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A sit-in by visa violators and their families entered its second day Tuesday in front of the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau with protesters seeking government good will. The action at the bureau in Minato Ward is being organized by the Asian People’s Friendship Society, ...
Kazuhiro Shiraishi, 66, is a guest-house manager in the Izu-kogen Highlands, a famous resort area on the Izu Peninsula of Shizuoka Prefecture. Looking out onto the Pacific Ocean, and just 90 minutes by train from Tokyo, Izu has a warm climate all year round ...
“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, ...
Takashi Miike's blood-soaked vengeance tale, one of two Japanese films being shown in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, draws the biggest boos so far, with critics savaging it as overacted and cliched.
Have you ever given your best effort while striving to achieve something but felt like what you were doing was futile? That’s the feeling I’m getting about Tokyo’s bid to host the 2020 Olympics. With just over three months to go until the IOC ...
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 ...
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 ...
MISHA JANETTE and PAUL McINNES Staying young at heart Tsumori Chisato’s collections, filled with whimsical illustrations, bright colors, ruffles, bows and other little-kid tendencies may look more like the pages of a children’s book than high-end fashion. But her clear success and influence among ...
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 ...
MISHA JANETTE and PAUL McINNES Pearls of fashion If Holly Golightly had been in Ginza instead of New York on a given morning, she might have been beside herself with jewelry lust in front of Japanese brand Tasaki’s new flagship instead of that other ...
Coming back in style After an absence of nearly 20 years, the godfather of Japanese fashion, Yohji Yamamoto, returned to Tokyo for a well-deserved hero’s welcome. Yamamoto, who arguably has been one of the biggest style influences in Japan and abroad since making his ...
MISHA JANETTE Get ready for Fashion Week Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo — from March 22-26 — is gearing up for its 10th round of showcasing some of the country’s best and freshest fashion geniuses. While it is technically an industry-only affair, there are ...
Topshop stays on top When Topshop, the London-based clothing chain, first landed on Japan’s shores, its affordable and trendy range of clothing was a massive boon for Tokyo’s young and hip. Fast-forward four years, and though the Harajuku store still draws its fans, the ...
24 Issey Miyake The bread-and-butter creations of many of today’s high-end brands are their lower-priced, low-end lines and collaborations, which have been rolling out in spades since the recession dropped its bomb on fashion (take a look at Comme des Garcons’ Black and Jimmy ...
The luxury of fashion The “Luxury in Fashion Reconsidered” exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (MoT) is a small but admirable attempt to illustrate how luxury has been defined through clothing from the 17th century to today. On show are grandiose pieces ...