How a Tokyo girl group empire is conquering Asian pop

The World

 AKB48 is the biggest pop group in Japan. Literally. It’s exporting its model across Asia. The World’s Patrick Winn reports that the group is something like a cross between the Mickey Mouse Club and the Hunger Games.

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