Ask the milk!




Here is the three episodes of "Ask the milk" campaign started by Japan Dairy Council in 2008.
They are still active and trying to make Japanese youth drink milk.

First one says "milk makes you powerful", second one says "milk makes you beautiful" and third one says "milk increases concentration" (which is my favorite).

Let's see if it is true:



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