It took until 1985 for Japan to ratify the United Nations Convention ... “made it a rule for Urusei Yatsura that all good-looking male characters had to be idiots,” but “sometimes you ...

Ian Walker followed in the fashionable set's footsteps to try a one-week, double-destination holiday to the Jumeirah Zabeel ...

Then she went through a period of anger, rebelling against a male ... or Japanese comic, about the adventures of a rebellious Edo-period prostitute, decked out in gorgeous kimono and head ornaments.

and that she wanted to portray male characters from the female perspective, according to Mika Tomita, a senior researcher at the National Film Archive of Japan. But while making “Forever a Woman ...

Here, you'll find old-timey wood buildings, shops selling artisanal Japanese cultural articles (think: traditional geta footwear and kimono materials ... Considering its male-dominated comic ...

In recent years, Japan has seen a surge in unique businesses offering emotional support. In late 2023, the Shachihoko-ya restaurant in Nagoya made headlines with its "slap service", where kimono ...

A male hiker helps his friend up a tree stump while exploring ... makeover. Wearing traditional Japanese 'Maiko' style kimono with special white face makeup and walking around beautiful Gion district ...

Ritsu is a famous anime femboy renowned for donning traditional female kimonos. He is endowed with extremely long ... Nasu is a legendary Japanese warrior (Samurai) who leads you to a thrilling world ...

On Japan Culture Day at Yokota Air Base, Japanese base workers shared their vibrant culture with their U.S. counterparts.

Barb Owen Boerger's kimonos and sarongs are pretty, but they're pretty poison to the flies, mosquitoes and pesky bugs that dare to land on them. Barb Owen-Boerger's Getaway Kimonos make ideal ...

Japan's century-old Mingei, or folk art, movement celebrates the everyday work of anonymous artists. It stands in contrast to both fine arts and industrially mass-produced goods. And it's having a yet ...