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Taiwan charges three with stealing TSMC 2nm secrets for Tokyo Electron
Taiwanese prosecutors on Wednesday (Aug 27) charged three people with stealing trade secrets relating to TSMC’s most advanced 2-nanometre…
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Akikoaoki Tokyo Spring 2026 Collection
Let it be known that Akiko Aoki does not go to the convenience store in her pajamas. While it is not uncommon nowadays to schlep to the…
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Tamme Tokyo Spring 2026 Collection
Tamme’s Tatsuya Tamada lives in his studio and works all the time, but when he does take a break he’ll cycle around Tokyo before stopping…
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Ryunosukeokazaki Tokyo Spring 2026 Collection
Ryunosuke Okazaki is doing it all the wrong way around. Starting on September 13, the 30-year-old designer will have a month-long…
Culture
Asia: Tokyo soars on trade deal relief as markets limp into weekend
JAPANESE stocks rallied on Friday on a mixed day for Asian markets, fuelled by relief that Tokyo and Washington had settled a tariff issue…
Culture
Tokyo Electron sacks Taiwan employee over TSMC tech leak
Tokyo Electron said on Thursday (Aug 7) it has fired an employee at its Taiwan subsidiary over their alleged involvement in a trade secret…
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Soshiotsuki Tokyo Spring 2026 Collection
How great Soshi Otsuki’s lookbooks have been for his past three collections (and how viral they’ve gone as a result) is testament to the…
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Kamiya Tokyo Spring 2026 Collection
Koji Kamiya is a likeable 30-year-old who is doing a good job of building a world around his brand, which is focused on adolescent grunge…
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Irenisa Tokyo Spring 2026 Collection
“When you get away from the bustle of the city, your mind can return to a soft neutral state. We wanted to express this neutral feeling…
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Attachment Tokyo Spring 2026 Collection
Like many menswear designers, Attachment’s Koki Enomoto was thinking about lightness and levity in the run up to this season. How could he…
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Fumito Ganryu Tokyo Spring 2026 Collection
Fumito Ganryu was in a jubilant mood as he walked through his collection from the safety of an air-conditioned showroom on a baking hot…
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Shinyakozuka Tokyo Spring 2026 Collection
When Shinya Kozuka visited his family in Osaka for the New Year’s holiday, he spent a lot of time thinking about the moon. His late…
Culture
Asia: Stocks rise on trade deal hopes, Tokyo hit by tariff warning
Asian stocks rose on Tuesday amid optimism countries will strike US trade deals, though Tokyo’s Nikkei sank after Donald Trump threatened…
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Aston Martin Unveils Ultra-Luxury Private Residence in Tokyo's Most Desirable Location
Aston Martin Unveils Ultra-Luxury Private Residence in Tokyo's Most Desirable Location originally appeared on Autoblog. Another real…
Business
Mitsubishi plans battery swapping tech for electric CVs in Tokyo
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus (MFTBC), in collaboration with Mitsubishi Motors, Ample, and Yamato Transport, is set to roll out an EV…
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Is Stockholm the New Tokyo for Street Style?
Stockholm Fashion Week has relaunched with a focus on emerging talents. One effect of this new direction seems to have been to turn up the…
Fashion
Tokyo Summers Are Brutally Hot—5 Items All the Cool Japanese Girls Live In
If you’ve ever experienced a summer in Tokyo, you know it’s not just hot—it’s humid, sticky, and absolutely relentless. The kind of…
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Woman Recounts Terror When 'Weird' Smell Leads to Discovery of Man Under Hotel Bed: 'I Thought He'd Choke Me or Rape Me' (Exclusive)
Natali Khomenko shared a TikTok video claiming she discovered a man hiding under her bed in a hotel room in Tokyo "I thought that he will…
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Soshiotsuki Tokyo Fall 2025 Collection
When Soshi Otsuki was in Paris during men’s fashion week this season, he went into the vintage store Chez Ammar and encountered a group of…
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Shinyakozuka Tokyo Fall 2025 Collection
“Good morning, I wish I could fly, nevermind.” That was the name of Shinya Kozuka’s fall collection; it is a name that captures the…
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Attachment Tokyo Fall 2025 Collection
Attachment is known for its bracing minimalism, but increasingly the brand’s draw is that it infuses this aesthetic austerity with…
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Mister It. Tokyo Fall 2025 Collection
Deconstruction in fashion is associated with designers like Rei Kawakubo and Martin Margiela who turned seams inside out and exposed…
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Khoki Tokyo Fall 2025 Collection
If you go down to the woods today... Creating fantasy in fashion that feels wearable is hard work, but for Khoki it comes naturally. For…