziU. Also, there is a meaning behind “WithU”. It is that NiziU works toward the world with fans.

Additional points 
In addition to the above information, there are the featuring guide videos on YouTube. The featuring videos are the lecture videos of shouts and calls during the song. In the video, NiziU members lecture the shouts and calls for “WithU”, which they want “WithU” to sing the song together during their performance. “WithU” can find pleasure in the moment with NiziU members.
Terrigal is a coastal town in Australia. Terrigal is famous for some places and beaches.

Location of the Terrigal 
Terrigal is a coastal town in the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the Central Coast 87km north of Sydney. There is no direct connection between Sydney and Terrigal. But it doesn’t take a lot of time to get Terrigal from Sydney.

History of the name Terrigal 
There is a history of the name “Terrigal.” Terrigal means “uncertain” or based on the Aboriginal words. Or the first European settler, John Gray who arrived in 1826, called his property Tarrygal. This is one of the theories of Terrigal. There are various theories though. Therefore,​this place i​s called Terrigal by people. Now, many different spellings still exist.
Famous Beach at Terrigal 
There are beaches on the Central Coast. And Terrigal beach is the best known beach on the Central Coast. If you visit there, you can see a beautiful view of the Terrigal beach and you can swim or do some water activities there. Surprisingly, the length of the sand is 4km. It is quite enough to enjoy the beach. Terrigal beach has been visited by more than 7two million people in the last 2 years.

Places to visit 
    There are a lot of places to visit in Terrigal. First is The Skillion which is a local landmark of Terrigal. The Skillion i​s known for a famous sightseeing place in Terrigal. Second is Australian Reptile Park. This park is Australia’s original hands-on zoo. More than 2000 animals a​re kept at the park. Last is of course Terrigal Beach. Terrigal beach i​s known for its length of the sand and a lot of kinds of water activities.
Things to do 
At the Skillion, climb the Skillion which is a landmark of Terrigal. If you hike to the top, you may h​ave the opportunity to see an amazing view from there. And book the hotel to enjoy an amazing view around there.

At the Australian Reptile Park, join at least one tour and get some experiences of zookeepers. Australian Reptile Park has many kinds of tours and experiences. It would be an unforgettable memory if you join at least one of them! And a​n annual pass is sold on the internet so you can visit there anytime.

At Terrigal Beach, do the water activities (surfing, diving tour, fishing and so on) and swim there. The strength of the sand is 4km so absolutely you can enjoy doing water activities and swimming there. And there are some shops at Terrigal Beach. Clothes, candles, jewellery, soaps, relishes, chutneys a​re sold by people.

Geography of Australia
Settlements in New South Wales
"Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser" (, meaning "God Save Francis the Emperor") was the national anthem of Austria-Hungary. It was sometimes known as the "Kaiserhymne" (). It was a personal hymn for Emperor Francis II of the Holy Roman Empire.

The words of the song were written by Lorenz Leopold Haschka in 1797, and in that same year, the music was composed by the famous musician Joseph Haydn. The melody would later be used in other songs, such as "Deutschlandlied", the German national anthem.

After empire broke up, the hymn was later replaced by "Deutschösterreich, du herrliches Land" in Austria, and "Himnusz" in Hungary.

Due to the popularity of the anthem, it has been translated into many different languages.

Lyrics

German original

1797 version

1854 version
In 1854, the words of the song was changed by Johann Gabriel Seidl.
Hungarian version
Tartsa Isten, óvja Isten
Királyunk s a közhazát!
Erőt lelve a szent hitben
Ossza bölcs parancsszavát!
Hadd védnünk ős koronáját
Bárhonnét fenyítse vész!
Magyar honnal Habsburg trónját
Egyesíté égi kéz

Czech version

Croatian version

Polish version

Slovene version

Adaptations
The alma mater of Columbia University, "Stand, Columbia"
The alma mater of the University of Pittsburgh
The alma mater of Western Reserve University

References

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Austria-Hungary
European anthems
1790s songs
Grace Avery VanderWaal (born January 15, 2004) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She is known for her ukulele performances and for winning the 11th season of America's Got Talent.

