Japanese Fashion Trend NPR's Eric Weiner reports that young Japanese women have taken a western fashion trend to the extreme. Platform shoes are the new craze in Japan, the only problem is that they are so high the women are falling off of them and hurting themselves.

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Japanese Fashion Trend

January 17, 200012:00 AM ET

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NPR's Eric Weiner reports that young Japanese women have taken a western fashion trend to the extreme. Platform shoes are the new craze in Japan, the only problem is that they are so high the women are falling off of them and hurting themselves.