Meet Japan’s Cute Ambassadors

by | posted: April 28, 2009 11 comments

Japan is laying claim to the title of the land of the cute in a bit to raise Tokyo’s international profile. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently appointed three young ladies to be Japan’s “Ambassadors of Cute”, they are Shizuka Fujioka, Yu Kimura and Misako Aoki.

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First Doraemon gets appointed as a special ambassador now this, the one in the middle is rather cute but seriously…cuteness ambassadors? I guess this another only in Japan moment.

‘Ambassadors of Cute’ take Japanese ‘kawaii’ to the world

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Kirk lives in Kingston, Jamaica and is an avid Japan enthusiast. Since starting Jamaipanese.com in February 2006 and visiting Japan in September 2011 his knowledge and understanding of Japan has grown and he enjoys sharing his interests with his readers.

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  • http://www.instant-ramen.net Hao

    Smile on the left is creepy X_X

    • http://www.jamaipanese.com Jamaipanese

      don’t worry Hao she wont devour you in your sleep (i hope) :D

  • http://gordonswaby.com Gordon Swaby

    The one on the left looks photoshopped rofl

    • http://www.jamaipanese.com Jamaipanese

      now that you mention it she does have that flattened stuff look. The one in the middle is..um “good looking” though :D

  • http://toshogu.blogspot.com Tornadoes28

    I think they could have found some cuter ambassadors then those.

  • CS

    Wow, those girls are creepy.

  • http://thenihon-suki.blogspot.com M-Kat

    umm.. wait.. cute?
    They need to rethink their choice :-p I know I’m a girl but I I mean.. none of them are really cute..ok maybe the one in the middle.. but.. that’s it!

  • http://stunner101.blogspot.com/ Stunner

    I think only the one in the middle is kinda cute in a kinda way. They need to rethink their choices… or maybe this is just a bad photo! But ambassadors of cute, what will they think of next? [japan]

  • http://ebchib.blogspot.com chib

    Frankly speaking, They are all cute. But I am not sure if they understand their role as ambassadors!!

  • http://urutoranohihi.blogspot.com lina

    are they supposed to embody what cuteness is? Sorry – I think Doraemon is cuter. [evil]

  • http://www.yonasu.com yonasu

    Uh, let’s just say I’ve seen cuter… But the girl on the right is kind of cute ^^