Early life
VanderWaal was born in Lenexa, Kansas. She then moved to Suffern, New York. She has one brother and one sister. She has been writing and singing songs since she was three years old.

Career
She starred in the 2016 American popular show America's Got Talent and performed her original song "I Don't Know My Name". She advanced the further rounds after winning the golden buzzer. She performed the original song "Beautiful things" that sang about her sister in the quarterfinals. And she made it to the semi-finals, and she performed the original song "Light the Sky" in the semi-finals. She also won the most votes in the audience polls, winning Season 11 of America's Got Talent.
In December 2016, she released her debut mini-album Perfectly Imperfect, which got to 9th place on the US Billboard album chart. She went on to release her first full-length album Just the Beginning in 2017 and an EP Letters: Vol. 1 in December 2019. 

In March 2020, she made her debut as an actress by appearing in the Disney+ movie Star Girl.

References

Other websites

2018 Documentary about VanderWaal by UPROXX
VanderWaal's "Tiny Desk Concert" at NPR

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One of the strangest events takes place around Akita.  It is called Namahage.  Namahage is a traditional culture in Akita prefecture.  The main event of namahage is very terrible for children.  The frightfully dressed men portray Namahage equipped with masks, knives and traditional capes made of straw during a New Year's ritual of the Oga peninsula.

On New Year’s Eve, they march along a street and make inhabitants go back to their homes. Then they visit houses door to door, scolding children who may be guilty of laziness or bad behavior.

The Purpose of Namahage 
One of the purposes is to advise children to obey their parents and to behave themselves.  They say  "Are there any crybabies around?" or "Are naughty kids around?" in the local dialect.  If parents want Namahage to encourage or tell off their children by giving a specific original way, parents can ask them in advance to give special lessons to their children.  It lasts until children heavily cry or leave their house.
Some researchers suggest that it relates to a belief in deities to take away bad luck and bring fortune for the new year. Meanwhile, others say it is an ancient agricultural custom.

The Actors Getting Older 
Oga Peninsula’s one is the most famous and was designated as an important intangible folk cultural property by the country in 1978.  It was once carried out in most villages on the peninsula, but gradually decreased.  According to Oga City, nearly half of the town associations didn’t hold festivals in 2011.  Therefore, they established a subsidy system for the neighborhood association in the next year.  Its aim is to motivate people to implement Namahage, to inherit the tradition.

Nevertheless, only six local associations revived Namahage at the end of last year.  The biggest reason is the decrease in the number of young people who play the leading role.  So even 70s villagers are dressed up as Namahage.  Some citizens are concerned that the custom will inevitably be lost in the long run.
Covid19 Circumstance 
This year, because of covid-19, almost all associations decided to call off the festival. While one of them implemented the festival taking countermeasures to prevent infection. In Kobukata area, actors did neither enter houses nor eat any alcohol or dishes which were yearly served as hospitality.  One of the actors said “The most important thing is how to maintain the traditional culture to a new era."  Thanks to their efforts, they could manage to maintain the tradition and take measures at the same time.

Akita Prefecture
Festivals in Japan
Shinto
ENHYPEN is a South Korean boy band. ENHYPEN was formed by Belift Lab. They already gathered attention from all over the world before debut. Because there were applications to audition from around the world. And, the seven members were chosen.

History 
They are from an audition program called "I-LAND" (June 26 - September 18, 2020). twenty-three people were selected as a participant in the audition. Then, seven people were chosen by voting from producers and fans all over the world in about three months, and their debut was decided. On September 19, they opened official social media, for example, Twitter, Instagram, and so forth. They announced their fan name on October 8. Then, their membership opened on October 12. On October 28, their first album, BORDER : DAY ONE was announced. Their first reality show that was shown until their debut started on November 11. On November 30, they finally debuted and released the first album. They appeared at Mnet Asian Music Awards on December 6.
Members 
Jungwon  is the leader of ENHYPEN. His birthday is February 9, 2004. He is from Korea.

