Commentary by Hank F. Miller Jr.
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means … they gotta make money.
Thus, through the years Japan has been trampled over by Western cows like Halloween, Christmas and Valentine\’s Day. Such customs, or rather the Japanese versions of such, have brought smiles to countless young children and romantic couples and at the same time have given Japanese merchandisers reason to live. And live very well I must say.
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