Western shoppers have a history of falling hard for clothes from Japan. In 1981, when Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons and ...

Japan’s modified car culture has influenced American gearheads for generations. Long before the first Fast and the Furious films became successful summer blockbusters at cinemas, the Japanese have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “[Yukio Akamine] never changes, but he keeps evolving,” says Mon Oncle Japan’s Eisuke Yamashita. To call Akamine, who was born in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’ve ever been down a TikTok rabbit hole, you’ve probably stumbled upon videos of Japan’s 7-Eleven stores, or konbini, packed ...

Hirofumi Kurino, Japanese style oracle, on the clothes that inform his own look and still excite him. Japan’s sartorial big hitters have long intrigued the fashion world – and Hirofumi Kurino is right ...

(CNN) — Ella hadn’t found a style that felt like her until a Lolita waltzed into her workplace in California’s Bay Area. Not a “Lolita” in the Nabokovian sense, the woman was an adult dressed in ...

Americans love 7-Eleven stores, but did you know they're not American-owned? Though it was founded in Texas in the 1927, 7-Eleven is now a Japanese-owned business. And 7-Elevens look so different in ...

Tiny house design and traditional Japanese aesthetics go hand in hand, and this brand-new house on wheels proves it. A true masterclass in contemporary Japanese-inspired minimalism, the ...

These cars, also known as “Bippu” vehicles, are a creative interpretation of how the rich and powerful move around. Japanese modified car culture inspires global enthusiasts, especially with unique ...