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Tokyo Skytree will celebrate its first anniversary Wednesday but has not yet completed its prime mission of reliably broadcasting to households in the capital and its suburbs. Since December, the world’s tallest free-standing tower, at 634 meters high, has been making test broadcasts to ...
If you work in an office, you probably spend a fair part of your time sitting at a desk, which, of course, isn’t very healthy. To combat that the Pomodoro technique recommends that you work in intervals with regular breaks — for example, 25 ...
“I was stopped by two men in a government-registered vehicle, blindfolded and dragged off the street. They took me away to a house in a place I did not know. I was forced into a room with blood all over the walls and floor, ...
"Outsider art" is relatively new in Japan and, as a genre, works made by self-taught Japanese artists are still not very well known on the category-delineating, label-loving international art scene.
After all these years, Rafael Nadal still knows how to dominate Roger Federer. In the 30th meeting between the two tennis greats, Nadal controlled the final from start to finish to win 6-1, 6-3 Sunday for his seventh Italian Open title. “Rafa was just ...
Samuel Thomas is a full-time fashion writer and regular contributor to The Japan Times and Change Fashion amongst others, as well as his own site TokyoTelephone.com. His first book on Japanese fashion will be published by Kodansha in summer 2013.
For Samuel Thomas's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Phillip Lim’s new collection speeds ahead When New York-based designer Phillip Lim showed up in Tokyo last week, it brought out major fashion players but raised eyebrows at the same time. What was the special occasion? “Well, we are celebrating the fifth anniversary of ...
"Cool" may have been the official buzzword, but if the chants of the 20,000 strong audience at a recent festival are to be believed, that word has been ousted by a new one: "kawaii."
Dempagumi.inc have become the faces of a new generation of Akihabara pop music, as well as a force to be reckoned with in the fashion world.
Marc Jacobs’ playful sides goes on display at Idol Marc Jacobs is one of the most recognized designers in American fashion today, but before enjoying an illustrious career he caught a break in Tokyo. Part of his creative prowess is on display at an ...
The February bankruptcy of Takeshi Osumi’s seminal brand Phenomenon, and its departure from Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo (FWT) before this season’s March 17-23 shows, left a chasm apparent to all. And indeed, it’s a mystery who may be able to fill the rather large ...
The Italian denim magnate Diesel and EDUN, the niche eco-friendly brand developed by musician Bono and his wife, have something in common — a love of Africa and its artistic scene. It makes sense then that last year they announced DIESEL+EDUN, a denim collection, ...
It's a bittersweet finale for the famed Japanese fashion brand Mastermind, as it officially ends its 15-year run with the release of its 2013 spring/summer — and final — collection.
This year will see the arrival of a formidable new force in the Japanese fashion market. Perhaps best known for being a go-to for Hollywood stars, Fred Segal is a trend-setting California clothing and lifestyle goods retailer, which in its 50-year history had never ...
The popular Fashion’s Night Out festival — helmed by Vogue magazine and held in the top fashion cities of the world every September — is about to be replicated in Osaka, Japan’s second-largest city. Taking place on Dec. 15 inside the city’s sprawling Umeda ...
New York-based designer Cynthia Rowley celebrated her brand’s 10th year in Japan with a special talk show and cocktail dinner for VIP guests during Tokyo Fashion Week. The Barrington, Illinois, native’s name has long been on the lips of American sportswear fans with her ...
Just one week after Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo had drawn to a close, the capital’s fashionistas were drawn back to the runway for a slew of shows that have been gaining in popularity. The touchMe presentations, now in their third year and seventh iteration, ...
Men were quick to put their best feet forward at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo, with a heavy concentration of light and minimalist sportswear that proved popular on the catwalks. The menswear element of this Oct. 13-20 event may have opened with the Facetasm show ...