this is an increasingly common sight in Koreatown in Tokyo's Shin-Okubo district in Shinjuku Ward. “We hang out in Shibuya and here with the same frequency,” said one of the high school students.

Tokyo Fashion Week has its fair share of challenges, but insiders say it remains the place to go for IYKYK brands.

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The fashion industry is a key driver of economic growth and development globally,” Mariarosa Cutillo, UNFPA's Chief of the ...

A record 4.9 percent of new teachers hired at publicly run schools in Tokyo in the 2023 academic year quit within a year. The 169 who threw in the towel was the highest figure in a decade ...

An exhibition at the Louvre-Lens in France examines centuries of interplay between art and fashion, including what the ...

In 2023, women occupied just 8.3% of senior positions in private corporations in Japan, and among the top 1,643 firms listed ...

A North Carolina mother and son can sue a public school system and a doctors’ group on allegations they gave the boy a COVID-19 vaccine without consent, the state Supreme Court ruled on Friday ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Tokyo’s cherry blossom viewers saw the first blooms of Japan’s favorite flower on Monday as officials ...

TOKYO — Japan ‘s official cherry blossom spotters on Monday confirmed the first blooming of the country’s favourite flower, declaring the official start of the festive season in the Japanese ...