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Chem Chambers
Japan is famous for its J-pop bands, where music and Manga meet. The U.S. and the West for all its Justin Beiberisation and Kardashianification simply can’t match Japan for mixing pure fantasy with crystalline escapism and the unexpected.
The country is a complex culture—steeped in humour and irony. While the youths of Western rock want freedom, the punks anarchy, Japanese youth want growth and employment. This is the vibe this J-pop band is plugging into.
So it has not come as too much of a shock to me to discover the Japanese office of ADVFN—which has a stock market information site based in Tokyo—has discovered a J-pop band that considers the performance of the Nikkei as important as their producers performance at the mixing desk.
Called Machikado Keiki , meaning “the street corner economists of Japan,” and also potentially a play on words meaning, “give them cake.” The band is made up of four pretty women lead by 20-year old University student Sakura Yuki.
Part of their sales pitch is that as the economy gets better, their skirts get shorter.
“So when the Nikkei goes below 9,000 we wear long skirts; when it's between 10 and 11,000 we go medium-length, and miniskirts when it’s 11 to 13,000.”
The four young Abenomics devotees dress in giant glittery bow-ties and denim mini-skirts and hand out fliers in Tokyo’s central Akihabara district. When the Nikkei hit 15,000 the band gave out 1,000 cakes and wore French underwear to celebrate.
Chem Chambers
Japan is famous for its J-pop bands, where music and Manga meet. The U.S. and the West for all its Justin Beiberisation and Kardashianification simply can’t match Japan for mixing pure fantasy with crystalline escapism and the unexpected.
The country is a complex culture—steeped in humour and irony. While the youths of Western rock want freedom, the punks anarchy, Japanese youth want growth and employment. This is the vibe this J-pop band is plugging into.
So it has not come as too much of a shock to me to discover the Japanese office of ADVFN—which has a stock market information site based in Tokyo—has discovered a J-pop band that considers the performance of the Nikkei as important as their producers performance at the mixing desk.
Called Machikado Keiki , meaning “the street corner economists of Japan,” and also potentially a play on words meaning, “give them cake.” The band is made up of four pretty women lead by 20-year old University student Sakura Yuki.
Part of their sales pitch is that as the economy gets better, their skirts get shorter.
“So when the Nikkei goes below 9,000 we wear long skirts; when it's between 10 and 11,000 we go medium-length, and miniskirts when it’s 11 to 13,000.”
The four young Abenomics devotees dress in giant glittery bow-ties and denim mini-skirts and hand out fliers in Tokyo’s central Akihabara district. When the Nikkei hit 15,000 the band gave out 1,000 cakes and wore French underwear to celebrate.
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