Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. One of the more colourful off-piste events at New York fashion week last month was Tokyo Fashion Festa, a celebration ...

Japan’s Coast Guard has been in action since the 1940s, and their list of responsibilities is vast as the ocean itself: not only do they help the police when capturing swimming fugitives, but they ...

TOKYO -- Ever seen an ambassador dressed from head to foot in pastel frills? How about a diplomatic envoy in a mini-skirted school uniform? In a bid to raise its international profile, Tokyo has ...

Japanese high school uniforms are so entrenched in anime and manga culture they’ve become almost as well-known as the characters who wear them. While the blue-and-white sailor suit-style outfit has ...