Cheerleading as an activity and sport enjoys widespread popularity in Japan, even among senior citizens. Takino Fumie in rehearsal, Tokyo, 2020 Cheerleaders’ beaming smiles, brightly colored costumes ...

Fumie Takino, 79, is the founder of the Japan Pom Pom cheerleaders, a group of 28 women, with an average age of 67, whose decades-defying energy would give any cheerleader a run for her money.

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The Chuo University Song Leading Club (nicknamed the Garnet Girls, or GG), a popular cheer dance group, won back-to-back championships at the POM section (University Teams) of the All Japan Cheer ...

In Japan, 7-Eleven is part of the Seven & I Holdings group, which also owns a chain of supermarkets collectively called York. Honestly, we make a lot of our convenience store trips precisely because ...

When Fumie Takino was 63, she started Japan Pom Pom, a cheerleading troupe for the over-55s. She's now 84 and still dancing for the troupe, who put on regular performances at sporting and charity ...

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