The eighth edition of Designart Tokyo took place across the Japanese capital with nearly 120 exhibitions presenting furniture, lighting and accessories as well as art projects, interiors, technology ...

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Winter 2024’s minimalist aesthetic focuses on refined comfort from Tekla and Auralee’s Onsen-inspired collection, and Aimé ...

"Shrewd" is how Mika Nishimura, a design professor at Tokyo's Meisei University, describes the way Hello Kitty conquered the ...

The celebration of the Japanese pop culture icon cuts across commerce, fashion and entertainment, guided by the elusive ...

Since 2021, Japan has been grappling with how to handle skyrocketing numbers of overseas tourists—some 25 million in 2023 and 11.6 million in the first four months of 2024 alone. Many of them ...

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko have sparked a fashion movement with their “tradi-modern” style, blending traditional Senegalese attire with modern ...

The collection used materials such as wool, Japanese twill, and sheepskin leather that brought texture and depth to the runway while maintaining a casual and curated look that blended street culture ...

Why Trust Us? A research team from the University of Tokyo analyzed DNA from a Yayoi-period skeleton to determine the ancestral makeup of the modern Japanese population. The unique DNA makeup ...

Fashion mogul Jerry Lorenzo—whose Fear of God and Essentials luxury streetwear brands have gotten the nod from a slew of celebrity fans, including Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, David Beckham and ...

Want to learn Japanese by playing video games and watching anime? A band of YouTubers — with the help of modern tools — has made learning one of the world’s most challenging languages into a ...