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Louis Vuitton: Runway - Paris Fashion Week - Menswear Fall-Winter 2025/2026

Pharrell-Backed Tokyo Streetwear Label Seeks Growth Overseas After IPO

With Human Made’s heavily oversubscribed listing, DJ-turned-designer Nigo is transforming Japan’s street culture into an investable asset.

November 26, 2025

November 26, 2025

Pharrell-Backed Tokyo Streetwear Label Seeks Growth Overseas After IPO

With Human Made’s heavily oversubscribed listing, DJ-turned-designer Nigo is transforming Japan’s street culture into an investable asset.

Louis Vuitton: Runway - Paris Fashion Week - Menswear Fall-Winter 2025/2026

October 23, 2025

October 23, 2025

China’s Pokémon Craze Is Stirring an Anti-Foreigner Backlash in Japan

What began as a Happy Meal promotion ended in chaos and xenophobic outrage, revealing Japan’s growing tensions over immigration and tourism.

The World's Tallest Pikachu Glass And Steel Sculpture in Shanghai

July 9, 2025

July 9, 2025

Beaujolais Nouveau’s Fanbase Finally Dries Up in Japan

Beaujolais Nouveau arrival in Japan

June 19, 2025

June 19, 2025

Japan Is Cracking Down on Host Clubs Where Men Flirt for Money

Once considered a harmless curiosity, this niche corner of the nightlife industry is being blamed for driving vulnerable women into debt and prostitution.

Japan Is Cracking Down on Host Clubs Where Men Flirt for Money

March 16, 2025

March 16, 2025

Banks Boom And Shoppers Scrimp a Year After Japan’s Rate Pivot

Bank of Japan Headquarters

March 16, 2025

March 16, 2025

Moneyball Disciples Aim to Upend Japan Baseball for Second Year

Moneyball Disciples Aim to Upend Japan Baseball for Second Year

March 2, 2025

March 2, 2025

Japan’s Consumers Hunt for Bargains as Food Inflation Bites

JAPAN-ECONOMY-AGRICULTURE-CLIMATE-INFLATION

January 20, 2025

January 20, 2025

More Firms Pull Ads From Japan’s Fuji TV in Wake of Scandal

The Fuji TV Building is the headquarters of Fuji Television

January 3, 2025

January 3, 2025

Japanese Companies Are Pulling Out All the Stops to Recruit Young Workers

Firms are so desperate for graduates they’re paying off student loans and offering cheap housing.

Weekend_Japan-dispatch

December 20, 2024

December 20, 2024

Key Firms on Collapsed Stenn’s Client List Deny Any Relationship

London

December 8, 2024

December 8, 2024

A New Generation of Characters Delivers 150% Return From Hello Kitty Owner

Sanrio Co. 'Chara-ly-men' Goods And Project Manager Mutsumi Aoki Interview

November 19, 2024

November 19, 2024

Hike in Beef-Bowl Prices Sends Japan’s Zensho Shares Higher

Beef bowl of Sukiya in Japan

November 14, 2024

November 14, 2024

Kansai Electric Falls Most in Over 50 Years on Share Sale Plan

Japan Endures Heatwave

October 8, 2024

October 8, 2024

Saudi Fund Trims Nintendo Stake While Saying It Wants More

Super Mario Display and Mural Artworks In Kyoto

October 7, 2024

October 7, 2024

Earnings Outlook Spurs Hope Japan Stocks Will Hold 2024 Gains

Japanese Stocks Falter as Ishiba’s Win Wrongfoots Easing Bets

October 7, 2024

October 7, 2024

Nintendo Jumps After Saudi Fund Says Open to Bigger Stake

Super Mario Display and Mural Artworks In Kyoto

October 4, 2024

October 4, 2024

Global Shipping Stocks Sink After US Dockworkers Pause Strike

Ship Queue Nears 40 On Day Three Of US Port Strike

September 5, 2024

September 5, 2024

Retail Investors Offload Japanese Shares For Longest Streak Since May

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