The organizers say the show questions Japan's love for cuteness, called kawaii in Japanese.

VOA: special.2011.04.08

So I think it's important that they know some other things that the children in Japan are doing now. In fact, we have Japanese e-pals, which is really a great deal of fun.

我认为让孩子们知道,日本小孩所做的别的事情也很重要,实际上，我们有日本网友，这给我们带来了很多乐趣。

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and I studied Japanese, and I lived in Japan for a semester,

我学过日语，还在日本住过一个学期，

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People in Japan call them "harbor waves." Tsunami is a two-character Japanese word.

VOA: special.2011.06.07

I was born in Japan and I was there until I was ten. And then I came to United States with my family. And as an adult, I went back to Japan with a question "Who am I?" Am I a Japanese?

我出生在日本,10岁后便和家人离开来到了美国,作为一个成人，我带着一个问题回到了日本,我是谁？，我是日本人？

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It has threatened war if Japan follows through on its vow to shoot down the rocket if it appears to threaten Japanese territory.

VOA: standard.2009.04.01

After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7,1941, the U.S.declared war on Japan and Germany.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

Japanese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kazuo Kodama said Japan would press for the ASEM meeting to issue a joint statement condemning the nuclear test, apart from the conference's normal closing statement.

VOA: standard.2009.05.25

The flu outbreak is starting to affect the tourism industry, with one major airline announcing plans to scale back services between Australia and Japan by one-third because of a slump in demand from Japanese passengers.

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

But Secretary Gates on the first visit to Tokyo by a senior U.S.official since the new Japanese government took office - says he will remind the new Japanese leaders that Afghanistan is a NATO and coalition effort and that Japan's refueling mission did more to help other countries than it did to help the United States directly.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20