Sunday, Aug. 6, 1945, 8:15 am. A 12-year-old girl was walking to her seijinshiki ceremony, a traditional Japanese rite of ...

Nishijinori, the intricate weaving for kimonos that dates back more than a thousand years in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto ...

In the days of the late Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, the "banzais" of sword-shaking Japanese drowned out their more intelligent countrymen. The world of the '305 and ...

Japan’s anti-foreigner politics on the rise as right-wing party wins votes online - Sanseito party, most popular among ...

A great exchange rate, ChatGPT, and kimono-wearing bros have turned Kyoto into the loveliest tourist trap on earth.

Yuta Kato is increasingly annoyed by foreigners ignorant of Japan's social etiquette, whether that involves blocking the ...

Japanese areas that may not be household names among international tourists are increasingly appearing on the bucket lists of ...

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) released its schedule for the Fourteenth International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2005), scheduled for May 10-14, hosted by Keio University, and held at the ...

TOKYO -- For centuries, Japan's kimono-makers have relied on stencils, paintbrushes and hours of labor to turn out their elaborate and graceful creations. Kimono designer Yuko Iwakuma uses some ...

Fans recalled the controversial debut of Skims in 2019 — then named Kimono. After backlash and accusations of cultural appropriation, however, she quickly renamed the brand to what it is today.