Japan

Sports fashion brand Onitsuka Tiger recently opened a new outlet which features one of its brand lines, “Yellow Collection,” in Ginza, Tokyo. The store, located near the well-known Ginza 4-Chome…

Fast Retailing Co., which enjoys global fame thanks to its Uniqlo and GU brands, made two major announcements in late August. The announcements can be seen as a strategic move…

Sheila Cliffe moved from Britain to Japan 38 years ago after falling in love with kimono. Today, she’s a kimono influencer, and wears the traditional robe with playfulness and flare.…

When the government reclassified COVID-19 on May 8 to a Category V infectious disease, the same category as seasonal influenza, there were big expectations that domestic consumption would bounce back…

All 50 vials of various pigments were placed on a table. As a small amount of blue pigment was added to red- and gold-hued pigments, the color turned into a…

At the latest Paris Fashion Week that ended in October, a woman caused a scene by crashing the show of French luxury brand Hermes and holding a sign overhead that…

Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward, famous for its soaring skyscrapers and neon lights that adorn the Kabukicho district, is also home to a traditional kimono-dyeing industry. The area is known for its…

The government has designated fashion design icon Rei Kawakubo a Person of Cultural Merit. Following the Oct. 20 announcement, Kawakubo, 81, issued a statement saying, “This honor was made possible…

It was the tail end of another long, hot Tokyo summer, and salarymen across the city were looking at their wardrobes with dread. Every year from May to September, Japan’s…

Maison Boucheron has opened its second largest store in the world – in Tokyo’s Ginza shopping district – following on from the launch of the brand’s first in Paris, France. ‘From…