FOR RELEASE WITH STORY ECONOMY-JAPAN-SONG - Japan's top-hit girl band called Morning Musume pose before camera in Tokyo. The band rocketed to fame last year after their hit "Love Machine" sold two million copies and whose lyrics of "Japan's future will be the envy of the world" brought about a feel-good mood to nation's still fragile economic recovery. Break out the disco mirror balls and platform shoes - Japan's stuttering economic recovery now has the theme song you can dance to. Picture taken 15FEB00.

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