Author Archives: By HIROKO TABUCHI

In Tokyo, a Crackdown on Sexual Images of Minors

February 9, 2011 – 11:50 pm

Japanese publishers and fans are objecting to newly tightened restrictions on sales of explicit manga comics in Tokyo.

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Paris, Milan, Tokyo. Tokyo?

January 2, 2010 – 1:57 am

Tokyo’s clothing designers are cutting-edge and are frequently imitated, but their markets have remained mostly domestic.


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Designer Yamamoto Files for Bankruptcy Protection

October 9, 2009 – 9:54 pm

Yohji Yamamoto, famous for its austere black clothes, becomes the latest fashion house to fall victim to slumping sales as women turn to cheaper casual apparel amid the downturn.


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Young Japanese Women Vie for a Once-Scorned Job

July 28, 2009 – 2:13 pm

Once derided as immodest, hostessing, a job in which young women lavish attention on affluent men, has become a popular and respected profession.

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