According to the Tohoku region’s Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, kokeshi (koh-keh-shee) originated in the late Edo period, which ended in 1868, in the area’s hot-spring villages, where ...

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International toy company Pop Mart announced Friday that it is collaborating with Sanrio to release a new line of Hello Kitty-themed Labubu dolls.

But today, some people are taking a different creative approach, refashioning the traditional kimono, and also taking apart ...

Pop Mart is teaming up with Sanrio for a new crossover collection featuring Labubu and several of the brand’s most ...

I first fell in love with Japanese culture during my first trip to Japan as a primary school student. However, I never expected to live here until I c ...

POP MART and Sanrio to release LABUBU × Sanrio Vinyl Plush Pendant Blind Boxes and LABUBU× HELLO KITTY Vinyl Doll, available online on March 12 and in stores in April.

Butter, her novel about a female serial killer, was a global hit. As Asako Yuzuki’s second book is published in English, she talks about criticism at home – and why she’ll be writing darker stories in ...

Pop Mart will release Sanrio-themed Labubu dolls on Thursday, March 12.

RIE (Rei Kuromiya) and REI (Rie Kaneko) spoke to Billboard Japan about their first major-label EP and the thoughts behind each track.

In the 30 years since Pokémon debuted in Japan with the 1996 release of Pokémon Red and Pokémon Green for Nintendo Game Boy, ...