Heeseung is the oldest member. He was born on October 15, 2001 and from Korea.

Jay had lived in America but his nationality is Korean
. His birthday is April 20, 2002.

Jake is from Australia, but his parents are Korean. He was born on November 15, 2002.

Sunghoon is a former skater. He retired from figure skate to be a K-pop idol. His birthday is December 8, 2002 and from Korea.

Sunoo was selected as a debut member even though he had the shortest trainee period. He was born on June 24, 2003 and from Korea.

NI-KI is the main dancer. He is still 16 years old, but he debuted. And, he is from Japan. There were three other Japanese members at "I-LAND", but he was the only one to make his debut. His birthday is December 9, 2005.
Discography 
They released BORDER : DAY ONE on November 30, 2020. Intro : Walk the Line, Given-Taken, Let Me In (20 CUBE), 10 Months, Flicker, and Outro : Cross the Line are included in this album. Given-Taken is the title song. There are music videos of Given-Taken,  Let Me In (20 CUBE) and Outro : Cross the Line. The albums sold 229,991 copies on the first day. In Japan, it won the 1st place on the iTunes "Top Album" chart, and on December 4, it also won the 1st place on "The Real-Time Top 100" chart of LINE MUSIC.

Awards 
On December 12, 2020, they won the "Next Leader Award" at The Fact Music Awards. And nowadays, they won the "Rookie Artist Of The Year" at The Golden Disc Awards on January 10, 2021.

K-pop music groups
Just Dance is a video game series made by Ubisoft. Just Dance was named after a song sung by Lady Gaga. The first Just Dance was released in 2009 in North America, Europe, and Australia.

Gameplay 
Just Dance is a motion-based video game. One to four people can play it. Players dance along to a song, and follow the dances on screen as if they were looking in a mirror. Players get more points when they follow the dance moves more closely. Starting in Just Dance 2, players get stars for every 2000 points they get. In each song, there are also moves called Gold Moves. If a player does a Gold Move correctly, they get a lot of points. If they do a Gold Move incorrectly, they do not get any points. At the end of the song, whoever has the most points is the winner.

Main series 
There are 15 games in the main Just Dance series.

Just Dance 
This is the first game in the series. It was released on November 17, 2009. It has songs by MC Hammer, The Beach Boys, Iggy Pop, Baha Men, Spice Girls, Gorillaz, and others.
Just Dance 2 
Just Dance 2 was released on October 12, 2010. The second installment was the first and only installment to date with up-to 8-player sessions. It has songs by Kesha, Outkast, The Pussycat Dolls, Wham!, Avril Lavigne, Mika, Rihanna, and others.

Just Dance 3 
Just Dance 3 released on October 7, 2011. The third installment was revealed at Ubisoft E3 conference, on June 6, 2011. It was the first installment of the Just Dance series on Xbox 360 (with Kinect support), and PlayStation 3 (with PlayStation Move support). It has songs by Jessie J, Katy Perry, Gwen Stefani, a-ha, Robin Sparkles, Lenny Kravitz, The Black Eyed Peas, and others.

Just Dance 4 
Just Dance 4 released on October 9, 2012. It is the 4th game in the series. It is the first installment of the Just Dance series for Wii U. It has songs by Carly Rae Jepsen, P!nk, The B-52's, Rihanna, Flo Rida, and others.
Just Dance 2014 
Just Dance 2014 released October 8, 2013. It is the 5th game in the series. It was the first Just Dance game to be released on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 and it has songs by Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, PSY, One Direction, Chris Brown, Ariana Grande, ABBA, George Michael, Ricky Martin, and others.

Just Dance 2015 
Just Dance 2015 released October 21, 2014. It is the 6th game in the series. It has songs by Pharrell Williams, John Newman, Katy Perry, Iggy Azalea, Maroon 5, and others.

Just Dance 2016 
Just Dance 2016 released October 20, 2015. It is the 7th game in the series. It has songs by Calvin Harris, David Guetta, Meghan Trainor, Britney Spears, Mark Ronson, Shakira, Kelly Clarkson, Demi Lovato, and others.

