Transport authorities launched a full-fledged investigation Sunday into the derailment of a bullet train on the Akita Shinkansen Line in Daisen, Akita Prefecture, on Saturday afternoon.
It's a dangerous, unpredictable world. Twice in January Chinese warships in the East China Sea challenged Japan's Maritime Self Defense Forces patrols in a manner deemed threatening. And on Feb. 12 came North Korea's nuclear test.
Here's an open secret: Japanese men have a bad international reputation on the romance front.
SELLING WOMEN: Prostitution, Markets and the Household in Early Modern Japan, by Amy Stanley. University of California Press, 2012, 282 pp., $49.95 (hardcover) In the vast cultural landscape, Japan fascinates the mainstream with manga and anime, the martial arts, Zen and kimono. Of course, ...
Kenta Maeda shook off worries about his form with five shutout innings as Japan beat China 5-2 in first-round Pool A of the World Baseball Classic on Sunday at Fukuoka Dome. Japan improved to 2-0 following a tough win over Brazil in Saturday evening’s ...
Jean-Paul Gaultier’s space “This is space! It’s another world!” exclaimed Jean-Paul Gaultier at the opening of his new space-themed boutique in Ginza, Tokyo, in December. In extremely high spirits and sporting a space suit complete with helmet, the designer was greeting friends and press ...
Jacobs Tokyo flagship: great styling, inside and out The opening of the new Marc Jacobs’ Tokyo flagship may have been on hold for several years, but it’s finally come through with enough buzz to put a bee to shame. With the new location in ...
Louboutin digs his signature heels into flagship Ginza space Christian Louboutin, arguably the most famous shoe designer in the world, was in Tokyo early this month to christen the opening of his very first free-standing boutique in Tokyo and Japan. The space is a ...
I was feeling an itch to don a bonnet. After all, it seemed that if the majority of Tokyo designers had their way, women would be welcoming spring in frilly dresses, macrame twinsets, oversized layers of patchwork and dusty colors. It was an about-face ...
Oct. 15 through 24 brought to Tokyo an autumnal shift in the weather — and the latest sartorial flurry known as Japan Fashion Week’s spring/summer collections on show for the world to see. There were a number of notable changes this season, JFW’s 11th, ...
NEW YORK — A t first it was a familiar scene, par for the course in the Tokyo shopping hubs of Harajuku and Omotesando: There was iconic Comme des Garcons, Issey Miyake and Yohji Yamamoto, flanked by a smattering of Gothic Lolitas and punks. ...
Fashion week for the public It’s that time again, when fashion makers and breakers take all that creativity they have pent up for the past six months and let it loose in the form of Japan Fashion Week (JFW). From Oct. 18 through 22, ...
Blooming T-shirts! Photographer Mika Ninagawa is full of flower power: Her signature acid-colored shots of buds bursting into bloom have made her one of the most well-known and popular photographers in the industry today. She has had at least 47 photo-collection books published since ...
Naoki Takizawa: A new knight to represent Helmut Lang Helmut Lang is making the news, thanks to the appointment of Naoki Takizawa as head of menswear design, starting with the new fall collection. Takizawa started at Issey Miyake in 1982, working his way up ...
Rebecca Taylor’s new look “Is that a tiara or a scrunchie? It’s so sparkly!” designer Rebecca Taylor asks an industry fan at a private party that was held to usher in a new direction for her namesake brand in Tokyo in late May. Taylor ...
