Her ideas about women's fashion have drawn a large following among middle-aged women. On her website and in articles for other publications, she laments the unrealistic standards that Japanese ...

Core Kyoto reveals the city's aesthetic sense through a new wave of local fashion in step with modern lifestyles. While seemingly Japanese, the coat's three-dimensional cut to fit the figure ...

Legends surrounding the founding of Japan are compiled as history in the Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters) and the Nihon shoki (Chronicle of Japan). With the adoption of Buddhism as the state ...

Could Japanese women’s wrestling become fashion and beauty’s new favourite sport ... where it’s skits of them yelling into a mic. We want it to be more about the history of the performers, their ...

Milky white or in pastel hues, pearls have been rediscovered by fashion and jewellery designers ... when he set up as a pearl farmer in Kobe, on Japan's Osaka Bay. He specialised in Akoya pearls ...

Japanese fashion giant Uniqlo has taken the top spot in our list of SEA’s top 10 fashion brands. Famed for its affordable and approachable casual wear, Uniqlo's mix of everyday basics and trendy ...

The conflict resulted in the Taira rising to power to form the first samurai-led government in the history of Japan. In 1180, the Minamoto clan resumed hostilities with the Taira in what became ...

Imaging Japanese History is an online curriculum designed to enhance students' visual literacy skills, historical thinking skills, and knowledge of Japanese history. Five online modules each provide a ...

Not a “Lolita” in the Nabokovian sense, the woman was an adult dressed in Lolita fashion, a style of dress popularized in ...

Japan is on the cutting edge of everything as the country has a centuries-long knack for technological, culinary, and ...

U.S. fashion chain Forever 21 re-entered the Japanese market on Feb. 21 with plans to reinvent itself after pulling out of the country four years ago amid criticism and competition from internet ...

Revolutionary Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake has died aged 84, his company has announced. Known for his innovative styles and perfume, Miyake built a global fashion brand, which included ...