Just Dance 2017 
Just Dance 2017 released October 25, 2016. It is the 8th game in the series. It has songs by Justin Bieber, Queen, DNCE, and others. It was the first game in the series that was released on Steam and Nintendo Switch.
Just Dance 2018 
Just Dance 2018 released October 24, 2017. It is the 9th game in the series. It has songs by Bebe Rexha, Bruno Mars, Ariana Grande, Big Freedia, Shakira, Clean Bandit, Dua Lipa, Tomska, Luis Fonsi, Selena Gomez, and others.

Just Dance 2019 
Just Dance 2019 released October 23, 2018. It is the 10th game in the series. It has songs by Bruno Mars, BIGBANG, BLACKPINK, Sean Paul, J Balvin, Camila Cabello, Daddy Yankee, and others.

Just Dance 2020 
Just Dance 2020 released November 5, 2019. It is the 11th game in the series. It has songs by Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Ed Sheeran, 2NE1, Panic! at the Disco, Khalid, and others.

Just Dance 2021 
Just Dance 2021 released November 12, 2020. It is the 12th game in the series. It has songs by Dua Lipa, TWICE, Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande, Eminem, NCT 127, BLACKPINK, Selena Gomez, and others. It was the first released on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.
Just Dance 2022 
Just Dance 2022 released November 4, 2021. It is the 13th game in the series. It has songs by Todrick Hall, Anuel AA, Imagine Dragons, Ciara, Meghan Trainor, Camila Cabello, Olivia Rodrigo, Bella Poarch, Pabllo Vittar, and others.

Just Dance 2023 Edition 
Just Dance 2023 is a new gen 14th game in the Just Dance series. It include tracks by Taylor Swift, Ava Max, Lady Gaga, and others. It released on November 22, 2022. This will be the last mainline Just Dance game, and won't be released on Xbox One or Playstation 4 for the first time since Just Dance 3.

Just Dance 2024 Edition 
Just Dance 2024 is a new gen 15th game in the Just Dance series.

Japanese Series
Japanese Series

Just Dance Wii 
This is the first Japanese version of Just Dance. It was developed by Ubisoft Paris and edited by Nintendo. It was released on 13 October 2011. It was made only for the Wii. It has 16 J-pop songs, 11 songs from Just Dance and Just Dance 2 and one song that is unlockable by playing all of the others. The songs of EXILE, Kara, Koda Kumi and others are included.

Just Dance Wii 2 
This is the second Japanese version of Just Dance. It was developed by Ubisoft Paris and edited by Nintendo. It was announced by Nintendo directly and released on 26 July 2012. It was made only for the Wii. It has 20 J-pop songs and 15 songs from Just Dance 2 and Just Dance 3. The songs of EXILE, Kara, Speed, Da Pump, T-ara, DJ OZMA, 2PM, Happiness, Max, and Ms. Ooja are included.
Just Dance Wii U 
This is the third Japanese version of Just Dance. It was developed by Ubisoft Paris and edited by Nintendo. It was announced by Nintendo directly and released on 3 April 2014. It was made only for the Wii U. It has 20 J-pop songs and 15 songs from Just Dance 4 and Just Dance 2014. The songs of SKE48, AKB48, BIGBANG, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, and Momoiro Clover Z.
Other series 
There are some other kinds of Just Dance series. One is a Disney edition, that was named Just Dance: Disney Party. There are two versions of the series. The first one was released on 23 October 2012 and then the second one was released on 20 October 2015. They include some Disney film music and songs sung in Disney Channel series on television. Others are the Experience Series. One of the Experience Series is Michael Jackson: The Experience. It was released on 23 November 2010, and it contains 26 famous songs sung by Michael Jackson. And the rest are the Kids Series named Just Dance Kids. There are three games in this series. The first was released on 9 November 2010, the second was released on 25 October 2011 and the third was released on 22 October 2013.

