Søren M. Chr. Bisgaard | People | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
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Celebrating International Cooperation | Lifestyle | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
The government of Japan has designated October 6 International Cooperation Day, and to celebrate this, an International Cooperation Festival is held every year at the beginning of October.

Counter Culture | Lifestyle | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
More and more trendy bars and restaurants have been setting up standing counters, which have proven particularly popular among young women.

Rescuing Iraq's Heritage | Lifestyle | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
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Shibuya Men Change Style | Fashion | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Until recently, trendy young men with brown dyed hair and tanned skin were a prominent fixture on the streets of Shibuya. But now many of these men have graduated to a new style that has been dubbed onii-kei (literally "elder brother style").

Monkey Business | Fashion | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
A Bathing Ape in Lukewater must be one of the world's most unusual brand names. The street-fashion label created by Japanese designer Nigo has earned a fanatical following among celebrities and young people both inside and outside Japan.

Psychedelic Revival | Fashion | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
The psychedelic fashions that were all the rage in the United States from the late 1960s through the 1970s as young people engaged in various forms of social protest have made a comeback.

ero-kakkoii | Buzzword | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
back next archives ero-kakkoii photo (Jiji) Sexy and cool The recently coined adjective ero-kakkoii combines an abbreviated form of erotic, with the word kakkoii, which is used to describe people

Throw Your Vcr Away | Business and Economy | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
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It Started as a Phone | Business and Economy | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
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Online Anime | Arts and Entertainment | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Japan is currently witnessing a boom in short anime created by individuals on a computer and uploaded to the Internet. The Internet is providing opportunities for new anime artists to display their talents and achieve renown.

Calligraphy As Art | Arts and Entertainment | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Shodo, or calligraphy with a brush and black ink, is a traditional Japanese art. Recent years have seen the emergence of a new generation of calligraphers who push the boundaries of tradition, and they are spearheading a boom in shodo.

Kabuki, A World Treasure | Arts and Entertainment | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Kabuki, a traditional form of Japanese theater that originated about 400 years ago, was designated a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in November 2005.

Drawing Acclaim | Arts and Entertainment | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) is given annually to authors, illustrators and storytellers who help stimulate and promote interest in children's and youth literature around the world. This year, one of the two recipients was picture book author Arai Ryoji, the first Japanese to receive the prize.

Kabuki Meets Shakespeare | Arts and Entertainment | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Kabuki began about 400 years ago. At around the same time in Britain, William Shakespeare was turning out plays and sonnets. Now Ninagawa Yukio, a theater director known for his Japanese productions of Shakespeare's works, has fused the two classical styles together.

Germany In Japan | Arts and Entertainment | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Over 1,000 events are being held throughout Japan between April 2005 and spring 2006 as part of Deutschland in Japan 2005/2006.

Manga for Girls | Arts and Entertainment | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Nana is the title of the latest hit manga to take Japan by storm, and unlike in most comic success stories, a large proportion of Nana fans are female.

Puppet Masterpiece | Arts and Entertainment | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
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Midsummer Nights' Revelry | Arts and Entertainment | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
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2 | Episode 5 | Super Figure Kanako | Tokyo Tales | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Nakano Broadway: a shopping mall stocked with a vast array of capsule figures and anime-related merchandise, and a regular destination for capsule-figure enthusiast Tomoya. One day a figure named Kanako suddenly appears, and, speaking like a veritable human being, demands that he find her right arm. They find themselves at odds, but amid the squabbling a much deeper sort of interaction emerges. Will Kanako's arm ever be found? What does fate hold in store for these two?