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Senior members of a cheerleading group called "Japan Pom Pom" practice in Tokyo March 24, 2010. Japan may have little to celebrate with its economic recovery still fragile, so some cheerleaders are
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Members of a seniors' cheerleading group called "Japan Pom Pom" perform on stage at the All Japan Cheerleading and Dance Championship in Chiba, east of Tokyo, March 27, 2010. Japan may have
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