Kondo, however, continues to live happily in an apartment complex in a quiet residential area in Tokyo with his wife, virtual singing idol Hatsune Miku. “This is my wife, Miku,” the 39-year ...

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Lavishly illustrated fashion magazine articles, scholarly monographs and museum exhibitions have extensively documented the social history of the cheongsam. Most research has focused on the ...