TV personality and former Olympic marathon runner Matsuno Akemi (35), who for several years tried unsuccessfully to have a child, is now pregnant with her second in two years. her husband and manager Maeda Shinji (35) announced that they are expecting the baby in January. They had a son in October of last year.
• And speaking of pregnant women, it seems they can’t get enough of the song “Warabigami.” When she performed her song on the radio, Natsukawa Rimi (29) was inundated by calls from “nimpu.” The song was written by Koja Misako, vocalist of the legendary Okinawan group Nenes. She wrote it when her daughter, whom she felt she had failed as a mother, gave birth to her own child.