In today’s CRIEnglish.com, a close friend of Pu Shu and his wife Xiaomin has came out saying that rumors of Pu Shu divorcing is wife are false.  The rumors stemmed from rumors that Pu Shu was planning to divorce his wife to have a relationship with Chinese star athlete Liu Xuan.
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In a recent article on CRIEnglish.com, a restaurant owner in China has been fined for ads showing a naked woman with food on her belly.  The restaurant owner felt they could drum up more business for the restaurant but do not practice in Nyotaimori.

The act of Nyotaimori (eating sushi off a woman, often naked) is banned in China.

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In today’s article of the Japan Times, the strengthening of rules for foreign entertainers decreased the amount of visa holders by entertainers in 2006.

According to the article, “The number of entertainer visas issued by Japan is estimated to have fallen by more than 70 percent from a peak of 140,000 in 2004 to 40,000 this year after visa rules were tightened, according to data released Thursday by the Foreign Ministry.”

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According to today’s article from CRIEnglish.com, Mao Amin, a singer, gave birth to a boy on Sunday at a Shanghai hospital.

The problem is that in China, the family planning policy allows for couples to have one child.  The policy was established to curtail the rising population in China.  According to the policy as mentioned on the CRIEnglish.com article, “The family planning policy stipulates that an urban couple, if both husband and wife are only children, can have a second child and impoverished farmers can have a second if their first child is a girl.”

Those who have broke the rules have had to pay fine. But the question arises if loopholes allow the rich to get away with having a second child, while other’s can’t.   Many couples have their children in another country as a way to have more than one children.

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In an article on today’s Chosun Ilbo, men are checking the background of their girlfriend’s financial backgrounds.  In the article, DUO and Samsung Securities offer tips for people interested in finding a financially sound partner.

According the article, “Today’s young lovers check the financial and credit situation and shopping habits of their potential partners as thoroughly as their health. Matchmaking companies often get requests form their male customers to introduce women with sound wealth building strategies. If women are too young, customers ask matchmakers to check the investment competence of their mothers instead.”

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Day After Tomorrow lead vocalist and also younger sister of Koda Kumi, Misono (22) decided to take on a challenge to see if the singer could lose the weight that she gained over the past year. In conjunction with Avex and also the Takano Yuri Beauty Clinic held the “Girl Meets Beauty” campaign.

Misono told media back then that she was the type that could eat and gain weight easily and the media started asking her if she can bring her weight down and be as skinny as her older sister Kumi.

On September 28th, the singer underwent the hard training to shed the weight. Taking a near nude photo of the singer at 124 pounds (56.2 kilograms) and released to media on September 28th. On December 28th, a thinner Misono appeared to the media shedding 16 pounds and is now down to 108 pounds (48.5 kilograms).

When asked how she lost the weight, Misono said that she would wake up at 8:00 in the morning, plan her day of the foods she was going to eat and also worked hard at the gym.

Misono also told media that she would love to do a collaboration with her sister and also a release of her new CD single will be in February titled “Hot Time/A ~Answer”

At the press conference, Misono told the press that she would like to continue to keep fit and be at 10% body fat next year.

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