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Title: Japanese men's new spending spree aims for beauty
Post by: Foxy Brown on April 18, 2006, 06:58:13 PM
Makoto Ishitoko strutted, pirouetted and posed in a room surrounded by mirrors.

"My wife says it's not embarrassing any more to walk together," the 41-year-old office worker said proudly after taking a walking lesson with a group of other men and women.

"My life has turned around completely ... I have confidence in myself now."

Ishitoko is one of a growing number of Japanese men investing time and money to improve their appearance. For them, applying facial lotion and wearing nice clothes just aren't enough. (http://yahoo.reuters.com/stocks/QuoteCompanyNewsArticle.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20060417:MTFH06607_2006-04-17_01-39-50_T16553&symbol=4911.T&rpc=44)
Title: Japanese men's new spending spree aims for beauty
Post by: suki* on April 19, 2006, 11:28:16 AM
LOL!! This reminds me of the time when I went for a pedicure... There, comfortably ensconced in the lounge chair next to mine, was this well-coiffed Caucasian man in a suit shirt and tie, getting a full pedicure AND manicure!! ^o^