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FASHION 3

Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 28, 2017
Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo: Womenswear sees domestic designers back on home turf
The Tokyo fashion scene continues to lead the pack in fresh streetwear trends and international haute prowess.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 28, 2017
Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo: Menswear designers take it back to the streets
The menswear collections on display at Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo in mid-October appear to be pushing irony-drenched streetwear.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Oct 28, 2017
Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo: A war zone for photographer Cynthia Anderson
'For photographers fashion week means mock military manoeuvres with us lugging our heavy gear around.'
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 22, 2017
The traditional kimono never goes out of style
The fusion of traditional Japanese culture with contemporary life isn't a new concept, but as trends change the results can vary greatly. On the runway, we are seeing sophisticated ideas that infuse new looks with time-honored tastes in subtle yet effective ways; while on the streets, the stylings of...
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Oct 20, 2017
Ines Rau, Playboy's first transgender 'playmate,' hopes to 'pave way for all women'
Playboy magazine has featured its first ever transgender playmate centerfold in its November issue, a move that the model hopes will pave the way for "all women — trans or otherwise — in fashion and other sectors."
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 16, 2017
Tokyo fashion week kicks off to showcase 2018 spring/summer designs
Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo began Monday, showcasing the latest designs of some 50 global brands for the 2018 spring/summer season.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 13, 2017
Dempagumi.inc's Risa Aizawa on the true power of fashion
Fashion designers can be stiff creatures, especially when it comes to divulging their history or feelings in an interview. However, Risa Aizawa is not your run-of-the-mill fashion designer. She is a member of the five-person Akihabara-born idol group Dempagumi.inc, known more for it's hard-core dedication...
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Sep 26, 2017
'Genderless' model Satsuki Nakayama cashes in on androgyny trend
With the encouragement of her mother, Satsuki Nakayama began modeling when she was just 12 years old. Her first break came with a shoot for Pichi Lemon, a style magazine for girls. She loved wearing dresses, she loved her long hair — but that changed when she caught a glimpse of a Korean model named...
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Aug 28, 2017
Let's discuss fashion-sharing services
The fashion industry in Japan has begun offering people the option of renting clothes instead of buying them.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Aug 27, 2017
Japanese design makes its name at home and overseas
In Japanese fashion this month, we see two local designers embarking on international careers by taking over one of Italy's most well-known brands, along with a new two-day fashion and lifestyle market in Harajuku, with attractions for the whole family.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 27, 2017
LMVH profit jumps as Japan, Europe join China luxury rebound
LVMH's first-half profit grew at the fastest rate since 2011 as Japan and Europe joined a luxury industry recovery led by China, showing double-digit sales increases in the second quarter.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Jul 23, 2017
Is Japanese fashion ready to make a point?
A Ha-Ha 2015 runway show included models in wheelchairs
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Jul 16, 2017
Strange days of today's technology
Hang in there, the stinky summer could soon be over
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Jul 9, 2017
Tokyo filling the shoes of European artisans
While Yohei Fukuda was learning the art of shoemaking in London in the early 2000s he applied to work at John Lobb, one of the oldest and most prestigious footwear firms in the world. He was offered a position, but was asked if he would accept payment in shoes — not money. Somewhat taken aback, Fukuda...
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Jul 2, 2017
'Most wanted' in Japanese design
The Interior Lifestyle Tokyo trade fair, an annual event held in June at Tokyo Big Sight, always showcases an impressive number of Japanese participants. This year, On Design picks its favorites from the fair's 'Wanted' special exhibition of designers looking for collaborators or overseas distributors.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 28, 2017
From envy to epiphany: Japanese woman with dwarfism follows fashion dreams
Life for Hitomi Goto had always been about trying to blend in and the envy she felt as a person dealing with dwarfism from an early age, especially when it came to the fashion of her peers.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Jun 25, 2017
Fashion veterans make new moves
They may be newcomers to Tokyo, but behind the fashion names picking up traction this summer is a wealth of experience combined with honed artisanal skills.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Jun 18, 2017
Set to go with the push of a button
A very meta instant camera
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 30, 2017
A Leiter shade of New York
Mix up Miles Davis, some French post-impressionism, Max Ernst, haiku by Matsuo Basho, experimental scores of Morton Feldman, Cubism, Utamaro shunga (erotic art) and Hokusai ukiyo-e, plus some Norman Rockwell, Mark Rothko and Franz Kline. Steep for 60-odd years. Saul Leiter's work is all that, but also...
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
May 21, 2017
Blasting the past with a new vision of future fashion
Much has been made of the recent closure of the monthly print edition of Shoichi Aoki's seminal Fruits street-style magazine, with many ready to cry that it sounds the death knell for Harajuku fashion, rather than seeing it as a simple casualty of the rise of new media.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Kishida defends planned rule to revoke foreigners' residency
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a meeting of the Lower House Judicial Affairs Committee on Wednesday.
Human bone-like objects found at Nippon Steel plant’s molten iron pot, with one worker missing
Police believe it’s highly possible that human bones found in a molten iron pot at Nippon Steel's Oita factory belong to a missing male employee.
Japanese billionaire sues Meta over investment scams using his image
Entrepreneurs Yusaku Maezawa (second from right) and Takafumi Horie (third from right) attend a study session on fake social media ads and investment scams at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on April 10.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Unraveling the Japanese prose of Yukio Mishima
Author Yukio Mishima accepts the Arts Festival Award in the drama category at the 20th Arts Festival Award Ceremony on Jan. 22, 1966.
New Taiwan president to set tone for ties with China at inauguration
Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te arrives at the CyberSec 2024 Exhibition in Taipei on Wednesday.
Japanese billionaire sues Meta over investment scams using his image
Entrepreneurs Yusaku Maezawa (second from right) and Takafumi Horie (third from right) attend a study session on fake social media ads and investment scams at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on April 10.
Japanese rap creates its mecca in Pop Yours
Tokyo-based artist Jumadiba says he forgoes the label of simply “rap” for his music because the Japanese rap scene isn’t confined to a particular sound.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.

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