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Researchers hurt at Ibaraki nuclear facility
At least four researchers suffer internal radiation exposure after an experiment on elementary particles goes awry at a Japan Atomic Energy Agency facility.
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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 our store here,” Lim said. “But ...
"Cool" may have been the official buzzword, but if the chants of the 20,000 strong audience at a recent festival ...
Dempagumi.inc have become the faces of a new generation of Akihabara pop music, as well as a force to be ...
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 ...
Sante D’Orazio, a photographer at the heart of the supermodel era, believes the switch to digital cameras means greater detail than ever before, but the loss of something more important: beauty. “The sense of emotion is gone. It creates a detachment from the subject. ...
Paying tribute to traditional Japanese crafts with a touch of pop sensibility, Jin Kuramoto has produced a really attractive Japanese tea set.
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 ...
If there is one brand that the world needs to stop, drop and roll its collective mouse over online to check out every season, it's Anrealage.
It is four seasons since Mercedes Benz became Fashion Week Tokyo’s main sponsor, and in that time it has given the industry segment that relies on these twice-yearly events a real confidence boost.
It is a sartorial surprise of the most poetic variety. Robert Montgomery — artist, writer, fashion collaborator — turns around, slips off his coat and flips up the collar of his crisp white shirt.
“Hollowness” is not a word that often springs to mind in the context of a luxury fashion item. For the Shanghai-based multimedia artist Yi Zhou, however, this was the starting point for her Each x Other fashion collection. Inspired by a 3-D animation she ...
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, ...
New York label Kate Spade, long famous for its trademark high-end handbags and accessories, launches a new lifestyle brand in its biggest non-U.S. market.
A few cupfuls of things Here’s a neat little solution for storing all those miscellanous things you keep in your pockets or that tend to lie around. Ideaco’s Cuppo is a cup designed to be attached to a wall or other vertical surfaces. It’s ...
We love the idea of things that clip together, so Nendo’s new Clip Collection for Italian brand Discipline immediately caught our attention. The line includes a table with a glass top that appears to be “clipped” to its frame base and a coat rack ...