Author: Japan Trends

Japan has a falling birth rate. The lack of babies isn't quite at Children of Men levels yet but it does have serious implications for the future. Who will burden the cost of the pensions and care ...

A major trend in Japan recently is how local beer brands are trying to reverse their falling sales as the population declines and younger consumers turn away from traditional beers. After years of ...

While we all know Shibuya and Shinjuku for their great selection of bars and eateries (in between all the gazillions of chain places, of course), but what about some of the more tucked-away or lesser ...

Traditionally in Japan people clean their ears using a bamboo ear pick (mimikaki). This is actually said to be much safer and more hygienic than the typical cotton bud swab people use in other ...

These are guaranteed to be a hit at any bachelor party! The Mousou Mapping Bra T-Shirt are a series of tees with a difference. Their fronts are decorated with the object of every man's daydreams ...

When Sharp first released its Cocorobo, the world was pretty impressed. Here was a low-cost robotic vacuum cleaner that could respond to its owner's commands and be controlled by Android and iPhone ...

Japan's largest art event, Art Fair Tokyo, starts today at the Tokyo International Forum in Yurakucho. The fair features around 180 galleries and other organizations putting their wares for ...

After a teaser a few weeks ago, the official trailer has been released for "Godzilla", the new American film adaptation of Japan's most famous monster. Hollywood has a very bad track record when ...

Scottish beer brand BrewDog is set to open its own bar in Roppongi from March 1st. BrewDog Roppongi will offer ten beers on tap -- six standards and four seasonal brews -- plus a further ten guest ...

Japan is a country that seems to inspire more than its far share of stereotypes and myths. The overseas media is also complicit in perpetuating many of the images of Japan that make it seem weird, ...

It's Valentine's Day in Japan (and it's snowing again too). While in Japan famously it's actually the custom for the girls to give a gift on February 14th, with the men giving something on March ...

There may (or may not) be a storm brewing about airline ANA's latest TV ad. It shows two pilots at an airport, gazing out at the tarmac at Haneda Airport and waxing lyrical about the newly ...

Another year, another packed calendar of trends. What were some of the main ones that caught our eye throughout the past twelve months? Olympics Tokyo was awarded the 2020 Olympic Games ...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's LDP government has succeeded in passing the immensely controversial new state secrets bill, in spite of a human chain around the Diet today, a wave of protests over the ...

Every year the publisher Jiyukokuminsha picks the word or phrase that has apparently created the most hype or buzz during the past twelve months. You can read an excellent overview of the buzzword ...