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Leading in 3-D TV, breaking Japan’s glass ceiling

It is the Achilles’ heel of 3-D television: the clunky glasses that viewers must wear to see images pop out in 3-D. But Rieko Fukushima, a researcher at Toshiba, developed a way to do away with the glasses – and at the same time is helping to crack Japan’s glass ceiling for women. “I’d be [...]

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Singer Silvia Dies of Lung Cancer

Singer Silvia died yesterday afternoon of lung cancer at a Tokyo hospital. She was 52. Real name Matsuda Rieko, the Osaka native made her singing debut in 1979 when she was scouted to be the first vocalist for the group Los Indios. Success was immediate as they had a million-selling hit with their debut single [...]

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Japanese singer Silvia dies of cancer at 52

Silvia, a Japanese member of singing group “Los Indios & Silvia,” died of lung cancer Sunday at a Tokyo hospital, her family said Monday. She was 52. Silvia, a native of Osaka Prefecture, whose real name was Rieko Matsuda, joined the veteran group in 1979. The group released the same year its hit song “Wakaretemo [...]

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KyonKyon, Nagase Reunited for Mainichi Kaasan

Saibara Rieko’s popular manga strip “Mainichi Kaasan” is to be adapted for the big screen, it was announced yesterday. Whoever did the casting pulled off a PR coup because the leading roles of a married couple will be played by actress Koizumi Kyoko (44, photo left) and actor Nagase Masatoshi (43), who divorced in 2004. [...]

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