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FASHION

Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Apr 22, 2017
Tsubasa Watanabe: Model mixes punk with fashion on the runways of New York
At her first test shoot in Los Angeles, Tsubasa Watanabe was surprised by the outfit the photographer was asking her to wear: Hanging from the fingers of his outstretched hand was a pair of thong underwear.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Apr 15, 2017
'The Social Life of Kimono': Innovation faces tradition in the fight to keep kimono relevant
In 1985, a 24-year-old art student from England visited Japan for a summer holiday, fell in love and never went home.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Apr 1, 2017
Matohu: Observing tradition in modern design
Design duo Hiroyuki Horihata and Makiko Sekiguchi have been making the case for the inclusion of Japanese aesthetics in contemporary fashion for more than a decade.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Mar 25, 2017
Designer Mikio Sakabe: 'Fashion itself is the creation of newness'
Fashion designer on why there's no real difference between being young or old.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Feb 11, 2017
New, old and classic — Mintdesigns, vintage clothing and Mihara Yasuhiro
Minty fresh designs
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 25, 2017
The unglamorous side to a model lifestyle
Fun facts: As of December 2016, the average rent for an apartment in New York was $3,046. The rent for a 23-sq.-meter unit at a micro-apartment that went up in Kips Bay last year comes to $2,570, according to 6sqft.com.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 11, 2017
Japanese women see aspirational qualities in 'de facto first lady' Ivanka Trump
Miyu Toyonaga was thrilled when she discovered who had visited her Instagram account last April. It was Ivanka Trump, her fashion icon, and she had liked a photo of Toyonaga with a leather clutch purse from Ivanka's namesake brand.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Dec 17, 2016
Sonya Park: The styling of Arts & Science
Pajamas may sound like an unlikely creative catalyst for a business. For Sonya Park, however, it made perfect sense: She was determined to create a pair of comfortable, luxurious pajamas that she would want to wear herself.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 6, 2016
Painting and Weaving Opportunity: Yohji Yamamoto, Yuuka Asakura
Dec. 10-March 12
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Nov 12, 2016
Tokyo fashion show takes a modest approach to style
Modesty takes center stage
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 29, 2016
Leonard Wong: freedom in restraint
Shanghai designer looks to break away from producing conventional collections
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 29, 2016
Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo: Womenswear collections shake up the system
The six days that constituted Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo from Oct. 17 to 22 featured a wide range of styles, from pop and punk inspirations to commercial and avant-garde creations. It was the first collection to be sponsored by Amazon and, while many wondered if the involvement of the online retailer...
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 29, 2016
Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo: Menswear sells out
While Tokyo's womenswear seems to be content fighting for a place in the domestic market, the endlessly repeated adage that Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo's menswear is the collection's most viable export product appears to have finally come true, with many of the brands tipped for greatness either gracing...
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 29, 2016
Mina Perhonen: a natural-born style
Be it a dress, a teacup or a chair, there is something instantly recognizable about a Mina Perhonen creation. Perhaps it's the natural motifs, exquisite textiles and unexpected color combinations. Or maybe it's the nostalgia-tinged atmosphere paired with clean-lined contemporary silhouettes.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Oct 29, 2016
Stylist Kosei Matsuda: 'On every wall there's a door to walk through'
Young designer on sea urchin, Anpanman and working on photo shoots
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 22, 2016
Re-fashioning the business of womenswear
As the last of the models walk the Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo runway, there are many in the metropolis who won't look at one tweet from the front row or even acknowledge the week's existence.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Sep 10, 2016
Anrealage gets real in Tokyo's Omotesando
Anrealage gets real in Omotesando
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Aug 2, 2016
Paul Smith has earned his stripes
Colorful and cluttered, the office bursts with paraphernalia, from stacked bicycles and piles of books on designer chairs to an apple-green iMac, a futuristic record player and a red Snoopy phone on the rosewood desk.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 19, 2016
'Hello, My Name is Paul Smith'
July 27-Aug. 23
Freed anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson arrives in France
U.S.-Canadian anti-whaling environmental activist Paul Watson, who was released from prison in Greenland's capital Nuuk after five months in detention, arrives with Lamya Essemlali, president of Sea Shepherd France, at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Roissy-en-France, near Paris, on Friday.
Nippon Steel alleges undue White House influence on doomed deal review
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Dec. 10.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Police raided suspect's home to arrest him after fatal Kitakyushu stabbing
Broken window glass is seen at Masanori Hirabaru's house in Kitakyushu's Kokuraminami Ward.
Taiwan lawmakers brawl over bills that would 'damage democracy'
Lawmakers from the Democratic Progressive Party and opposition party Kuomintang brawl in parliament in Taipei on Friday.
Casual workouts, cool living, ‘complete’ food: Japan’s health trends of 2024
In 2024, efficiency trumped effort among Japan's fitness-focused aspirants.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.
A year of Oscar wins and a quiet push for diversity
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” released in Japanese theaters in April, sharply dramatizes the clash between rural and urban values. The film won five awards at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, including the second-place Silver Lion prize.

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