Maybe Apple started the trend with its new black iPods and MacBooks. Suddenly, black is all the rage (especially in Japan), as evidenced not only by a raft of new black fashions, but also by the new iMac, plus black airplanes, black toilet paper, black Q-tips, black toothbrushes, black cutting boards, and even black search engines.
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