1.   Nutritionists say the main culprit is increasing reliance on Western fast food.

2.   He also said the new PlayStation is so popular that thieves are ambushing Japanese teenagers when they emerge from stores carrying the new game machines.

3.   Most startling, all were committed by Japanese teenagers.

4.   Nova and other English-conversation schools have thrived by offering personalized language tutoring to Japanese teenagers, housewives and white-collared employees, among others.

5.   Three Japanese teenagers committed suicide in separate incidents on Sunday and Monday as spring school holidays came to an end, police officials said.

6.   Japanese teenagers and children were also victims.

7.   Many comic books targetted at Japanese teenagers contain graphic depictions of sex.