beauty

Life Feb 4, 2021

Club for 'unattractive' men offers chance for soul-searching in Japan

Members do not aim to become attractive or share tips on how to get a girlfriend, rather they speak on topics such as their personal worries and fantasies.

Digital | ON: TECH Feb 18, 2017

Techie home comforts

by Chiho Komoriya

A polite talking ted You may remember Paro, the therapeutic seal robot that has been successful enough to be used by therapists to help dementia patients with stress. Well now NTT DoCoMo has now collaborated with toy firm Iwaya, electronics maker Vitec and communication doll ...

Culture | Japan Pulse Jan 15, 2016

100 years of Japanese beauty in one minute

by Tom Hanaway

Cut is setting its lens on Japan as it shows the dramatic changes Japanese women have gone through in the past century.

Asia Pacific / Science & Health Aug 18, 2015

South Korea to lure tourists with tax breaks on breast augmentation

South Korea is taking duty-free shopping to a whole new level, with plans to exclude face lifts, breast enlargements and liposuction from value-added tax for tourists. Desperate to boost tourism after an outbreak of the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) virus hurt the economy, the ...

National / Media | Japan Pulse Jun 4, 2015

Bra-maker's Cinderella Taxis aim to deliver the perfect fit

by Delaney Lake

If you’re sick of waiting for your pumpkin to turn into a carriage, hail a Cinderella Taxi to get a little extra bibbidi-bobbidi-boo in your life. Coming to Tokyo in June and Osaka in July, this special taxi offers riders bra fittings and makeover services ...

Business / Corporate Apr 28, 2015

Shiseido offers staff promotions as profits plunge 44.4%

Cosmetics maker Shiseido Co. will promote some 2,000 beauty consultants now employed on fixed-term contracts to regular employee status through qualification tests by 2017. It comes as Shiseido's group operating profit for the year to March 31 plunged 44.4 percent from the previous year to ...

Books / Reviews Mar 24, 2013

Alterations of idealized beauty in China, Japan

by Hiroaki Sato

THE SEARCH FOR THE BEAUTIFUL WOMAN: A Cultural History of Japanese and Chinese Beauty, by Cho Kyo (Zhang Jing), translated by Kyoko Selden. Rowman & Littlefield, 2012, 287 pp., $49.95 (hardcover) China has a phrase, "the four beautiful women," Cho Kyo (Zhang Jing), the Shanghai-born ...