THE GOOD NEWS:
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EDITOR Foot Fetish Fan Club News from Japan - "This summer, women's great interest in Japan is "feet". Japanese women are struggle to get their feet beautiful! We got a new Japanese word "NAMA-ASHI" which means bare feet without a panty hose or socks. Many magazines and TV programs are picking up this subject and featuring it. That's a great interest for Japanese women for this summer besides fashion (clothes). Americans take it for granted that they walk on the street with their bare feet. But for Japanese, it has not been custom to do so. So this is the new fashion ! It's popular this summer among young Japanese women!"

THE BAD NEWS:
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TOKYO (Reuters/Kyodo News) - Japanese police have issued arrest warrants for the leaders of the "foot" cult suspected of charging huge fees to diagnose ailments by examining the soles of people's feet. Believers were told to buy religious goods and have expensive training to ensure they were cured. Police have issued arrest warrants for the leader Teruyoshi Fukunaga, 55, and several other leaders of the cult, Kyodo said.[...]Police said Fukunaga and his disciples, whose headquarters are at the foot of Mount Fuji, have no licence to practice medicine but say they can diagnose people's health and predict their future by examining their feet.