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Gen Hoshino is a Japanese singer-songwriter. His songs are very famous and used in various TV shows. Meanwhile, he has been famous for his acting in Japanese dramas and films. He also improves his career by publishing some books and broadcasting his own radio channel. Therefore, he has been rewarded for his efforts with gaining his fame.

Personal Information 
He was born in Saitama Prefecture January 28th, 1981. His blood type is AB, and his height is 1.68m. 

He started his career as a musician in 2000. These days, not only as a musician he does well, but also as an actor. His music agent is Amuse, and his acting one is Otona Keikaku. His music genre is J-pop, folk and dance. He usually sings but sometimes plays the guitar and marimba.
Career 
He has been a member of Sakerock which consisted of his friends from his high school since 2000. He played the guitar and marimba there, but this instrumental band was dissolved in 2015. Then he continued his music career as a solo artist. He became a well-known artist by his 8th single song, “SUN.” Because of this song, he took part in Kohaku Uta Gassen, which is broadcasted on New Year’s Eve in Japan every year. Later, he acted in various Japanese dramas and films. For example, “The Full-Time Escapist” was famous for the story, actors’ acting skills and his song, “Koi.” In this TV drama, he was one of the main casts.
Acting 
His first drama acting was “Water Boys” in 2003, but he wasn't a main character. When he acted as the main character for the first time, he appeared on “Dr. Storks” in 2015. The story of this drama was the life of doctors who worked at obstetrics. Next year, 2016, he acted as a single man, Hiramasa Tsuzaki who employed a housekeeper. This drama was “The Full-Time Wife Escapist” and became popular. Two years later, he appeared on “Idaten” which was one of NHK (Taiga) historical dramas. In 2020, he appeared as a main character on “MIU404.”

His first film acting was “64” in 2004. In 2017, he acted on “Night Is Short, Walk on Girl” by only his voice, because this movie was Japanese animation movie. Two years later, he acted as a samurai in “Samurai Shifters.” In addition, his latest movie was “The Voice of Shin” in 2020.
Popular Songs 
He became popular for his 8th single song, “SUN.” This song was the theme song of Fuji TV drama, and this song got the 1st place of iTunes Weekly Ranking in July 2015 and January 2016. 

In 2016, he released his 9th single song, “Koi” which was the theme song of TBS drama, “The Full-Time Wife Escapist.” Moreover, “Koi dance,” the dance of this song, became very popular, especially among teenagers. 

In 2020, he composed an encouraging song, “Uchi de Odoro,” during Japanese lockdown due to COVID-19. This song urged many people to stay at home.

Discography 
1st album: Baka no Uta(2010)

2nd album: Episode(2011)

3rd album: Stranger(2013)

4th album: Yellow Dancer(2015)

5th album: Pop Virus(2018)
Higashine city is one of the cities of Yamagata prefecture in Japan. It is on the border of Yamagata prefecture and Miyagi prefecture and it is basin. In February 2020, 47,910 people lived there. The size is 206,94 square kilometer. Higashine is especially famous for many kinds of fruits. 

Sightseeing

There is an airport called ‘Oishi Yamagata airport’ built in 1964. There were charter flights from Taiwan until 2019 and many Taiwanese visited Higashine city by boarding them. 

There is a big old tree called ‘Okeyaki’ at Higashine elementary school. The age of it is said to be more than 1500 years and it has been designated as a national nature treasure. 

Higashine onsen is famous for relaxing. There is also a foot bath in the onsen street. Their hotels are also used for many kinds of gatherings like after the coming of age ceremony.
Marathon competition called ‘Sakuranbo Marathon’ is held every June. It started in 2002. Anyone can join it , so many people from all over Japan, about 9000 people ran in the race in 2019. Runners can choose to run from 3km, 5km, 10km, and 21km, so it is easy to join even from children to a wide range of ages. 

