Tag: Publishing

When "hostess bible" Koakuma Ageha closed down last year, it seemed like the end of an era for Japanese fashion magazines. But then it relaunched under new management and the status quo was ...

Almost a year after we blogged that iconic gyaru and hostess subculture magazine Koakuma Ageha was closing down comes some unexpected good news: Ageha is returning. Last year was a gloomy one ...

Shiseido's Hanatsubaki digital archive is a fascinating glimpse back into Japan's cosmetics advertising past. Drawing on the graphic design and ads featured over the years in Hanatsubaki, ...

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 ...

There are many kinds of bibliophiles and bookworms in Japan. There are the hipsters who hang out at pristine artsy bookshops like T-Site in Daikanyama or Nadiff in Ebisu, et al. There are the manga ...

It's official. Having glasses is cool. Japan has long regarded glasses and eyewear as serious fashion items, which is why companies like Jin and Zoff go to great efforts to market their products ...

"Toy Tokyo" is a new photography book by Manami Okazaki, a collection of 26 interviews and images. New from Kingyo Books, "Toy Tokyo" features "the work of several photographers who are either ...

Following the high-profile end of hostess magazine Koakuma now comes the closure of egg, another magazine that was a symbol of 1990s and 2000s fashion for teenaged and twenty-something females in ...

The end of an era. Hostess culture magazine Koakuma Ageha will cease publication in the wake of the bankruptcy of its publisher, Inforest Publishing. The title first went on sale in October 2005 ...

After debuting last year, the Tokyo International Literary Festival is back. For such a literary city, it is shocking that Tokyo never had its own proper literature festival until last year. ...

Leading fashion magazine CanCam has been going for over thirty years and now it has finally got itself its own exclusive male model. After launching the careers and seeing immense success in the ...

Good news for all campaigners for a healthier and more representative fashion industry. Japanese magazines already seen to have a rag for every possible niche, hobby, social tribe and more -- and ...