As part of the ceremony, women dress up in beautiful and colourful kimonos and men wear traditional Japanese dress or a suit and tie. The age of adulthood in Japan was set in 1876, but in 2018 the ...

Many of the men wear shorts and Frank Buck-style pith helmets; Osaka’s prostitutes are almost the only women who still wear the traditional Japanese kimonos; girl office workers do the best they ...

Looking for a name for your baby girl that's inspired by the culture and history of Japan? We have 150 Japanese girl names for you to choose from, from the country's most popular names to some more ...

Preserving ancient traditions are a large part of Japanese culture. From kintsugi, the Japanese tradition of mending broken ...

Female customer numbers have remained high ... "Many people equate kimonos and yukata with Japanese culture," Nose says. "We want to put our effort into the product lineup as needed so that ...

As production of Japan's traditional craftworks goes into decline due to diminishing spending power in their home market, ...

We analysed tweets mentioning 177 women MPs active on Twitter in the run up to the 2017 general election. We found that this issue affects Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) women MPs far more ...

Volunteers of the Korea-Japan Festival 2024 in Seoul wear hanbok, traditional Korean garments, and yukata, a light version of ...

At least nine Japanese medical schools manipulated admissions, in part to exclude female students, a government investigation has found. The inquiry was launched in August, after the prestigious ...

NARA -- This western Japan city has seen increasing numbers of inbound visitors strolling around tourist spots wearing kimonos and their ... in domestic clientele. Female customer numbers have ...

Shareholders are aggressively pressuring corporations to hire female directors, as Japanese companies work with far fewer female executives than their counterparts in Europe and the United States.