Metropolis - News & Features | Mar 11, 2010

Mar 11, 2010

By: Chris Betros | Mar 11, 2010 | Issue: 833 | No Comments | 1,114 views

Tarento Saki Aibu, 24, who appeared in a poster for last spring’s traffic safety campaign by Tokyo police, drove into the back of a car stopped at a red light in Shinagawa Ward… NTV newscaster Sachiko Furuichi, 36, was appointed honorary chief of the Shinanomachi Fire Station of Tokyo for a day… Freelance TV anchor Mao Kobayashi, 27, who is engaged to kabuki actor Ebizo Ichikawa, 32, officially said goodbye to her “gravure idol” days on her blog.

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