If you want a girl with looks and brains, so the thinking goes in Japan, get yourself a TV "announcer". These are the ladies who present the news or other TV shows that at least require some modicum of intelligence to understand.
The cult of the TV announcer is so strong that it is said that the main reason boys try to attend Sophie University in central Tokyo is because it is the alma mater of many presenters, and they want to bag themselves a lady before she hits the big time.
Popular with female viewers as an ideal to emulate, men enjoy imagining what it is like to have a ...