Fruits

Higashine city is famous for some kinds of fruits and is called ‘kingdom of fruits’. Its early summer cherries are very popular. Higashine grows the most cherries in Japan and one of the breed, ‘Satonishiki’ was born here. Satonishiki was born in 1928. And now ‘Higashine Sakuranbo’ was classified as GI (geographical indication) in 2017 and it is found as a gift. There are reasons this city is suitable for growing cherries. There has not been so much rain and sunlight time in June. Also the drainage is good and the temperature is suitable. That is why the environment is the best to culture cherries.
La France is another famous fruit. It is fruit that you can enjoy in fall seasons. 80% of the La France production in Japan is in Yamagata prefecture. The image character of Higashine city, ‘Tanto-kun’ is a La France motif.

Education

Higashine is the only city where the population is increasing in Yamagata. It is because they put effort into making the environment for raising children.

‘Asobia-land’ is a kind of park where children can enjoy exercise built in 2013. Many little children gather there and enjoy playing outside.

‘Tantokuru center’ is a community center and place where children can exercise inside. Children to elderly visit as a place to interact with civilians. In 2015, Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress visited there .

Touohgakkan junior & senior high school is next to the city hall. It was built in 2016.  

Cities in Yamagata Prefecture
Tamagotchi is a handheld video game. It was released in 1996. It was created in 1996 by Aki Maita and sold by Bandai. It is a strategy game. The main characters are also called Tamagotchi. The Tamagotchi are electronic pets, and the player takes care of them as part of the game. A new version of Tamagotchi was released in 2020.

Gameplay

The player uses the handheld device to take care of the fictional pet. The player can feed it or let it go hungry, train it or abuse it. The tamagotchi will grow up strong, weak or run away depending on how the player acts.

Anime 
In 2009, Tamagotchi got it’s own anime.
History 
The first Tamagotchi was released in 1996 as a mobile digital pet. This game became popular in Japan. From 1997 to 1998 other types of Tamagotchi game were released. About 40 million games sold around the world. In 2004, Tamagotchi''' became popular again. The 2004 version of the game had infrared communication. The 2006 version could connect with mobile phones and personal computers. In 2006, a Tamagotchi-themed school game was released. In this game, the player could make a class using a communication function. In 2007, Tamagotchi started to live with its family in the device. In 2008, the game was released with a colored screen and download items and mini games. In 2012, the communication function was made more complicated.

By country

The Tamagotchi has stayed popular in Japan, but in the West it is sometimes popular and sometimes not. Bandai America sells Tamagotchi in a larger package in the United States because they want the buyer to believe it is worth the price, US$59.99.
Other content 
There are also Tamagotchi'' arcade games, animations, movies, comic books, books, and apps.

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Costco Wholesale Corporation (), which is Costco for short, is an American operator of discount stores known as warehouse clubs or wholesale clubs. Abundance of products are sold with deeply discounted prices to club members who need to pay annual membership fees. Costco is based in Issaquah, Washington and one of the largest retailers in the world.

History 
Costco has a history of over 40 years. Date back to 1976, Sol Price, a pioneer in warehouse club retailing, opened the first Price Club which an airline hangar was remodeled in San Diego, California. In 1983 Jeffrey H. Brotman and James D. Sinegal opened the first Costco in Seattle, Washington. Ten years later, The Price Company and Costco merged into Price/Costco. They changed it into Costco Wholesale Corporation on October 30, 1999. Costco spread and was constructed in several countries, the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, the Far East, and Australia.
Warehouse 
In warehouses, gas stations are in most, pharmacies, hearing aid centers, optometrists, eye and sunglass centers, photo processors, and tire garages. In some countries, there are liquor stores.

There is a mechanism for Costco. When you enter the warehouse, employees check a membership card. Shopping carts that are used in warehouses are large in size and the paths inside stores are wide so that shopping carts pass easily. Conveyor belts are utilized at checkouts. They enable cashiers to check out mass products smoothly. They don't provide plastic bags, so their own bags or cardboards are needed. After that, employees check recipes to prevent shoplifting and mistakes at the cash before exiting the store.
Products 
A variety of products are sold on Costco. For example, groceries, appliances, automotive supplies, sporting goods, jewelry, housewares, health and beauty aids, garments, furniture, office supplies. Products are usually available only in bulk quantities. In addition, there are seasonal products and high quality national and regional brands, and inventory is updated constantly. in addition, it sells Kirkland Signature products such as juice, cookies, coffee, housewares, luggage, garments, and detergent which are Costco's brand. Kirkland Signature products are associated with quality and value to maintain member's satisfaction and Costco's reputation.

