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FOR USE WITH "CULT OF CUTE"-- Japanese women dressed in pink doll dresses and wigs display a new product called "Fresh Kiss," a pocket electronic device to test the freshness of your breath, outside a department store in the Ginza shopping district of Tokyo, Nov. 17, 1999. A unique aspect of Japan's fondness for cute may be that it isn't reserved for kids. As people grow older, cute products, cute fashion and even cute behavior remain a socially acceptable way to express oneself, reach out to others, and to relax. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)