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When Wieden + Kennedy Tokyo released Type at the start of the year it got a lot of buzz from both eyewear lovers and typeface fans. Japanese typology design is respected around the world and its ...

Here's a great Christmas gift idea and it likely doesn't get more Japanese than this. Turn your feet into raw fish now with the Sushi Socks. While the tattoo tights street fashion is sadly ...

Thanko are our favorite Japanese gadget makers, not least because their approach to the marketing is always so gleefully down-to-earth but also because they deliberately find everyday problems and ...

The au Unlimited Future Laboratory is phone carrier KDDI's experimental division for creating what could turn out to be the gadgets we all use in the future (or not, as the case may be). Here ...

No, those are not stars in a planetarium. They are watch parts. Spiral's trademark atrium space was transformed by Citizen into "Light is Time", a special installation that saw countless watch ...

JapanTrendShop is having a sale for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, offering 10% off on all items in its online catalog. Just use the code blackfriday2014 or cybermonday2014 to claim a discount on ...

Engimono are good luck charms and talismans, and come in all shapes and sizes, from Daruma dolls to Maneki-neko, the beckoning cat. They are particularly associated with the Eto (Chinese zodiac) and ...

If you like unusual RC toys and if you like yuru-kyaru (Japanese mascots), then these two things are about to come crashing together in amazing style with this R/C Tractor Kumamon from ...

First we had the Kabuki Face Pack, a skincare tool based on genuine Kabuki make-up. This was a hit and was followed by the Animal Face Pack (a charity model based on a real tiger and panda in Ueno ...

Nanoblock, Japan's homegrown answer to Lego, never stops evolving. Just when you thought the micro building blocks had been used to transform every famous monument or building around the world, ...

It has been one of the biggest trends of recent years and then just like that, it has faded away. So-called "tattoo tights" exploded into the popular and digital consciousness in 2011, even ...

NEC has got together with Fashion TV to offer a smartphone and tablet service for mobile eCommerce for apparel items you see in a magazine. If you see an item in a magazine you like, you can use ...

Japan has gone a bit coffee-crazy in recent times. We have seen lots of rather tony cafes and espresso bars opening up around Tokyo for hipsters to sip on froth. Starbucks is the second largest chain ...

After teasing us with the prototype back in the spring, Sharp has now made its moe version of the Cocorobo vacuum cleaner an actual product. The Premium Cocorobo Imouto Version will only be ...

Japan's biggest design showcase Tokyo Designers Week (TDW) landed again for the year in the Gaienmae Aoyama area. We went along to check out the exhibits. Here are our ...