Justin Bieber visits Japan, lifts spirits

Justin Bieber visits Japan, lifts spirits

ou've likely heard the idiom, "politics makes strange bedfellows." In Tokyo, at the U.S. Ambassador's Residence, the saying came to life as teen heartthrob Justin Bieber, the American and Canadian ambassadors to Japan and nine children from the tsunami-ravaged region of Japan gathered in a small room in front of the international press.
The 17-year-old Canadian pop star walked into the room with the children and squeezed onto a couch with them. The girls and boys, all representatives of some of the hardest-hit communities in northeastern Japan, shyly peered at Bieber as he made small talk with them.

"How old are you?" the singer asked one of the girls.

"17," she replied.

"I'm the same age!" he exclaimed.

A boy read a letter he wrote to Bieber, saying thank you for sharing his time with them. The boy said he was from Otsuchi, a town where half of the city was completely leveled. He bowed and looked pleased.

"Things can get better and things will get better," Bieber told the children, as cameras clicked all around him. "There can only be good times to come from this and my prayers go out to all of your families."

U.S. Ambassador John Roos also hoped it sent a message to a wider audience.

"Events like Justin Bieber's visit to Japan not only lift the spirits of young people in Japan but are an important contribution to the message to the world that Japan is safe to visit and open for business," said Roos.

Justin Bieber to launch women's perfume

Justin Bieber to launch women's perfume

Justin Bieber to launch women's perfume. Justin Bieber has become quite the beauty entrepreneur. While he already has a nail polish collaboration with OPI and scented dog tags in the works, the teen sensation somehow found time to create another fragrance.In partnership with a new charitable lifestyle products company called Give Back Brands, Justin will create a women’s fragrance to launch in the summer of 2011. A portion of the proceeds will go to a charity of Justin’s choosing.

The idea that I could create an amazing fragrance that I love, and actually give back to a charity that matters to me at the same time was an opportunity I couldn’t pass up.