Kashiwa Sato is the face behind many of Japan's most famous designs -- from the logos for Fast Retailing's casual-clothing chain Uniqlo to artwork for Japan's popular boy band SMAP and premier ...

It was one of several designs that were showcased to commemorate 10 years of Japan's Cool Biz initiative.

The Cool Japan program models how a new approach to the design industry might work in the degrowth economy. To paraphrase designer and engineer Buckminster Fuller, the best way to predict the ...

The "Cool Japan Fund," to launch on Monday, aims eventually to use about $1 billion of mostly public funds to boost distinctive food and drink, fashion, animated and live-action movies and other ...

If you are interested in learning more about how website design is implemented in different countries, you are sure to enjoy this look at Japanese website construction techniques by Phoebe Yu ...

The Provisional Central Committee of Japan’s Communist Party was disturbed by police efforts to keep tabs on top Communists whom General MacArthur barred from political activity last spring ...

Shining a light on Japan's student talent pool is Gakuten, a new event from the group responsible for the Design Festa biannual international art fair. There's only one requirement of Gakuten ...

From the 1900s-founded Kokuyo to the global success of MUJI, up your office aesthetic with our design-focused roundup of the best Japanese stationery ...

A spectacular five-bedroom, six-bathroom estate inspired by Japanese design has hit the real estate market in Silicon Valley for $12.9 million. The 5,400 square-foot home, which is in Atherton ...

The creatives at Carlos Ortega Design wanted to apply the versatile material to their new furniture designs and so they created a series of CORKIGAMI chairs inspired by the Japanese art of paper ...

A special restaurant chain in Japan has some of the freshest seafood you can find. There's a catch, though: You'll be fishing for your dinner from the table.

Cool news from Ditmas Park Blog: 131 Buckingham Road, the well-known Japanese-style home in Victorian Flatbush, will be open for a tour later this month. According to a BOTD post we ran on it, the ...