Services 
Online shopping is available in the US, Canada, UK, Mexico, Korea and Taiwan.
Non Costco's members can use this service by means of creating an account. However, certain promotions and steeply discounted items are for just members. If you buy a product online and find that it becomes cheaper than you purchased within 30 days, you can request a Price Adjustment. If you buy a product at a store, you can adjust it in the store or on costco.com. The return policy is applied too.

There is a food court indoor or outdoor depending on the stores. Each store has a different menu. Hot dogs with drinks, which is one of the most popular items, pizza, frozen yogurt, Pepsi beverages, baked items (such as the chicken bake), and sandwiches are common menu items. A seasonal menu is sometimes sold.

International locations 
There are 782 locations worldwide. 

 United States and Puerto Rico: 543
 Canada: 100
 Mexico: 39
 United Kingdom: 29
 Japan: 26
 South Korea: 16
 Taiwan: 13
 Australia: 11
 Spain: 2
 Iceland: 1
 France: 1
 China: 1

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KANA-BOON is a Japanese rock band. They are from Osaka and now they live and work in Tokyo. They made their debut in 2013 and released a lot of mini CDs and albums until now. And there are many of their fans not only in Japan but also in foreign countries.

Band members 
KANA-BOON was formed by four members at first. They have the role of rhythm guitar and vocals, lead guitar, bass guitar, and drums. But it is now a three-piece band after some members left the band.

Current members 
Maguro Taniguchi is responsible for the vocals and the rhythm guitar.

Hayato Koga is responsible for the lead guitar.

Takahiro Koizumi is responsible for the drums.

Previous members 
Hiroaki Hirose was responsible for the bass guitar.

Yuma Meshida was responsible for the bass guitar.

Biography 
KANA-BOON was formed by them in 2006 when they were high school students.

After they graduated from high school, they began to work in earnest as a band in 2010.
Hiroaki Hirose, the bass guitarist, left and Yuma Meshida joined in 2011.

They were chosen for the Grand Prix out of 4000 bands in the audition in April 2012.

They made their major debut from Ki/oon Music (music label) in 2013.

Yuma Meshida left KANA-BOON in 2018.

Discography 
They have released many discographies for about 7 years since they made their debut. And they had already released self-produced records before the debut. These are some representative works.

→Boku ga CD wo dashitara (2013, mini album)

   DOPPEL (2014, album)

   TIME (2015, album)

   Origin (2016, album)

   NAMiDA (2017, album)

   Star Marker (2020, mini CD)

   Torch of Liberty (2020, mini CD)

Collaboration 
They also have collaborated with some Japanese Animation, and these are some representative works.

→Silhouette (The opening theme of Naruto: Hurricane Chronicles)

   Fighter (The opening theme of MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS)

   Baton Road (The opening theme of Boruto: Naruto Next Generation)
Star Marker (The opening theme of My Hero Academia)

   Torch of Liberty (The opening theme of Fire Force)

Recently, they have collaborated with Japanese animation every time they released a new single. And sometimes their songs are collaborated with some TV commercials, games, and movies.

Concert 
They have held a lot of concerts since they made a major debut.

They held a one-man concert at nine places in Japan from May 17th to June 21st in 2014.

They also held an open-air one-man concert in Izumiotsu city, Osaka prefecture in 2014.

In 2015, 2016, and 2017, along with releasing albums in each year, TIME, Origin, and NAMiDA, they held three one-man concerts in many prefectures in Japan. That was especially the first time for them to hold a concert in a foreign country in 2016.

In 2018, they held a one-man concert and went all over the prefectures in Japan and Taiwan.

In 2019, they couldn’t hold a concert actively because of leaving a member of them.
Narashino is a town in Chiba prefecture in Japan. Its population density is approximately 8000. It is the 4th largest city in Chiba prefecture.

