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ON: FASHION

Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 11, 2014
'Ballets Russes: The Art of Costume'
Russian ballet group Ballets Russes, founded by renown impresario and art critic Sergei Diaghilev (1872-1929) was not an ordinary troupe. It collaborated with many young individuals from various disciplines, including artists Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Georges Braque, composer Igor Stravinsky and...
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Jun 9, 2014
Be-Japon recycles traditional culture to survive modernity
Perhaps it's a case of, "Be careful what you wish for."
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Jun 9, 2014
Cool Biz 2014 inspires refreshing designs
Dressed in a gray suit, a model stops at the end of the runway and strikes a pose before taking off his jacket. Still standing at the end of the runway, instead of throwing the jacket over his shoulder, he begins to casually flip and fold it. Then he holds it up. What had appeared at first glance to...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Japan Pulse
May 30, 2014
UTme!: Want your own Uniqlo T-shirt? There's an app for that!
Uniqlo offers you the chance to design your own t-shirts directly from your smartphone with the new and easy-to-use app UTme!.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 22, 2014
Burberry profit tops estimates as Bailey settles in as CEO
Burberry Group Plc's new Chief Executive Officer Christopher Bailey outlined Wednesday his growth vision for the U.K.'s largest luxury-goods maker as he reported full-year earnings that exceeded estimates.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 14, 2014
'Chic Gentlemen and Elegant Ladies: Fashion in Japanese Painting'
The concept behind Cool Japan fashion may go back further than you think. Shifts in fashion styles have been documented in art for centuries, and Japanese art history has much to reveal.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
May 3, 2014
Too much love
New Zealand man: How about this for dad?
LIFE / Language
Apr 26, 2014
Kari gāru
Kari gu0101ru, or hunting girls, are — quite literally — following in the footsteps of the modish mori gu0101ru ('forest girls,' who are interested in carefree, outdoor lifestyles) and yama gu0101ru ('mountain girls,' who enjoy fashionable hikes).
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 14, 2014
Nakako Hayashi's delicate war against big fashion
The world's garments might be made in factories, but fashion is made in the media. In an age when trends coalesce and melt away in the time it takes to put a "#" in front of a keyword, an age when fashion has the potential to be more democratic and idiosyncratic than ever, isn't it strange then, that...
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Apr 10, 2014
Fashion, cosmetics, sweets, music and more at Japan Girls Expo
There is no absolute standard of beauty, but that doesn't stop people trying to attain it, and Japan has plenty of beauty secrets that might help some of us feel better about the way we look.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 29, 2014
Fashion Week Tokyo: open season
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo, held March 17-22, once again brings the hautest of the haute out of the woodwork.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 29, 2014
Fashion Week Tokyo: opposites attract womenswear designers
Collections reflect the antithetical nature of fashion in Japan
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 29, 2014
Fashion Week Tokyo: menswear's mixed messages
Designers continue to break new ground
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 29, 2014
Fashion Week Tokyo: opening the floodgates
International brands are no longer shunning the country's biannual collections
LIFE / Lifestyle
Mar 24, 2014
New blogs suggest being a fashionista doesn't stop at motherhood
Help is at hand for expectant and new mothers more concerned with keeping up appearances than the hand-wringing of parents support groups.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 19, 2014
'Future Beauty: The Tradition of Reinvention in Japanese Fashion'
Ever since Reiji Kawakubo's Comme des Garçons collection was dubbed "Hiroshima chic" when it debuted on a Paris runway in 1982, Japanese avant-garde fashion has been recognized for its international influence.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Mar 16, 2014
Tone it down, don't upstage the graduate
Spring is just around the corner, and for teachers and parents with kids who are moving on to the next stage in the Japanese education system, that means graduation season.
Japan Times
CULTURE / CULTURE SMASH
Mar 13, 2014
Sebastian Masuda's mission to take Harajuku art global
New York is not a city one automatically associates with the Japanese concept of kawaii — lovably, irresistibly, dependably cute. But if Sebastian Masuda, the so-called "king of kawaii," has his way, the mean streets of "Goodfellas" may one day emanate a candy-colored glow.
Ex-PM Miyazawa aired doubts about China's democratization to Clinton in '93
Then-Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa (left) and then-U.S. President Bill Clinton meet for talks at the White House on April 16, 1993.
Human error caused JAL jet collision at Haneda Airport: safety board
The wreckage of a Japan Airlines plane after a collision with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft, at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Jan. 5, three days after the crash.
Uranium detected in extracted Fukushima nuclear fuel debris
Nuclear fuel debris recovered from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant No. 2 reactor
Chisako Kakehi, sentenced to death for cyanide murders, dies in custody
Death row inmate Chisako Kakehi, who was convicted of murdering three elderly men between 2012 and 2013 with the intent of inheriting their assets, has died, local media reported Thursday.
Japan Airlines reports cyberattack on system, impacting flights
Japan Airlines jets at Tokyo's Haneda Airport in August. On Thursday, JAL announced its systems had been targeted in a cyberattack.
Human error caused JAL jet collision at Haneda Airport: safety board
The wreckage of a Japan Airlines plane after a collision with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft, at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Jan. 5, three days after the crash.
High levels of PFAS found in water from 44 private suppliers across Japan
The Self-Defense Forces facilities are believed to have become sources of PFAS contamination because they used firefighting foam containing the toxic chemicals in the past.
Start the new year not with one temple visit, but seven
At each shrine and temple, priests create festive, decorative go-shuin stamps, and you can collect the marks of all seven of the lucky gods on one piece of paper (called a shikishi) to serve as a good-luck talisman.
Small letter, big impact: A little 'tsu' makes all the difference
Casual Japanese usage increasingly sees the "i" at the end of exclamations like "yabai" (dangerous) replaced by a small "tsu."
For baseball fans, 2024 brought The Summer of Shohei Ohtani
Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani reacts to a standing ovation from fans after hitting his 50th home run of the season, against the Marlins in Miami on Sept. 19.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Visitors to Kyoto walk along a street near Kiyomizu Temple in April. A popular tourist spot, Kyoto has seen what locals feel to be an overwhelming amount of tourists in 2024.
Is Japan ready for 60 million tourists?
By Kathryn Wortley

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