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Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese photographer known for her vibrant and brightly colored photographs of flowers, goldfish, and landscapes. She has enjoyed significant commercial success in fashion and advertising. She made her debut as a full length film director in 2007 with Sakuran

Sakuran

, is a manga series created by Moyoco Anno. The manga is about a girl, Kiyoha who becomes a tayu or oiran courtesan.- Plot :...

. In September, 2010 her AKB48

AKB48

AKB48 is a Japanese female idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto.The group has achieved enormous popularity in Japan. Its ten latest consecutive singles topped the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart...

 music video for the song "Heavy Rotation

Heavy Rotation (song)

-Heavy Rotation:*Team A: Haruna Kojima, Atsuko Maeda, Haruka Nakagawa, Rino Sashihara, Mariko Shinoda, Minami Takahashi, Aki Takajo*Team K: Sayaka Akimoto, Tomomi Itano, Minami Minegishi, Sae Miyazawa, Erena Ono , Yuko Oshima,...

" was released.

Awards

• 1996
  • Grand Prize, 9th Shashin Hitotsubo Ten
• 1996
  • 13th New Cosmos of Photography, Canon
• 1998
  • Encourage Award, 9th Konica Award
• 2001
  • The 26th Kimura Ihei Award
    Kimura Ihei Award
    The is a Japanese photographic award that attracts the attention of the mass media and book-buyers.The award has been given every year since 1975 by the Asahi Shimbun Company, publisher of Asahi Shimbun and the magazine Asahi Camera, in honor of the photographer Ihei Kimura...
    
    , Asahi Shimbun Publishing Co.
• 2006
  • Ohara Museum of Art Prize

Books

• A Piece of Heaven. Tokyo, Japan: Editions Treville, 2002. ISBN 4309904939. Color photographs.
• Liquid Dreams. Tokyo, Japan: Editions Treville, 2003. ISBN 4309905560. Color photographs.
• Acid Bloom. Portland, Ore.: Nazraeli Press, 2004. ISBN 1590050665. Color photographs.
• Floating Yesterday. Tokyo, Japan.: Kodansha, 2005. ISBN 4062130750. Color photographs.