Hiroki Azuma, a professor at Waseda University, is the author of “Otaku: Japan’s Database Animals.”

Hiroki Azuma，早稻田大学教授，是《宅男：日本的数据库动物》的作者。

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Originally a guitarist in a grunge rock band, Azuma quit music to work on his emotive flower and plant-based art.

他原是个三流摇滚团体的吉他手，后来放弃对于音乐的追求，而将满腔的热情放在了插花和盆景事业之中。

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And you can work within that framework to grow your business as Azuma and Valentini did.

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But author and critic Hiroki Azuma said it was "disgusting" that the star felt she should resort to a traditional act of contrition when the only rules she had broken were those of her band's.

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Masanori Azuma, head of debt capital markets at Nomura, compared it to a "bazooka" shot of easing that likely means yields on Japanese government bonds, while still near record lows, can only go up from here.

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