Category: Japan

AMBUSH IN TOKYO: FASHION GETS CORNERED BY CULTURE … BUT BY HAPPY DESIGN

by Asia Media Staff | Dec 11, 2019 | article, Arts and Culture, Fashion, Japan | 0 |

NILE BROWN WRITES — Broad shoulders, billowy trousers and bold neon colors permeate AMBUSH’s...

JAPAN: PEACE-MESSAGE BEARING POPE FRANCIS DAZZLES TOKYO TOWN

by Asia Media Staff | Dec 2, 2019 | article, Japan, POPE | 0 |

TALIN DEROHANESSIANS WRITES –For the first time in nearly 40 years, a Catholic Pope visited Japan....

WITH OR WITHOUT GLASSES, ASIA’S WOMEN HAVE THEIR OWN VISION

by Asia Media Staff | Nov 24, 2019 | article, feminism, Japan, South Korea, Women's Rights | 0 |

TALIN DEROHANESSIANS WRITES — It’s no surprise that women in Japan are held to strict beauty...

TRADE TANTRUMS: JAPAN AND South Korea, SUCH GOOD FRIENDS …

by Asia Media Staff | Oct 20, 2019 | article, Japan, South Korea, United States | 0 |

TIA CARR WRITES– In recent times, the frequency of interstate armed conflicts has greatly...

JAPAN FASHION: THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME?

by Asia Media Staff | Oct 15, 2019 | Fashion, Japan | 0 |

NILE BROWN WRITES –In June, Kim Kardashian’s shapewear line of form-fitting, nude-colored...

JAPAN: RIDING THE RAILS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT

by Andrea Plate | Oct 15, 2019 | article, Japan, SEXISM | 1 |

DANIELA GUEVARA WRITES—Despite the country’s low crime rate, there has been a significant...

JAPAN’S #KuToo: WHY DON’T MEN HAVE TO WEAR HIGH HEELS IN THE OFFICE, TOO?

by Asia Media Staff | Oct 11, 2019 | article, Japan | 0 |

TALIN DEROHANESSIAN WRITES— Women in the Japanese workforce are required to wear high heels...

MUSIC REVIEW: IS ‘JOJI’ ABOUT TO BECOME ‘FILTHY’ RICH?!!

by Asia Media Staff | Oct 2, 2019 | Australia, Japan, MUSIC REVIEW | 0 |

JOSEPH LITTUA WRITES—Joji, a Japanese-Australian R&B singer, is not your classic success...

JAPAN: THE TOKYO MAN WHO TRIED TO CASH IN ON AN EXTRAORDINARY MEMORY

by Asia Media Staff | Sep 15, 2019 | article, Japan | 1 |

MICHELLE DOR WRITES– A 34-year- old man in Tokyo named Yusuke Taniguchi with something of a...

U.S. POLITICS: BOMB-DROPPING WOMEN FLYING HIGH IN AMERICA’S GENDER WARS

by Asia Media Staff | Jul 15, 2019 | article, Japan, South Korea, VETERANS, WOMEN VETERANS | 0 |

ANDREA PLATE WRITES – Retired Lieutenant Colonel Amy McGrath served 20 years in the Marines,...

TOKYO: ARE YOU LEADING US, OR FOOLING US? ‘CLIMATE APARTHEID’ ASSERTS UN

by Nicole Alaverdian | Jul 6, 2019 | article, Environment, Japan, UNITED NATIONS | 0 |

NICOLE ALAVERDIAN WRITES – The G20 Summit, held June 28th and 29th in Osaka, garnered the...

FASHION OF ASIA: Sorayama’s silver Mylar – erotic, hyperreal with displays of desire

by annalisa del vecchio | Jun 30, 2019 | Fashion, Japan | 0 |

ANNALISA DEL VECCHIO WRITES – During last year’s Pre-Fall 2019 show, creative director Kim...

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