Tokyo International Film Festival chair discusses diplomatic approach to bridging cultures, Women's Empowerment program, and Asian cinema focus.

From Italy’s plague-ridden shores to Japan’s ghostly ruins, the world’s cursed islands reveal how isolation breeds both ...

‘Can anything be considered a garment, as long as it’s on the body?’ This was the question posed by Satoshi Kondo with his ...

“Representation matters” is an oft-touted phrase, but one mother-daughter duo is making it a reality. Earlier this month, Orijin Bees, a multicultural toy company, “launched their Baby Bee Doll ...

In a concrete bunker two stories underground, during a flash typhoon that finally broke the unbearable heat of the Tokyo summer, Chika Kisada’s show unfolded. Threatening techno thumped over the ...

The Hello Kitty and Friends Yokai Figure series is starting to appear in Bandai Namco's Gashapon machines in the US and ...

Bratz has issued an apology after receiving complaints that its Black doll Sasha, was initially excluded from a collaboration with Hello Kitty last month.

LiveBase has just unveiled a new partnership with Y-3, Yohji Yamamoto’s sports-centered label with adidas.

Marie, who was orphaned as a young girl, has a case of arrested development that makes her act younger than her age. One day she stops to look in a store window displaying various ornate dolls. Claude ...

Uniqlo has joined forces with another Japanese fashion label for its latest designer collaboration. Founded by Keizo Shimizu, streetwear brand Needles is one of the most recognizable of the Japanese ...

Naomi Osaka unveiled the final member of the custom Labubu doll collection that went viral at the US Open with "Naomi Glowsaka" -- wearing a version of her iconic lime-green 2024 US Open outfit.