From everyday wear to high fashion staple, and back again, the kimono has always adapted with the times. Here’s how this most iconic of Japanese ... for married women, it is usually only ...

It's celebratory wear and passed on in families through the generations," one Japanese woman, Yuka Ohishi, told the BBC. "[This] shapewear doesn't even resemble a kimono - she just chose a word ...

Cliffe was 24 when she first visited Japan on a trip during a summer vacation ... “What did women (of this country) wish to express with their kimono?” she came to ask herself.

She points out company business norms in Japan are entrenched with gender discrimination. Doctors say a woman’s spine can reveal how many years high heels were worn in their lifetime.

A staffer at kimono store Yumeori Honpo dresses a woman from ... kimonos and their summer counterpart, yukata. Westerners in particular appear to want to try on traditional Japanese clothing ...

elegant garments that reminded her not so much of Japan but of royalty. "I didn't know those dresses were kimono," says Harris, an elementary school teacher in her 40s now living in Chiba Prefecture.

Japan ranked 104th out of 142 countries in the Global Gender Gap Report 2014, finishing behind the majority of developed nations.While political and economic advancement for women remain at a ...

NARA -- This western Japan city has seen increasing numbers of inbound visitors strolling around tourist spots wearing kimonos and their summer counterpart ... a 35-year-old woman from Italy ...

But even though a law aims to boost the number of female candidates, some parties haven’t set targets for the proportion of women they plan to support in the upcoming poll. Japan’s poor record ...

Multiple women competing for a top political office is still rare in Japan, which has a terrible global gender-equality ranking, but Koike’s win highlights a gradual rise in powerful female ...

Kim Kardashian West is to change the brand name for her latest fashion line following accusations of cultural appropriation. Some Japanese people on social media complained that the trademarked ...