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 ...

Yes, Japan's most famous unofficial mascot, that lovable jumping yellow pear Funassyi now has a kid brother. If you believed Funabashi in Chiba Prefecture already had enough mascots with just one, ...

At Ceatec Japan 2014 last week Denso Corp showcased a prototype mobility device for transporting babies and light luggage that can be controlled by your smartphone or tablet. The X-mobility can ...

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 ...

Okay, we don't know if this qualifies as a "trend". It may only be one inventive person. But it got us thinking nonetheless: Is this cute or creepy? The realm of Japanese kawaii has certainly ...

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 ...

Food maker Morinaga is opening a pop-up cafe that has a special "kabe-don doll" artificial waiter to seduce female patrons. To celebrate the release of its Cafe Marriage caramel and chocolate ...

Winter is coming, as a certain HBO series constantly reminds us. But in Japan as we can stuck into the chill of the winter, there is a bright spark part of the way through -- New Year. Not only does ...

Last month United Arrows' en route brand ran a special "crowdsourced fashion show" on the streets of Omotesando and Harajuku. In the words of Contagious.com, The Snap Up campaign saw "fashion ...

It seems that everyone has a robot these days, even SoftBank. At CEATEC 2014, Japan's biggest tech event, Toshiba has unveiled its contribution to the Japanese robot canon -- an android that can ...

Japanese women are known for being on the slender side but beauty of course comes in all shapes and sizes. As such, we have seen a shift towards a greater mainstream acceptance of larger ladies in ...

There are advertising stunts, and then there are advertising stunts. Japanese watch brand Citizen teamed up the Tokyo and Amsterdam branches of Wieden & Kennedy to challenge landscape photographer ...