Monozukuri Drives Japan's Success in Fashion and Recreation
This report aims to highlights how five companies are channeling monozukuri by blending craftsmanship and innovation to drive ...
Japan's Kojima, with its proud Jeans Street, draws fans of vintage, deep-blue denim
Japanese jeans tend to be high-end, dark and durable. Although a tiny part of the global jeans market, they have carved out a ...
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Extreme heat mutates cute baby on Japanese shop sign into horrifying demon-child - and tourists love it
A Japanese clothing store has become a tourist attraction for horror fans after the cute baby on its sign morphed into a terrifying demon-child. The baby, adorning the front of Nagahama City's Hangai ...
Japanese jeans with lifetime warranty crafted ‘like making a kimono’ in denim mecca Kojima
Hand-dyed denim and vintage machines are used to make jeans that sell for up to US$1,400 a pair in town where even the roads ...
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The Japanese arcade game inspiring the coolest fashion collaborations
Cult classic battle game, Tekken is no stranger to fashion collabs- and the franchise’s 8th edition is inspiring some of the ...
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Japanese billionaire donates record-setting $31 million to UCLA humanities program
A billionaire Japanese businessman has donated $31 million to the UCLA College Division of Humanities, making it the largest ...
World's longest-serving death row inmate — an 88-year-old former boxer — acquitted of 1966 murders in Japan
The ruling by Tokyo's Shizuoka District Court brought an end to Iwao Hamakada's status as the world's longest serving death ...
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Sumitomo, JAL clothing rentals for Japan travelers get upgraded
The trial service has become so popular that Japan Airlines and Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corp., which jointly launched ...
Japan prosecutors not to appeal acquittal of man over 1966 murders
Japanese prosecutors do not plan to appeal the recent acquittal in the retrial of a former professional boxer who was ...
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Japan prosecutors won’t appeal acquittal in 1966 murders
Japanese prosecutors do not plan to appeal the recent acquittal in the retrial of a former professional boxer who was ...
Arcade games, banana pudding and a Japanese izakaya: A vintage clothing purveyor shares her weekend black book
Since leaving her communications role at a luxury fashion house a year ago, she’s gone all in on her pandemic-era passion ...
UCLA humanities program gets record-setting $31 million gift from Japanese billionaire
The bulk of Uniqlo founder Tadashi Yanai’s latest donation will support “Japan Past & Present,” which is designed to ...