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It has been one of the biggest trends of recent years and then just like that, it has faded away. So-called "tattoo tights" exploded into the popular and digital consciousness in 2011, even ...

NEC has got together with Fashion TV to offer a smartphone and tablet service for mobile eCommerce for apparel items you see in a magazine. If you see an item in a magazine you like, you can use ...

Japan has gone a bit coffee-crazy in recent times. We have seen lots of rather tony cafes and espresso bars opening up around Tokyo for hipsters to sip on froth. Starbucks is the second largest chain ...

After teasing us with the prototype back in the spring, Sharp has now made its moe version of the Cocorobo vacuum cleaner an actual product. The Premium Cocorobo Imouto Version will only be ...

Japan's biggest design showcase Tokyo Designers Week (TDW) landed again for the year in the Gaienmae Aoyama area. We went along to check out the exhibits. Here are our ...

Winter is coming and it's time to get cosy inside the kotatsu, the traditional Japanese low table with a large blanket and heater underneath. The kotatsu can be a homemade contraption with a regular ...

We're not sure if this qualifies as a "trend" but it made us laugh. To us, SpongeBob SquarePants has always been a bit creepy, but in Japan the yellow character is apparently a cutie. This must be ...

Not all beauty masks in Japan are of the animal or face pack variety. And while there are certainly some strange-looking (but still theoretically functioning) beauty gadgets out there, it doesn't ...

While the world is divided into Coca-Cola drinkers and Pepsi drinkers, there would appear to be a market for strawberry milk cola. Pepsi Pink Cola hits the shelves of Japanese stores from December ...

The "Underwater Knee-High Girls" series of aquatic slinky ladies by photographer Manabu Koga has already produced two photography books and a current photography exhibition. Now they can be swimming ...

What in some countries would be merely retro or even geeky, in Japan can be mainstream and inventive. The Ultraman franchise continues to innovate and expand despite its age. As promotion for the ...

Japan's 100 yen shops are treasure troves. Enter these Aladdin's Caves and you can find almost anything you need for your kitchen or home, plus all kinds of surprising items you didn't even know ...

UK design studio johnson banks has come up with this brilliant take on Japanese katakana that combines the phonetical reading of the character in the font. They call it Phonetikana. The font ...

Halloween is about to be upon us again. Japan is the land of cosplay so for the locals, dressing up needn't be restricted to just October 31st. That said, these days there are lots of Halloween ...

Everything comes back into fashion. And that includes Japanese loincloths. Fundoshi are usually only seen on the bodies (and buttocks) of men taking part in Japanese festivals or on sumo wrestlers ...