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Introduction: The Mirror of Idols and Celebrity 3
Figure I.1 This article from the 6 September 2010 issue of AERA, a Japanese news
magazine, says that AKB48 will “save the nation” (Nihon o sukuu).
same CD to obtain extra information on idols, goods featuring them,
and access to them. In other words, idols stand at the center of the
music industry, organizing and holding it together; the same is true
for television and film. Indeed, the movement of commodities is also