But before that, open your notebooks for Vowels 101: “It’s like a grown-up Stüssy,” says creative director Yuki Yagi, calling from Tokyo in the lead-up to today’s presentation. “Let’s say once you ...

Leading Japanese apparel brands Goldwin, The North Face Japan and Neutralworks have jointly launched the Utopian Uniform ...

Japan is staring down a demographic cliff. The population has shrunk for 15 straight years, with births hitting a record low of 730,000 last year and deaths a record high of 1.58 million.

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As 2024 nears its end and we look back on the year in entertainment, it was clearly one when Japan-related works loomed large on the global market. It is a diverse group of works. Some were made ...

The Miyawaki Forest Technique, invented by Japanese botanist and plant ecology expert Professor Akira Miyawaki in the 1970s, is the inspiration for micro-forests worldwide. These diverse ...

Ginzan Onsen, a popular Japanese hot spring town known for its scenic snowy views, has begun limiting entry to day trippers during winter peak season, becoming another destination to tackle ...

Influenza continues to rage across Japan, with an estimated 1.67 million people becoming sick and seeing doctors in the week through last Sunday, double the level the week before, according to ...

For the uninitiated, sorting one's rubbish can be a convoluted process in Japan - a country that boasts one of the world's strictest waste disposal rules. But in the city of Fukushima, things are ...

Christmas day is fast approaching, but it’s understandable if you haven’t finished your holiday shopping quite yet. For those last-minute gifts that you still need to fulfill, take comfort in knowing ...

In 2024, HuffPost shopping covered a nearly endless array of products — some recurring favorites, some exclusively new to 2024 and some items that may have been around for a while but were recent ...