Geography 
Narashino is in northwestern Chiba prefecture.

Its population is approximately 170,000. The mayor of the city is Taisuke Miyamoto who was chosen in an election in 2011.

Food

Narashino sausage 
During World War I, from 1915 to 1920, about 1000 German soldiers were captured as prisoners of war and taken to an internment camp in Narashino. The Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce took notice of sausage as a highly nutritious food at that time. Karl Jahn and other German prisoners had been sausage makers in Germany. The Japanese bureaucracy made these craftspeople reveal their secret recipe. That’s why Narashino city is called "the birthplace of the traditional process for making sausages."
There are some traits of the Narashino sausage. For example, the sausage is free from additional food preservatives or artificial color and made from hog casing instead of sheep casing. They are served to schoolchildren for school lunch.

Nature

Yatsu Higata 
In the 1970s, most of the land near Narashino was built up due to economic growth, but the Minister of Finance kept one piece of land, a tidal flat, as it was. It was a rare habitat for migratory birds such as plovers and snipes. Water pollution and odor, however, became worse because of illegal waste dumping by people who lived nearby. ​Saburo Morita​who was a newspaper deliverer at that time. He started removing litters in order to clean up the tidal flat by himself. Eventually other people came to help him. They restored mud flat.
This tidal flat was entered into ​Ramsar Convention ​in 1993. Now all of the elementary school students in Narashino have been to the area at least once. There is an observatory that provides visitors with information on the area.

Celebrities 
Daiki Arioka​: a member of "Hey Say Jump" (one of the Johnny’s)

Kazuya Fukuura​: a former professional baseball player (belonged to Chiba Lotte Marines)

Daichi Suzuki​: a former professional swimmer (100-meter backstroke gold medalist Seoul Olympic held in 1988)

Confectionery

Le Pâtissier Yokoyama 
In 2001, the first shop was opened in Yatsu (the second store in Okubo). The chef is Tomoyuki Yokoyama. He used to work at famous hotels like Hotel New Otani or The Okura Tokyo. His motto is to utilize simple ingredients so that everyone can enjoy his sweets.

"Iwashu" is one popular sweet. The cream puff is filled with custard cream and topped with cookie dough. It takes only about 1 hour to sell out 1200 pieces of cream puff every day.
Towns in Japan
Settlements in Chiba Prefecture
Ahmedabad district is a district in India which has the city of Ahmedabad. The Sabarmati River runs through its center. On the western bank is the Gandhi Ashram at Sabarmati, which displays the spiritual leader's living quarters and artifacts. Across the river, the Calico Museum of Textiles, once a cloth merchant's mansion, has a large amount of antique and modern fabrics.

Area: 464 km²
Elevation: 53 m
Population: 55.7 lakhs (2011)

Districts of Gujarat
Goshuin is a seal or impression of a Shinto shrine or temple that is stamped on visitors. In addition to affixing the seal, it is common to have the date of worship, the name of the temple, the enshrined deity, the name of the principal image, etc. They are written in black ink. Also, the notebook used to receive Goshuin is called "Goshuin-cho".

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Shirley Johnson (December 14, 1937 – January 14, 2021) was an American politician. She was a member of the Republican Party. Johnson was born in Detroit, Michigan. From 1981 to 1992 and 1993 to 1998, Johnson was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives. From 1999 to 2004, she was a member of the Michigan Senate.

Johnson died on January 14, 2021 in Royal Oak, Michigan at the age of 83.

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Gary Gensler (born October 18, 1957) is an American businessman and politician. He is the 33rd and current Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission since April 17, 2021.

Gensler was the 11th chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission under President Barack Obama from May 26, 2009 to January 3, 2014. He was the Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance from 1999 to 2001. Gensler was the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Markets from 1997 to 1999.

On January 12, 2021, then President-elect Joe Biden nominated Gensler to be the 33rd Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. On April 14, 2021, his nomination was confirmed in the Senate by a vote of 53–45.

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