Damn, I gotta get me some <a href="http://www.chinaweblog.com/archives/2002_08.php#020819">permalinks</a>.

An intelligent article about <a href="http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fd20020804pb.htm">Namie Amuro and <em lang="jp">dekichatta kekkon</em></a> by Philip Brasor in The Japan Times Online.  Worth a read if you're into Japanese pop culture or music.